The municipal government of Winnipeg is represented by 15 city councillors and a

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elected every four years. Along with being the current provincial capital of

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Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...

has served as the capital for two other Canadian territories: the

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, from 1870 to 1876, and the

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, from 1876 to 1905. In the past, Winnipeg has garnered a reputation as the "gang capital" of Canadahttp://www.apin.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/invisible-gang-members.pdf and, in 2013, the Canadian Police Association claimed that gangs were "a key and distinguishing feature of the urban landscape in Winnipeg." In 2019, there were an estimated 4,000 local gang members in Winnipeg—around 1,500 full members and 2,500 associates—spread out between 25 and 30 separate gangs. From 2018 to 2019, the Winnipeg

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had the largest Crime Severity Index increase (+22) in the number of

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in Canada overall.Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2019
" Statistics Canada.Froese, I. 2019. �
Winnipeg homicide record broken with 42nd killing in a year
” ''CBC News''. Winnipeg in 2019 also dealt with a record breaking year in homicides with 44 and a rise in violent

property crime Property crime is a category of crime, usually involving private property, that includes, among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism. Property crime is a crime to obtain money, property, ...

s. Two months before the end of 2022, Winnipeg broke its own record for the most homicides in a year, with 45 homicides by the beginning of October, and 53 being reported by the end of the year, giving the city a homicide rate of 7.1 per 100,000 people. In 2017, Winnipeg had among the highest number (192) of police officers per capita among major Canadian cities (i.e., those with populations of 500,000 or more).

Scott Gillingham Scott Gillingham is a Canadian politician who currently serves as the 44th mayor of Winnipeg, being elected on October 26, 2022. Before being elected as mayor, he was the city councillor for St. James-Assiniboia, St. James from 2014 to 2022. He ...

was elected as the 44th Mayor of the City of Winnipeg after a very tight race against Glen Murray, on October 26, 2022. Winnipeg is also represented in the Canadian House of Commons by eight Members of Parliament.

Politics

Early years

Winnipeg officially became a city on 8 November 1873, with the passing of ''An Act to Incorporate the City of Winnipeg'' by the

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. The Act would outline the essential powers of Winnipeg City Council, and provide a precise description of the city's boundaries (the city itself being 3 square miles at incorporation): * Its southern and eastern boundaries were marked by the

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and

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Rivers * Its western boundary was marked by present-day Maryland Street, Notre Dame Avenue, and McPhillips Street * Its northern boundary was marked by Burrows Avenue, west of Main Street, and Aberdeen Avenue, east of Main Street. With 4 city wards in total, Winnipeg's first civic election took place on 5 January 1874, for which voters had to be (1) male; (2) 21 years of age; (3)

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s by birth or naturalization; (4) resident in the City at least 3 months prior to the election; and (5) own property valued at $100 or more, or pay at least $20 per year in rent. William Nassau Kennedy was the acting City Clerk and Registrar for the first election, and found that only 398 residents of the new City of Winnipeg met the qualifications to vote. With this election, Francis Evans Cornish became the first mayor of Winnipeg. In 1887, civic

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was afforded to women in Winnipeg, 80 of whom would be eligible to vote in that year's civic election and 476 in the election of 1888.

Modern era

Starting in 1900, in both provincial and federal elections, central Winnipeg elected politicians from the Labour Party. While the norm in the city's early years was for local elected officials to be

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, there were still exceptions who won elections: Arni Frederickson (Ward 5, 1891) and Arni Eggertson (Ward 4, 1906) were Icelandic; Moses Finkelstein and Altar Skaletar (Ward 5, 1912) were

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; and Theodore Stefanik (Ward 5, 1911) was the first Ukrainian elected to City Council. Women could not hold office in Winnipeg until 1916, after which Alice A. Holling in 1917 (Ward 7) became the first woman to run for Council. (Holling lost to Alexander McLennan, 693 to 358.) In December 1920, Jessie Kirk became the first woman elected to Council. Kirk served a two-year term on Council for Ward 2, running again in 1922, 1923, 1926, and 1934, but was defeated each time. From 15 May to 28 June in 1919, Winnipeg was the site of a

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. There were violent protests during this strikes, several deaths at the hands of the

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, and the arrest of many of Winnipeg's future politicians. The unrest was adapted into a stage musical in 2005 called ''Strike!'', itself being adapted into a 2019 film directed by

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, titled ''Stand!''. Though it was not chartered until 1932, the

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would be born out of the 1919 labour unrest, as well as out of

the Depression The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and ...

