Winnipeg, Manitoba
What Winnipeg is made of: the communities whose institutions are here, the sectors its 24,163 businesses sit in, the franchises already on the ground, and the services a newcomer could start.
24,163 businesses on file · 158 trades · 33 sectors · census population 749,605 · registry population 749,607 · built from geonet.winnipeg on 2026-10-07
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The local economy
What the business base is made of, what it is specialised in against the national pattern, and what that mix implies. This is the part a development office would read first.
Composition, not health. geonet records what trades exist and where; it does not record formation, closure, employment or revenue, so none of those appear here. What makes this economics rather than a directory is the NAICS coding: it lets the local mix be read against the BLS survival curves and against the 323 industry groups this research has screened.
Every industry group on this page links through to its NAICS page, and to the screened market report where this research has one — that is what the trait-to-NAICS coding buys.
What this city is specialised in
Location quotient is this city's share of a trade divided by the same share across 10 CA metro tables. Above 1.25 is the conventional threshold for a local specialisation.
Thin against the national pattern
Common trades that are under-represented here. For someone deciding what to open, this is the more useful half of the table — though a gap can mean unmet demand or a market that does not work here, and this does not tell you which.
The base against the entry screen
Businesses by the entry signal of the industry group they sit in, from the /markets screen. A large "structure decides" share means most local trades are ones where being better than the incumbent does not by itself win. A trade is matched to the screened record at whatever level the research wrote it — the same code, a broader one, or a narrower one. Where a group holds several screened sub-markets the count is shown, because no single one of them speaks for the whole group.
How to read the survival figure
Each sector's five-year establishment survival rate, weighted by how many of this city's businesses sit in that sector. It is a property of the MIX, not of these businesses — it says what survival this composition would imply at US private-sector rates, because no Canadian equivalent series exists.
Weighted over 96.6% of the coded base — public administration carries no curve. Source: Business Employment Dynamics — Table 7, Survival of private sector establishments by opening year, US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
And what it does not measure
A "mixed" trait is one that genuinely spans codes — "computers" covers systems design, repair and supply. The clear share is how much of this reading rests on unambiguous coding. Business density also reflects how completely the directory covers a place, not only how many businesses are in it — so it compares poorly between a city the register knows well and one it does not.
Who lives here, and who the city is for
The census: the only figures on this page that count people rather than businesses, and the three cohort readings they make possible.
The register says what trades exist. The census says who lives here — and it is the only thing on this page that counts people. Figures are Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population for Winnipeg, City (CY), the municipality proper, and every comparison is against the population-weighted average of all 5,161 census subdivisions in Canada.
Who the city is for
Three readings, each built from real numbers against real benchmarks. This is not an index. Every signal is shown with its own value, its benchmark and which way it points, and the band simply counts how many point the same way — so a reader who disagrees with one signal can drop it and still use the rest.
Seniors
moderateIs this a place to grow old, and is the care here?
| Residents 65 and over | 17% | ▼19% |
| Residents 85 and overthe group that needs care rather than the group that is merely retired | 2.3% | –2.3% |
| Median age | 38.8 years | –42.1 years |
| Low income among 65+against a 15% reference, not a national figure | 12.5% | ▲15% |
| Medical clinics per 1,000 residentsfrom the business register | 0.17 | – |
| Pharmacies per 1,000 residentsfrom the business register | 0.43 | – |
| Nursing and elderly care operatorscounted in the register, which lists few of them | 0 | – |
| Median rent | 1100 $/mo | –1175 $/mo |
A high share of over-65s says other people made this choice; it does not by itself say the care exists. The register lists clinics and pharmacies but has no category for a hospital at all, so the one thing a family would most want — distance to an emergency department — is still missing.
