Manitoba, Canada
Manitoba, Canada: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
province · population 1,503,865 (registry) · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Manitoba at a glance
Rolled up from the 5 regions inside Manitoba on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads Manitoba, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
- Population
- 1,517,379 persons (2026-Q3) ↗
- GDP
- 100,781 CAD millions, current prices (GDP at market prices, expenditure-based) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 5 % (LFS, 15+, seasonally adjusted) (2026-10) ↗
- Inflation
- 4.4 % CPI all-items, 12-month change, not seasonally adjusted (Canada 3.1%) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 81,900 CAD, median total income, economic families and persons not in an economic family (2024) ↗
- Average household income
- 103,100 CAD, average total income, economic families and persons not in an economic family (2024) ↗
- Household debt (total)
- 61,632 CAD millions, total debt of all family units (Survey of Financial Security) (2023) ↗
- Average household debt
- 161,500 CAD, average total debt among family units holding debt (67.3% hold debt; median $128,000) (2023) ↗
- Median net worth
- 386,300 CAD, median net worth, economic families and persons not in an economic family (SFS) (2023) ↗
- Average net worth
- 746,400 CAD, average net worth, economic families and persons not in an economic family (SFS) (2023) ↗
- Home ownership
- 66.4 % of family units holding a principal residence (SFS, not Census tenure) (2023) ↗
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg (city) ↗ | 462,689 CAD | average sale, all residential detached, September 2026 | 2026-09 |
| Winnipeg (city) condominiums ↗ | 289,388 CAD | average sale, all condominium, September 2026 | 2026-09 |
| WRREB market region (all MLS areas) ↗ | 467,687 CAD | average sale, residential detached, year-to-date Jan–Sep 2026 | 2026-09 |
| Steinbach area (R16) ↗ | 432,582 CAD | average sale, residential detached, year-to-date Jan–Sep 2026 | 2026-09 |
| Morden/Winkler (R35) ↗ | 382,394 CAD | average sale, residential detached, year-to-date Jan–Sep 2026 | 2026-09 |
| Niverville/Ritchot (R07) ↗ | 548,621 CAD | average sale, residential detached, year-to-date Jan–Sep 2026 | 2026-09 |
Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| English only ↗ | 95.7% | first official language spoken | 2021 |
| French only ↗ | 2.7% | first official language spoken | 2021 |
| English and French ↗ | 0.3% | first official language spoken | 2021 |
| English ↗ | 81.8% | most often at home (predominantly) | 2021 |
| French ↗ | 1.1% | most often at home (predominantly) | 2021 |
| Another (non-official) language ↗ | 13% | most often at home (predominantly) | 2021 |
Largest companies in Manitoba
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great-West Lifeco (HQ Winnipeg) ↗ | revenue | 43.98 CAD billions | 2025 |
| NFI Group (HQ Winnipeg) ↗ | revenue | 3.12 USD billions | 2024 |
| Manitoba Hydro (provincial Crown corporation, HQ Winnipeg) ↗ | revenue | 3.065 CAD billions | 2023 |
| Manitoba Public Insurance (provincial Crown corporation, HQ Winnipeg) ↗ | revenue | 1.6 CAD billions (year not stated by source) | unknown |
| Wawanesa Mutual Insurance (HQ Winnipeg) ↗ | employees | 3,200 employees (revenue not given; total assets CA$12.5B) | 2025 |
Largest listed companies headquartered in Manitoba
By market cap (USD billions, 2026-11-10). Market caps from companiesmarketcap.com; listing and head office from search.coshares + search.cos (RegionID walked to the province).
| # | Company | Ticker | Market cap | Rank in Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great-West Life | TSX:GWO | $60.1B | 19 |
| 2 | New Flyer Industries | TSX:NFI | $2.07B | 191 |
| 3 | Winpak | TSX:WPK | $1.88B | 202 |
| 4 | AGI | TSX:AFN | $0.11B | 405 |
Source: companiesmarketcap.com · listings and head offices from search.coshares + search.cos
Worth knowing
- 2023-10Wab Kinew, premier since October 2023, is Canada's first provincial premier of First Nations descent and Manitoba's first Indigenous premier since Métis premier John Norquay in 1887. ↗
- 2026-09Manitoba's CPI rose 4.4% year over year in September 2026, well above the national 3.1%. ↗
- 2026-04April 2026 was the first month on record when Winnipeg's residential detached average price topped $500,000 (WRREB region average: $499,434). ↗
- 2026-09In September 2026, 25 detached homes in the WRREB region sold for $1 million or more (vs 15 a year earlier); the top sale was over $2.4 million. Detached active listings were 2,098, up 20% year over year. ↗
- 2022-08Manitobans with French as their only first official language fell from 3.1% (2016) to 2.7% (2021). ↗
- 2022-08The share of Manitobans speaking a non-official language most often at home rose from 11.5% (2016) to 13.0% (2021). ↗
Census
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population.
- Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)32,925 · 2.5%
- Punjabi (Panjabi)28,900 · 2.2%
- German18,125 · 1.4%
- Mandarin9,825 · 0.7%
- Spanish6,090 · 0.5%
- Russian5,310 · 0.4%
- Yue (Cantonese)4,655 · 0.4%
- Arabic3,980 · 0.3%
- Gujarati3,840 · 0.3%
- Portuguese3,370 · 0.3%
- Vietnamese3,290 · 0.2%
- Plautdietsch2,525 · 0.2%
Largest places in Manitoba
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Brandon, Manitoba full51,313
- 2.Dauphin, Manitoba8,368
- 3.Winnipeg Beach, MB1,439
Inside Manitoba
5 regions have Manitoba as their parent.
Companies based in Manitoba
1 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 5 across Manitoba and the places inside it — search them all below.
| Company | Industry | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Quantum Minerals | Materials |
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Manitoba, Canada are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.