. Its successor, the

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, has enjoyed much support in Winnipeg since the early 1960s. Lesislaturemb

The 1965 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 27, 1965. On July 27, 1971, the City of Winnipeg became a unicity by amalgamating the Town of Tuxedo; the rural municipalities of Charleswood, Fort Garry, North Kildonan, Old Kildonan; the cities of East Kildonan, West Kildonan, St. Vital,

Transcona Transcona is a ward and suburb of Winnipeg, Manitoba, located about east of the downtown area. Until 1972, it was a separate municipality, having been incorporated first as the Town of Transcona on 6 April 1912 and then as the City of Transc ...

, St. Boniface, St. James-Assiniboia; the old City of Winnipeg; and the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg. The first election for the newly combined city was held on 6 October 1971. The City Council consisted of 50 councillors and one mayor. The councillors were elected on the basis of one councillor per city ward while the mayor was elected by the city-at-large. The term of office was three years. The inaugural meeting of the new council took place on 4 January 1972. Since 50 councillors proved too unwieldy, the city wards were reduced to 29 in 1977. In 1992, the city wards were reduced even further to the present 15 and city councillors became full-time politicians. On 22 June 2004, Sam Katz was elected as the first

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ish mayor of Winnipeg. He beat out prominent politicians

Dan Vandal Daniel Vandal (born April 18, 1960) is a Canadian politician. He represented St. Boniface on the Winnipeg City Council from 1995 to 2004 and from 2006 to 2014, and ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Winnipeg in 2004, coming in second to Sam Katz. ...

, Al Golden, and

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for the job by receiving 42.51% of the vote. This came after the resignation of Glen Murray as mayor of Winnipeg to run in the 2004 federal election. Katz was re-elected to a second term in the 2006 elections on 25 October 2006. After promising in his first election to run for only two terms, Katz ran for a third term in 2010. He was re-elected in the 2010 elections.

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, the city's first Indigenous mayor, was elected as the 43rd Mayor of the City of Winnipeg in a landslide victory on 22 October 2014. Winnipeg is represented in the Canadian House of Commons by eight Members of Parliament: , the eight include four from the

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, two from the Conservative Party, and two from the

. Winnipeg's longest-serving Members of Parliament include J.S. Woodsworth (21 years),

Stanley Knowles Stanley Howard Knowles (June 18, 1908 – June 9, 1997) was a Canadian parliamentarian. Knowles represented the riding of Winnipeg North Centre from 1942 to 1958 on behalf of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and again from 1962 ...

(38 years), David Orlikow (25 years),

Bill Blaikie William Alexander "Bill" Blaikie (June 19, 1951 – September 24, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2008, representing Elmwood—Transcona and its antecedent ridings in the House of Commons ...

(almost 27 years and re-elected in the 2006 federal election), and

Lloyd Axworthy Lloyd Norman Axworthy (born December 21, 1939) is a Canadian politician, elder statesman and academic. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Following his retirement from parliament ...

(21 years).

Winnipeg City Hall

Winnipeg City Hall is the municipal government complex and seat of municipal government of

.Winnipeg City Hall Pamphlet
" City of Winnipeg Archives, City Clerk's Department. Built in 1962–63 and officially opened in 1964, the current City Hall of Winnipeg (also known as Winnipeg Civic Centre) is the third municipal administrative facilities to exist for the city. The Civic Centre includes four buildings that were completed in 1964: * The two individual buildings of City Hall, along with a courtyard in between: ** the Council Building, for