Students and young adults
strongIs there a reason to be here between 19 and 25, and can they afford it?
| Residents 20 to 24 | 7.5% | ▲6% |
| Residents 15 to 19the cohort arriving next | 5.7% | –6% |
| Renter householdsa rental market is what makes a place possible to move to | 36.9% | ▲33.2% |
| Median rent | 1100 $/mo | –1175 $/mo |
| Unemployment rateMay 2021, mid-pandemic — high everywhere in this census | 8.9% | ▲10.4% |
| Degree holders in the adult populationagainst a 32% reference | 29.2% | –32% |
| Drinking places and recreationfrom the register | 168 | – |
Post-secondary institutions in the city are listed further down this page; where there are none, a high 20-to-24 share usually means work rather than study.
Newcomers and other-language speakers
strongIs there already a community here, and has anyone built anything for it?
| Immigrants in the population | 27.3% | ▲23.2% |
| Arrived 2016 to 2021a recent arrival means the route here is current, not historical | 6.2% | ▲3.7% |
| Speak a non-official language at home | 16.6% | ▲12.7% |
| Languages spoken at home above the reporting floor | 40 | – |
| Community institutions in the register | 139 | – |
| Non-permanent residentsstudents and work-permit holders | 4.1% | ▲3.7% |
The census counts speakers; the business register shows whether a community has built anything — a church, a society, a credit union, a grocer. Both columns appear in the language table below, and the interesting rows are the ones where they disagree.
What is spoken at home, and whether anyone built for it
Where the census and the business register disagree. A language spoken by hundreds with no institution behind it is a gap in local provision — or a gap in the register. An institution with no matching language usually means an older community that has shifted to English at home.
| Spoken most often at home | Speakers | Share | Community in the register | Institutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 29,615 | 4% | Filipino | 5 |
| Punjabi (Panjabi) | 27,145 | 3.7% | South Asian | 4 |
| Mandarin | 9,010 | 1.2% | Chinese | 9 |
| Spanish | 4,405 | 0.6% | Spanish-speaking | 3 |
| Yue (Cantonese) | 4,350 | 0.6% | Chinese | 9 |
| Arabic | 3,905 | 0.5% | Arabic-speaking | 1 |
| Russian | 3,855 | 0.5% | Russian | 2 |
| Portuguese | 3,370 | 0.5% | Portuguese | 4 |
| Vietnamese | 3,290 | 0.4% | Vietnamese | 2 |
| Urdu | 2,470 | 0.3% | South Asian | 4 |
| Gujarati | 2,385 | 0.3% | South Asian | 4 |
| Korean | 2,355 | 0.3% | Korean | 5 |
| Hindi | 2,120 | 0.3% | South Asian | 4 |
| Tigrigna | 1,825 | 0.2% | Eritrean | 0 |
| Ukrainian | 1,515 | 0.2% | Ukrainian | 48 |
| Polish | 1,455 | 0.2% | Polish | 6 |
| Bengali | 1,245 | 0.2% | South Asian | 4 |
| Amharic | 920 | 0.1% | Ethiopian | 1 |
| Iranian Persian | 880 | 0.1% | Persian | 0 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 870 | 0.1% | Serbian | 1 |
| German | 855 | 0.1% | German | 5 |
| Somali | 810 | 0.1% | Somali | 0 |
| Italian | 735 | 0.1% | Italian | 1 |
| Kurdish | 660 | 0.1% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Ilocano | 645 | 0.1% | Filipino | 5 |
| Yoruba | 615 | 0.1% | Nigerian | 0 |
| Malayalam | 565 | 0.1% | South Asian | 4 |
| Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) | 550 | 0.1% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Nepali | 520 | 0.1% | South Asian | 4 |
| Swahili | 515 | 0.1% | Kenyan | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 485 | 0.1% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Greek | 430 | 0.1% | Greek | 4 |
| Cebuano | 415 | 0.1% | Filipino | 5 |
| Lao | 415 | 0.1% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Dari | 380 | 0.1% | Afghan | 0 |
| American Sign Language | 365 | 0% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Hebrew | 360 | 0% | Jewish | 11 |
| Serbian | 325 | 0% | Serbian | 1 |
| S'gaw Karen | 310 | 0% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
| Bosnian | 280 | 0% | not mapped to a marker | 0 |
Spoken, but nothing built
Tigrigna 1,825 · Iranian Persian 880 · Somali 810 · Kurdish 660 · Yoruba 615 · Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 550 · Swahili 515
Hundreds of speakers with no institution carrying the name. For someone opening a business, this is the most actionable line on the page — though it may equally be a gap in the register.
