Winnipeg is known for everything from “Winnie-the-Pooh,†to being the Slurpee Capitol of the World, murals, arts, the Manitoba Theatre for Young People, the Winnipeg International Children’s Festival, the Manitoba Children’s Museum, a 30,000 square foot skate plaza, a 8500-square-foot bowl complex, and the Esplanade Riel bridge.
The city is also the future home of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, to be located at The Forks.
The city’s major commercial areas are Polo Park (West End and St. James), Kildonan Crossing (Transcona and East Kildonan), South St. Vital, and Garden City (West Kildonan).
Winnipeg’s main cultural and nightlife areas are the Exchange District, The Forks, Osborne Village and Little Italy (both are in Fort Rouge), Sargent and Ellice Avenues (West End), and Old St. Boniface.
Downtown Winnipeg’s major neighborhoods are The Waterfront District, The Forks, Central Park, Broadway-Assiniboine, the Exchange District (a national historic site), and Chinatown.
Much of Downtown Winnipeg is linked with the Winnipeg Walkway, an elevated skywalk.
Ethnic diversity is an important part of Winnipeg’s culture, with over 100 languages spoken here – from English to French, German, Tagalog, Ukrainian, Spanish, Chinese, Polish, and Aboriginal languages.
Winnipeg is an important economic base and regional centre, with an extremely diversified economy, covering trade, finance, business, investment, manufacturing, transportation, food and beverage, industry, culture, government, retail, and tourism. Its foremost sectors are agriculture, manufacturing, and aerospace.