Winnipeg City Council The Winnipeg City Council () is the governing body of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Council is seated in the Council Building of Winnipeg City Hall.Public Safety Building — former Winnipeg Police headquarters and remand centre * Civic Parkade The Council and Administrative Buildings are joined by an underground corridor, which also connects the Civic Centre to the

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First Hall (1876–83)

During the initial two years of the city's incorporation in November 1873, city council meetings were held in various buildings in Winnipeg, including a furniture store. Winnipeg's first City Hall (1876–83) was built for CA$40,000 in 1876, three years after the city was incorporated, and was located on Main Street between William and Market Avenues. Commencing in 1875, the building was constructed by Robert Dewar on top of a creek that was filled-in for that purpose. The placing of the

cornerstone A cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry Foundation (engineering), foundation. All other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entir ...

of the city hall on 17 August 1875 was celebrated as a "grand civic holiday," with a large procession down Main Street to the ritual of laying the cornerstone. In the cornerstone, a casket (or

time capsule A time capsule is a historic treasure trove, cache of goods or information, usually intended as a deliberate method of communication with future people, and to help future archaeologists, anthropologists, or historians. The preservation of holy ...

) was deposited, containing coins, bills, newspapers, and photographs of the city. The building was formally opened in March 1876 with a concert in aid of the

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. During these early years, the hall served as a multi-use building. Developing cracks in its walls shortly after it was erected along with other structural flaws for which wooden poles had to be used to prop it up, the building was demolished in 1883.

Second Hall (1886–1962)

During the construction of the second hall (1884–86), the Mayor and City Council took up residence at 238 King Street in the newly built Coronation Block, which served as an interim "City Hall" between 1883 and 1886. (Eventually needing repairs and becoming a public safety hazard itself, the Coronation Block building was demolished in 2012.) In July 1884, the cornerstone for the second City Hall was laid. This new building, designed by architectural firm Barber and Barber, had a

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, Queen Anne Revival style. The second Hall not only served the city government throughout its years, it also provided residence for the city's Board of Trade, the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba's library and reading room, and club rooms of the St. George's and St. Andrew's Societies. The building lasted just under 80 years, being demolished in 1962. While its replacement was initially planned for construction around 1913, the

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would get in the way of these plans and not resurface until the late 1950s.

Third Hall (1964–present)

When planning for Winnipeg's third city hall,

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considered various different sites in and around the core

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area. However, they would eventually decide to remain in the Exchange District, the city's traditional central business district, adjacent to Old Market Square. With a

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style, the current City Hall was built in 1962–63 for $8.2 million—the style symbolizing upcoming centennial celebrations: the 1967

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, the 1970 Manitoba centennial, and the 1973 Winnipeg centennial. The building's cornerstone was laid by

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, Winnipeg's first “immigrant” mayor, and it was officially opened on 5 October 1964. The Civic Centre and the

were connected by tunnels in 1967. From 2015 to 2017, the two buildings went through $5.4 million in renovations. Its administration building was renamed the Susan A. Thompson Building to recognize the titular first female mayor of Winnipeg, who held office from 1992 to 1998. In the inner courtyard of City Hall, which was refurbished in 2003, are ceramic crests of each of the rural municipalities that were amalgamated into the City of Winnipeg in 1972. Commemorating the second City Hall is a Historic Winnipeg plaque found behind the City Hall sign near the northwest corner of the Council Building of the current City Hall. The current Hall consists of two individual buildings: one for

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and Quebec Granite, the two buildings feature a bronze frame, screen, and hardware elements; with public-area interior wall finishes being limestone, granite, brick, and plaster. The dedication to the City Hall, dedicated during the official opening ceremony for the City Hall on 5 October 1964, is inscribed into the west wall of the Council Building lobby. The Council Building, located on Princess Street, contains: * Council Chamber * Public Gallery, with a maximum capacity of 250 people * Committee Rooms * the Office of the

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* Councillor offices * the City Clerk's Department * the Creative Services Branch of the Internal Services Department * the Emergency Operations office The Administration Building, (now called the Susan A. Thompson Building), is seven-stories high and houses: * office of the Chief Administrative Officer * office of the Corporate Services and Corporate Finance Departments * conference rooms * a public restaurant