Built, but no longer spoken
Japanese 3 institutions · Hungarian 3 institutions · French 4 institutions · Islamic 4 institutions · Indigenous 5 institutions
An established community that has shifted to English at home. The institutions remain; the language is no longer the one used in the kitchen.
The rest of the profile
| Characteristic | Here | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Residents 65 and over | 17% | 19% |
| Residents 85 and over | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Residents 20 to 24 | 7.5% | 6% |
| Arrived 2016 to 2021 | 6.2% | 3.7% |
| Non-permanent residents | 4.1% | — |
| Speak a non-official language at home | 16.6% | 12.7% |
| Renter households | 36.9% | 33.2% |
| Spending 30% or more on shelter | 20.1% | 20.6% |
| Participation rate | 65.7% | 63.7% |
| Unemployment rate | 8.9% | 10.4% |
| Median household income, 2020 | 80000 $ | — |
| Median after-tax household income, 2020 | 69500 $ | — |
| Prevalence of low income (LIM-AT) | 12.9% | — |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 29.2% | — |
The one thing to keep in mind
Census day was 11 May 2021, so income is for 2020 and the labour figures were taken during the pandemic — Toronto's 13.9% unemployment rate is a May 2021 reading, not a current one. Census 2021 count for the census subdivision, which is the municipality proper. It will differ from the figure in wander.regions, which is sometimes a metropolitan population.
Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population — 98-401-X2021005 — Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, Statistics Canada, under the Open Government Licence – Canada. National comparison: Population-weighted across all 5,161 census subdivisions in the 2021 Census Profile. Median rent and median age are weighted means of local medians, which is an approximation, not a national median.
The communities the register shows
A community appears in the business register before it appears in prose — a national church, a society, a credit union, a newspaper. Those are counted as institutions, and they are what suggests residents. A restaurant serving a cuisine is counted separately as trade, because every city has those and they say nothing about who lives nearby. The ranking is by institutions.
| Community | Institutions | Worship | Trade | Where it shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 48 | 34 | 17 | institutions on McGregor Street (4) · Main Street (4) · Day Street (3) · Jefferson Avenue (3) trade on Main Street (3) · Selkirk Avenue (2) · Main St (2)
St Michaels Ukrainian CatholicChurch Parish Hal · Ukrainian Orthodox Church Of All Saints · St Michaels Ukrainian CatholicChurch |
| Jewish | 11 | 5 | 10 |
Mikvah Chabad Lubavitch · Chevera Mishnayes Synagogue · National Council Jewish Women |
| Chinese | 9 | 6 | 42 | institutions on Pacific Avenue (2) trade on Portage Ave (3) · Notre Dame Ave (2)
Winnipeg Chinese Mennonite Church · Chinese Mennonite Brethren Chr · Winnipeg Chinese Alliance Church |
| Polish | 6 | 2 | 10 | trade on Selkirk Avenue (2) · Main St (2)
Polish Gymnastics Association · Holy Ghost Church Centre Polish · Polish Gymnastic Association Bar |
| Indigenous | 5 | 2 | 32 | trade on Tamarac Bay (2) · Higgins Avenue (2) · Higgins Ave (2)
Lord Selkirk Aboriginal Womens Group · Bethelehem Aboriginal Flshp · First Nations Community Church |
| Filipino | 5 | 4 | 8 | trade on Juno Street (2)
Filipino United Community Church · Filipino Alliance Church · Filipino Community Church Of The Nazarene |
