Manitoba - Statistics & Facts
The Canadian province of Manitoba is one of the three Prairie provinces, located between Ontario and Saskatchewan, underneath Nunavut, and above the U.S. states North Dakota and Minnesota. Manitoba is home to about 1.38 million people, with more than half living in large urban areas, and is Canada’s fifth-largest province by population. Additionally, approximately 130,000 Aboriginal people reside in Manitoba, the fourth-highest amount in Canada. Most residents reported being of British Isles origin, and the province has seen a slight decrease in the number of immigrants over the past couple of years. The largest city and capital of Manitoba is Winnipeg, home to half the population of the province, and Canada’s seventh-largest city. Manitoba is made up of over 100,000 lakes, including Lake Winnipeg, the tenth-largest freshwater lake in the world.