Law enforcement and military

Winnipeg is policed by the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS), which in 2012, had 1,442 police officers.2012 Annual Crime Report

''Retrieved November 28th, 2013'' Prior to 2014, Winnipeg Police were headquartered at the Public Safety Building in Winnipeg's Exchange District. In February 1874, John S. Ingram became Winnipeg's first Chief of Police. Failing to control the city's rise in lawlessness, however, Ingram resigned in July 1875, and replaced by D. B. Murray. In 2017, Winnipeg had 192 police officers per 100,000 people, being among the highest number of cops per capita among major Canadian cities (i.e., those with populations of 500,000 or more). However, this number would be down from 200 in 2015, a change consistent with an overall decline in police officers per capita across Canada, which saw a 1% drop last year and a 1% decline the year before. The City of Winnipeg has five distinct police districts.

Military

Winnipeg-based units/groups belonging to the

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include: Royal Canadian Navy * HMCS Chippawa Canadian Army * 38 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters * 31 Engineer Squadron, 38 Combat Engineer Regiment * The Fort Garry Horse * 1 (Winnipeg) Squadron, 38 Signal Regiment *

The Royal Winnipeg Rifles The Royal Winnipeg Rifles (R Wpg Rif) are a Primary Reserve one-battalion infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. Nicknamed the "Little Black Devils", they are based at Minto Armoury in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Royal Winnipeg Rifles are part of 3rd ...

The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It is part of the 3rd Canadian Division's 38 Canadian Brigade Group and is headquartered at the Minto Armoury in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is ...

* 17 (Winnipeg) Service Company, 38 Service Battalion * 17 Field Ambulance * 13 Military Police Platoon * 5 Platoon, 6 Intelligence Company Royal Canadian Air Force *

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Headquarters * 2 Canadian Air Division Headquarters * 17 Wing Winnipeg

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* 402 Squadron * 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron * Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aeromedical Training * RCAF W/C William G. Barker VC Aerospace College * Royal Canadian Air Force Band * 17 Wing Air Reserve Flight

Crime

Between 2009 and 2019, overall crime in Winnipeg has dropped by 4%.

Violent crime

In 2019, Winnipeg's Violent Crime Severity Index (VCSI)Violence crime, according to Winnipeg Police and the

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, includes abduction and

kidnapping Kidnapping or abduction is the unlawful abduction and confinement of a person against their will, and is a crime in many jurisdictions. Kidnapping may be accomplished by use of force or fear, or a victim may be enticed into confinement by frau ...

;

aggravated assault In the terminology of law, an assault is the act of causing physical harm or unwanted physical contact to another person, or, in some legal definitions, the threat or attempt to do so. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result ...

;

aggravated sexual assault The precise definitions of and punishments for aggravated sexual assault and aggravated rape vary by country and by legislature within a country. Effects on victims Aggravated sexual assault can lead to short- or long-term effects. Many peopl ...

; assault against a peace officer; assault with weapon or causing bodily harm;
commodification of sexual activity
"

common assault Common assault is an offence in English law. It is committed by a person who causes another person to apprehend the immediate use of unlawful violence by the defendant. In England and Wales, the penalty and mode of trial for this offence is pro ...

and other assaults; criminal harassment;

extortion Extortion is the practice of obtaining benefit (e.g., money or goods) through coercion. In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offence. Robbery is the simplest and most common form of extortion, although making unfounded ...

; firearms offences (including use, discharge, point)
indecent/harassing communications

homicide Homicide is an act in which a person causes the death of another person. A homicide requires only a Volition (psychology), volitional act, or an omission, that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from Accident, accidenta ...

and

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;

robbery Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or use of fear. According to common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person o ...

; uttering threats;

sexual assault Sexual assault is an act of sexual abuse in which one intentionally Physical intimacy, sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or Coercion, coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their w ...