| German | 5 | 2 | 5 | institutions on Flora Avenue (2)
German Candian Cultural Association · German Society Of Winnipeg Club Room · St Josephs GermanR C Church |
| Korean | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Korean Church Of Winnipeg · Manitoba Korean Presbyterian Church · Korean Business Association |
| French | 4 | — | 14 | trade on St Mary Avenue (4) · St Mary's Road 760 (3)
Commission Nationale des Parents Francophones Cnp · Chambre de Commerce Francophone de Saint Boniface · Churchill French Immersion Milieu Centre |
| Greek | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Greek Orthodox Church · Holy Trinity Russian GreekOrthodox Sobor · St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church |
| South Asian | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Gurdwara Nanaksar · Gurdwara Kalgidhar Darbar · Hindu Society Of Manitoba |
| Portuguese | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Portuguese Pentecostal Church · Portuguese Business and Pro Association · Portuguese Association Of Manitoba |
| Islamic | 4 | 4 | — |
Manitoba Islamic Centre · Ahmadiyya Muslim Center Mosque · Islamic Educational Foundation Of Manitoba |
| Japanese | 3 | 2 | 14 |
Japanese Alliance Church · Japanese United Ch · National Association Of Japanese Canadians |
| Spanish-speaking | 3 | 1 | 5 |
El Estudio Spanish Language Training Centre · Manitoba Chilean Association Cultural Centre · Spanish Church Of God Pentecost |
| Hungarian | 3 | 2 | — |
Hungarian Canadian Cultural · Hungarian United Church · St Anthony of Padua Hungarian |
| Vietnamese | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Free Vietnamese Association Manitoba · Vietnamese Mennonite Church |
| Russian | 2 | 2 | — |
Russian Orthodox Church Of The Holy Resurrection · Holy Trinity Russian GreekOrthodox Sobor |
| Italian | 1 | 1 | 21 | trade on Corydon Avenue (6) · Main St (2)
Italian Pentecostal Church |
| Irish | 1 | — | 3 |
Irish Association of Manitoba |
| Caribbean | 1 | — | 2 |
Jamaican Association Manitoba |
| Slovak | 1 | — | 1 |
Canadian Czechoslovak Benevolent Association |
| Ethiopian | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Ethiopian Orthodox Church |
| Czech | 1 | — | — |
Canadian Czechoslovak Benevolent Association |
| Serbian | 1 | 1 | — |
Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Croatian | 1 | 1 | — |
Croatian Catholic Church St Nicholas Tavelich |
| Romanian | 1 | 1 | — |
St Demetrios Romanian Orthodox Church |
| Armenian | 1 | 1 | — |
Armenian Apos Ch of Winnipeg |
| Arabic-speaking | 1 | — | — |
Lebanese Assciation of Canada |
| Coptic | 1 | 1 | — |
St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church |
| Thai | — | — | 12 | trade on Osborne Street (2)
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| Dutch | — | — | 9 | |
| Swedish | — | — | 2 | |
| Swiss | — | — | 2 | |
| Slovenian | — | — | 1 | |
| Norwegian | — | — | 1 | |
| Scottish | — | — | 1 |
Where the communities are
Streets, not neighbourhood names. The data knows that Greek institutions sit on one street and Greek restaurants on another; it does not know the word "Greektown", so it does not use it.
Ukrainian
Chinese
Polish
Indigenous
Filipino
German
French
Italian
What the city is made of
Every business on file, grouped by the sector it trades in. This is the economic-development view: where the 24,163 businesses actually are, and the specific trades inside each sector.