, including with a weapon; and other violent/sexual offences. rating came to 173, against the national average of 82.44, ranking #13 out of a total 237. The Winnipeg Transit system is a frequent place of violent crime including assaults on drivers and passengers, and the homicide of a transit driver in 2017. The only rate that has increased is the homicide rate. From 1981 to 2012, Winnipeg had the highest murder rate among Canada's largest nine cities a total of sixteen times, with a rate of 6.2 per 100,000 residents. There were an additional 4 unlawful deaths, which would bring the rate to 6.8. This rate was around 4 times higher than the national rate (1.7 per capita).Canada Homicide 2011

''Retrieved November 28th, 2013''. The next year, there were 34 known homicides in Winnipeg (5.1 per capita) with an addition 3 unlawful deaths (equating to a rate of 5.6 per 100,000 people), again being a few times higher than the national rate (1.6). From 2018 to 2019, the Winnipeg

had the largest VCSI increase (22) in the number of

in Canada overall.Violent Crime , October CrimeMaps – Desktop 2020
" Winnipeg Police Service. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021. In November 2019, Winnipeg experienced an unprecedented 11 homicides in the span of 30 days. Two weeks before the end of 2019, Winnipeg broke its own record for the most homicides in a year, with 44 homicides. Of those 42, 36 were men or boys and six were women or girls; four were under age 18, with a total of 44 homicides in the year (a homicide rate of 6.2 per 100,000 people). In 2020, gangs were a significant driving force of violence in Winnipeg—with 50% of all 110 shootings and 30% of all 43 homicides that year being gang related. By December that year, 86% of the homicide cases had been solved. Among the victims were more than 93 young Indigenous people (male and female) between the ages of 17 and 25 years old. In 2021, the city nearly tied their homicide record with 43 homicides being reported in the year, along with and a record 186 fatal & non-fatal shootings throughout the city (a shooting rate of 24.8 shootings per 100,000 residents, higher than any other major city in Canada). 2022 was the deadliest year in the city's history with a record 54 homicides being reported, a 25.5% increase from the year before, giving the city a homicide rate of 7.2 per 100,000 residents, a rate which is comparable to modern-day Los Angeles, and the second highest homicide rate of all major cities in Canada, after Thunder Bay (13.7 per 100,000). 2023 saw a decrease in homicides with 46 being reported in the year, a 13.2% decrease from the year before, giving the city a homicide rate of around 6.1 per 100,000 people. 2024 saw another decrease in homicides with a reported 41 homicides in the year, giving the city a homicide rate of around 5.5 per 100,000 residents.

Property and nonviolent crime

Drug-related offences in Canada are administered by the federal ''

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'' (CDSA).https://public.tableau.com/shared/YD86ZQRCH?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link Criminal traffic violations are facilitated via the

.https://public.tableau.com/shared/TGRZFKXT5?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link In 2019, in addition to a significant spike in homicides, violence, and

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, Winnipeg dealt with rising violent

s, exacerbated by a meth crisis. Contributing to that change was an increase in

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, theft of $5,000 or under, and breaking & entering.

Crime severity index

From 2018 to 2019, the Winnipeg

had the largest Violent Crime Severity Index (VCSI) increase (22) in the number of

in Canada overall. In 2019, Winnipeg also dealt with rising violent

s. Driving that change was an increase in homicide, fraud, shoplifting of $5,000 or under, as well as breaking and entering, and child pornography. Winnipeg ranked #13 out of 237 on Canada's VCSI in 2019, with a rating of 173 (the national average was 82.44). Its overall Crime Severity Index (CSI) rating came to 125, against the national average of 75.01. With an increase of 12% from the previous year, Winnipeg therefore saw the third largest increase in the 2019 CSI, tied with

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, but behind Victoria (20%) and

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(13%), BC. Among municipalities of Manitoba, Winnipeg still fell behind Thompson at #1 (CSI: 366; VCSI: 570),

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at #3 (CSI: 263; VCSI: 316), and Selkirk at #7 (CSI: 193; VCSI: 231).

Concentration of crime

Despite high overall violent crime rates compared to other Canadian cities, crime in Winnipeg is very concentrated. For example, 80 of 234 neighbourhoods had not one robbery in 2012,Crime in Winnipeg Neighbourhoods (2012)
Retrieved December 3rd, 2013 and 32 others only had one robbery. However, there were 20 neighbourhoods (about 10% of neighbourhoods) that had higher robbery rates than the highest robbery rate in

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or Kensington and the Exchange District due to its residential development after 2006. In 2012, with 918 robberies (1692.9 per capita), this geographical cluster is where the majority of violent crime happened in Winnipeg. 918 of the 1,812 (50.7%) robberies in the city occurred in this area, where only 8.7% of the cities total population lives. From 2009 to 2013, 95 of the 145 (65.5%) homicides in Winnipeg occurred in this smaller portion of the city,Winnipeg Homicide Map
Retrieved June-06-2014 creating an average homicide rate of 35.0 per 100,000 residents, peaking at 57.1 in 2011. If one were subtract these areas from the city, the homicide rate average in Winnipeg would substantially lower at 1.8 per 100,000 people, and the robbery rate in the city is over 1,000% lower at 156.7. The two highest rankings are South Point Douglas (11,304.3) and Logan-C.P.R. (6,333.3) but both have lower populations under 1,000 residents. Lord Selkirk Park and South Portage compare to some of the most dangerous neighbourhoods in the US, however no ranking is 100% certain as Canada and the USA have different classifications for crimes, (robbery is one though that both countries use the same), and there are also no recorded assault rates for Winnipeg neighbourhoods.

Crime by neighborhood (2017–2021)

The table below shows the crime rates of various crimes of each population area of Winnipeg. The crime data spans 5 years from the year 2017 to the year 2021. The rates are ''crimes per 100,000 residents per year''. For more narrow and specific data, there are two more tables below that show the crime rates for each individual neighborhood. The table below features all of the majorly residential neighborhoods of Winnipeg. It excludes neighborhoods that are majorly or entirely commercial, like Polo Park, Regent, Kildonan Crossing and the vast majority of Downtown. It also excludes neighborhoods that are majorly or entirely industrial, like St. James Industrial, Tuxedo Industrials and South Point Douglas. Finally, it also excludes neighborhoods that are majorly or entirely parks, like Kildonan Park and Assiniboine Park, though just because a neighborhood has "park" in its name does not mean the neighborhood is actually majorly a park in the same sense that just because a neighborhood has "lake" (i.e.: Island Lakes) in its name or "forest" (i.e.: Bridgewater Forest) in its name does not actually mean it's majorly a lake or a forest. Some neighborhoods here are marked as being ''residential-commercial'' (res./com.), and this refers to the fact that some residential neighborhoods also have a large commercial or industrial area forming part of them. The consequence of this is that they will have somewhat inflated crime rates compared to typical residential neighborhoods because commercial and industrial zones are non-residential and thus these non-residential establishments can also be victims to crimes like robbery and theft, so essentially is extra crime occurring in non-residential areas of the neighborhoods that don't necessarily have any effect on the residential parts. The table below features all of the majorly non-residential neighborhoods of Winnipeg, which includes things like shopping malls, parks, the airport and other commercial and industrial centers. There are no rates in this table because it is not appropriate to compare crime rates in residential areas with rates in industrial-commercial areas, as these areas are largely unpopulated with permanent residents when compared to how many people work there and how many people visit the area.

Gangs and terrorism

The Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium has listed Winnipeg as one of Canada's "vulnerable cities" for terrorism. By 1998, Winnipeg had garnered a reputation as the "gang capital" of Canada. Accordingly, the Canadian Police Association claimed in 2013 that gangs were "a key and distinguishing feature of the urban landscape in Winnipeg." In 2019, there were an estimated 4,000 local gang members in Winnipeg—around 1,500 full members and 2,500 associates—spread out between 25 and 30 separate gangs. This total number of members has remained roughly the same over the years, though the associated gang violence has grown. In 2020, gangs were a significant driving force of violence in Winnipeg—with 50% of all 110 shootings and 30% of the 41 homicides by December 14 that year being gang related. Criminal organizations (active and inactive) based in Winnipeg include:Thorpe, Ryan. 2019 December 6.
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, formed in 1988; Mad Cowz; MMM (Money Making Mali's); Manitoba Warriors (or 1323), formed in the 1990s;Street Gangs in Winnipeg: Inner-City Youth Prevention Programs as Sites of Resistance?
Main Street Rattlers (''defunct''), formed in the 1980s; Most Organized Brothers (MOB); Native Syndicate, formed in the 1990s;