| Sector | Businesses | Share | What is in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business | 1,845 | 7.6% | association (548) · government (495) · consulting (396) · accounting (262) · foundation (21) · auction (16) · cemetary (13) · vending (12) |
| Living | 1,595 | 6.6% | place of worship (622) · daycare (211) · furniture (206) · apartment (179) · cleaning (147) · appliances (71) · veterinary (41) · janitor (30) |
| Health | 1,435 | 5.9% | physician (518) · pharmacy (209) · medical clinic (124) · optical (115) · chiro (88) · fitness club (84) · health foods (54) · home healthcare (16) |
| Dining | 1,284 | 5.3% | restaurant (1028) · pizza (183) · diner (37) · pubs (13) · steakhouse (11) · burgers (5) · fast food (3) · bistro (2) |
| Retail | 1,264 | 5.2% | gifts (297) · convenience (232) · department store (206) · photography (162) · flowers (146) · jeweler (118) · toys (28) · antiques (20) |
| Construction | 1,178 | 4.9% | general contractor (172) · carpet (156) · plumbing (153) · painting (122) · electrician (115) · heating and cooling (81) · machinery (75) · home builder (71) |
| Beauty | 1,133 | 4.7% | hair stylist (786) · dentist (232) · barber (83) · fruit (1) |
| Automotive | 1,057 | 4.4% | autos (419) · auto repair (364) · auto parts (74) · tires (24) · motorcycle (11) · scooter (4) · truck repair (2) |
| Finance | 999 | 4.1% | insurance (352) · bank (114) · loans (16) · credit union (15) · mortgage (14) · real estate (7) · bankruptcy (5) · stock broker (4) |
| Education | 807 | 3.3% | school (601) · library (140) · writing (35) · garden (22) |
| Living & Home | 686 | 2.8% | greenhouse (7) · garden (2) · landscaping (2) · scooter (1) |
| Construction & Realty | 357 | 1.5% | greenhouse (2) |
| Retail Goods | 355 | 1.5% | fruit (1) |
| Food | 350 | 1.4% | baker (152) · grocer (78) · ice cream (51) · catering (45) · seafood (22) · fruit (1) · diner (1) |
| Fashion | 348 | 1.4% | clothing (348) |
| Logistics | 347 | 1.4% | truck transportation (113) · storage (58) · packaging (26) · railroad (16) · towing (5) · forklifts (4) · garden (1) |
| Travel | 335 | 1.4% | travel agent (140) · hotel (69) · bnb (44) · motel (40) · parking (17) · airline (8) · pubs (1) |
| Manufacturing | 318 | 1.3% | industrial supplier (144) · fabrication (99) · chemical (23) · machinery (22) · pallets (7) · pulp and paper (6) · salvage (6) · greenhouse (3) |
| Media | 303 | 1.3% | advertising (161) · signs (127) · books (10) · printing (5) |
| Realty | 293 | 1.2% | real estate (289) · realtor (4) |
The franchises already here
Brands from a register of 2,024 franchise systems, matched into this city by name. A high count is a signal in both directions: the territory works, and it may be taken.
72 of these brands are a single common word — Metro, Avenue, Budget — so their counts include businesses that merely share the word. They are marked rather than dropped.
| Brand | Category | Here | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-Eleven | convenience | 54 | 30,000 |
| TD Canada Trust | bank | 26 | — |
| Tim Hortons | coffee | 26 | 2,890 |
| Royal Bank | bank | 25 | — |
| U-Haul | car | 23 | 13,700 |
| Wal-Mart | retail | 21 | 6,500 |
| Shoppers Drug Mart | pharmacy | 20 | 927 |
| Shell Canada | fuel | 19 | 2,100 |
| A&W Restaurants | fastfood | 17 | 694 |
| Salvation Army | retail | 17 | — |
| Royal Canadian Legion | club | 16 | 160 |
| Pet Valu | pet | 15 | 300 |
| Burger King | fastfood | 14 | 11,000 |
| Dairy Queen | fastfood | 14 | 5,900 |
| Blockbuster Video | video | 13 | 5,900 |