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, formed in the late 1990s; * Other groups: 204 Girlz; 334 Mob Squad; All 'Bout Money (ABM), formed in 2008; Da Pitbull Army (DPA), formed in 2006; East Side Crips; Gangsta Crips; Good Squad; Junior Warriors; Krazies; Los Votos Chicanos; Noe Luv Crew; Nine O; North End Brotherhood; Renegades; Ruthless Crew; Sodiers; South Broadway Gang; Spade Bloods; Terror Squad; Terrorizer; TFN (Tax Free N*ggers); Transcona Guardian Angels; West End Boyz; and Westside Outlawz. Local criminal cells in Winnipeg include

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(Los Montoneros), who merged with

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in 2000;

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(East Side Crips, Westside Crips); Los Bravos, which turned into Manitoba's first

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chapter in 2000; and Triple M. The 2004 film ''

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'', directed by Noam Gonick, depicts gang violence in Winnipeg's North End.

History

In 1949, the Dew Drop Gang was formed only to disappeared in April the following year. Other than that, prior to the 1980s, Winnipeg did not have many street gangs.https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ61432.pdf It was autumn in 1993 when Winnipeg would see its first street gang-related murder: the stabbing of Chris Robichaud, over a pack of cigarettes, by an Indigenous youth nearby Grant Park Shopping Centre. In response, to address the prevalence of youth violence in Winnipeg, Manitoba Minister of Justice Rosemary Vodrey called an emergency violence summit to be held in December 1993. In March 1993, the suspected leader for a gang based in Winnipeg's Maples area was arrested for uttering threats to school officials. This gang, which supposedly had 200 members around the city, was allegedly running a

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in the Seven Oake School Division. Winnipeg saw its first fatal gang-related

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in July 1995, when 13-year-old Joseph "Beeper" Spence was shot in the back and killed outside a North End daycare centre. Spence was mistaken for an Indian Posse member by 8 members of the Deuce street gang. By May 1996, there were approximately 730 active street gang members, 75% of whom were Indigenous and 75% adults. In 2020, gangs were a significant driving force of violence in Winnipeg—with 50% of all 110 shootings and 30% of the 41 homicides by December 14 that year being gang related.

Demographic-based gangs

Winnipeg's gang activity consists of a number of demographics, primarily of Indigenous peoples, newcomers, and

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, along with other ethnic groups, namely European and East Asian (Filipino and Vietnamese). Moreover, in 2001, the overwhelming majority of identified female gang members (between 60% and 98%) in Winnipeg were found to be "Aboriginal" (i.e., Indigenous). Nonetheless, poverty and homelessness are much greater indicators of gang involvement than race, as well as

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, intergenerational trauma, broken families, and

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. Ethnic-criminal organizations (active and inactive) centered in Winnipeg include: *

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, formed in 1988; Manitoba Warriors (or 1323), formed in the 1990s; Main Street Rattlers (''defunct''), formed in the 1980s; Most Organized Brothers (MOB); Native Syndicate, formed in the 1990s;

, formed in the late 1990s; East Side Crips; Deuce (formerly The Over Lords, or TOL); Nine O; North End Brotherhood; Terror Squad; West End Boyz * Black/African-Canadian gangs: African/Afrikan Mafia, formed in 2005; All 'Bout Money (ABM), formed in 2008; Da Pitbull Army (DPA), formed in 2006; Mad Cowz; MMM (Money Making Mali's); and TFN (Tax Free N*ggers) Newcomers have been susceptible to fall into gang associations often due to the lack of access to resources and/or alienation in their new environment. The largest proportion of Winnipeg immigrant-gangs in 2013 was African-Canadian—around 35% (including the Mad Cowz and the African Mafia). One reason is that many newcomers come from especially violent backgrounds in war-torn countries (such as

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, Congo). In early 2018, Winnipeg Police identified at least 2 gangs that were heavily recruiting immigrants. The African Mafia, which was formed in 2005, is notoriously violent and has since splintered into other factions and regions. As late as 2019, Central Winnipeg is said to be a "stronghold" of Mad Cowz, with an additional presence of TFN and MMM, both gangs being splinters of the African Mafia. Recent shootings in the city are believed to be gang-related, including a fatal double homicide in 2019 in the Exchange District. Formed in the early 1980s, the now-defunct Main Street Rattlers was the first Indigenous street gang in Winnipeg, chiefly operating as drug traffickers for biker gangs. About one year after the Rattlers' emerged, Asian gangs would begin to appear, engaging in much more serious violent crimes than other gangs of the time, such as

and

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, mostly directed at the local Asian community. Around the end of the 1980s came the Vietnamese-Canadian "Halloween Gang", who were reportedly responsible for the 1988 murder of a teenage prostitute named Charlene Orsulak. Indigenous gangs that followed the Rattlers were the Indian Posse in 1988 and the Manitoba Warriors in the 1990s, the latter beginning primarily as security on reserves and subsequently becoming a key player in the Winnipeg drug trade. The Native Syndicate would emerge soon after, as a

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at first. By May 1996, there were approximately 730 active street gang members, 75% of whom were Indigenous and 75% adults. In 2012—six years after it first caught the attention of Winnipeg Police Service (WPS)—WPS said the MOB had grown into a major criminal threat with over 100 documented members and associates. In 2008, the MOB began affiliating with the Manitoba Warriors, who would supply them drugs in exchange for committing violence on the Warriors' behalf. However, the two gangs have since become violent rivals.

Crime in Manitoba

In 2011,

had the highest violent crime rate and homicide rate of all Canadian provinces. Among municipalities of Manitoba in the 2019 Violent Crime Severity Index (VCSI), Thompson ranked #1 out of 237 with a rating of 570 (the national average was 82.44). Its overall Crime Severity Index (CSI) rating came at 366 against the national average of 75.01.

came at #3 with a CSI of 263 and VCSI of 316); Selkirk at #7 (CSI: 193; VCSI: 231); Winnipeg at #13 (CSI: 125; VCSI: 173); Brandon at #35 (CSI: 115; VCSI: 116); Steinbach at #79 (CSI: 87; VCSI: 80); and Winkler and

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at #140 (CSI: 54; VCSI: 52). 2024 was the deadliest year in the province's history with a record 99 homicides being reported, which gave the province a homicide rate of around 7.4 per 100,000 people.

Social services

Organizations and initiatives in Winnipeg that serve at-risk, marginalized, and/or rehabilitation-seeking people include: * Gang Action Interagency Network — a collection of government and non-profit agencies, community groups, and law enforcement officials who collaborate towards supporting gang members out of a criminal lifestyle and towards

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initiatives against gang activity. * Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba — a non-profit agency for settling new Canadians. * Ogijiita Pimatiswin Kinamatawin — a social service agency that works with at-risk Indigenous youth and adults. * Rossbrook House — a neighbourhood drop-in centre active in Winnipeg's Centennial area, offering a safe space for children and young adults. * Winnipeg Youth Gang Prevention Fund

In pop culture

Pop culture depictions of politics and/or crime in Winnipeg include: * ''

'' (2004), directed by Noam Gonick, is film that depicts gang violence in Winnipeg's North End. * '' Seven Times Lucky'' (2004), directed by Gary Yates and starring

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, is a crime drama film centring on a con man involved in a criminal scam. * ''Strike!'' (2005) is a stage musical set during the 1919

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. It was adapted into a film in 2019, titled ''Stand!'' and directed by

. * '' Yoga Hosers'' (2016), directed by

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Notes

References

External links

City of Winnipeg Crime Stat

Police District Map

City Hall
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