| Canadian Tire | retail | 13 | 455 |
| Chicken Delight | fastfood | 13 | 50 |
| Pizza Hut | pizza | 13 | 10,000 |
| Liberty Tax Service | tax | 12 | — |
| Coffee Time | coffee | 11 | 300 |
| H&R Block | tax | 11 | 12,165 |
| World of Water | retail | 10 | 18 |
| Enterprise Rent A Car | car | 9 | 5,400 |
| Petro Canada | fuel | 9 | 1,512 |
| Rogers Video | video | 9 | 300 |
| Boston Pizza | pizza | 8 | 250 |
| Cotton Ginny | retail | 8 | — |
| Fountain Tire | auto | 8 | — |
| Laura Secord | dessert | 8 | — |
| Buck or Two | retail | 7 | 139 |
| Little Caesars Pizza | pizza | 7 | 1,800 |
| Mr. Sub | deli | 7 | 475 |
| Real Canadian Superstore | supermarket | 7 | 51 |
| Taco Time | fastfood | 7 | 300 |
| Budget Rent A Car | car | 6 | 1,900 |
| Co-operators | insurance | 6 | — |
| Costco Wholesale | retail | 6 | 371 |
| Second Cup | coffee | 6 | — |
| Thomas Cook | travel | 6 | 700 |
| Athletes World | retail | 5 | — |
| Curves For Women | fitness | 5 | 10,000 |
| Herbal Magic | health | 5 | 315 |
| La Senza | lingerie | 5 | — |
| London Drugs | pharmacy | 5 | 70 |
| Minute Muffler | auto | 5 | — |
| New York Fries | fastfood | 5 | 185 |
| Peoples Jewellers | retail | 5 | — |
| Purolator Courier | post | 5 | 550 |
| St. John | retail | 5 | — |
| Suzy Shier | retail | 5 | — |
| Cash Store | cash | 4 | — |
| Danier Leather | retail | 4 | — |
| Great Canadian Bagel | deli | 4 | 48 |
| Great Plains | retail | 4 | 6 |
| Hollywood Video | video | 4 | 2,700 |
| Home Depot | home | 4 | 2,104 |
| Mr. Lube | auto | 4 | 88 |
| National Bank of Canada | bank | 4 | — |
| Stitch It | retail | 4 | 98 |
| Value Village | retail | 4 | 190 |
| CAA Travel | travel | 3 | — |
| Color Your World | retail | 3 | 98 |
| Earls Restaurant | food | 3 | 52 |
| Extreme Pita | deli | 3 | 174 |
| Future Shop | inc | 3 | 110 |
| Grand & Toy | retail | 3 | 50 |
| Holiday Inn | businesshotel | 3 | — |
| Jumbo Video | video | 3 | 55 |
| Lions Club | club | 3 | — |
| Manchu WOK | fastfood | 3 | 200 |
| Mister Transmission | auto | 3 | 90 |
| Office Depot | retail | 3 | 1,091 |
| Pita Pit | deli | 3 | 220 |
| Pizza Delight | pizza | 3 | 108 |
| Princess Auto | auto | 3 | 25 |
| Randy River | retail | 3 | 65 |
| Running Room | retail | 3 | — |
| Super 8 | economyhotel | 3 | — |
| Sylvan Learning | school | 3 | 710 |
| Tip Top Tailors | retail | 3 | 100 |
| 2-4-1 Pizza | pizza | 2 | 100 |
| American Eagle Outfitters | retail | 2 | 827 |
| Bargain Shop | retail | 2 | 165 |
| Booster Juice | dessert | 2 | 150 |
| Bridgestone/Firestone | auto | 2 | — |
| Buns Master Bakery | coffee | 2 | 29 |
| Cara Operations | food | 2 | — |
| Carlson Wagonlit Travel | travel | 2 | 4,300 |
| Cash Converters | retail | 2 | 16 |
| Cinema City | entertainment | 2 | 16 |
| Comfort Inn | familyhotel | 2 | — |
| Harley Davidson locations | motorcycle | 2 | — |
| Holt Renfrew | retail | 2 | 12 |
| Island Ink-Jet | retail | 2 | 200 |
| La Vie en Rose | retail | 2 | 150 |
| Liquidation World | retail | 2 | 100 |
| Mappins Jewellers | retail | 2 | — |
| Medicine Shoppe | pharmacy | 2 | 1,030 |
| Merle Norman Cosmetics | retail | 2 | 2,000 |
| Northern Reflections | retail | 2 | 150 |
| Panago Pizza | pizza | 2 | 155 |
| Payless Shoesource | shoestore | 2 | 5,000 |
| Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory | dessert | 2 | 320 |
| Sony Store | retail | 2 | — |
| Source For Sports | retail | 2 | 150 |
| Sunglass Hut | retail | 2 | — |
| Taco Bell | tacos | 2 | 5,845 |
| Toys "R" Us | retail | 2 | 1,400 |
| Travel CUTS | travel | 2 | — |
| Apple Auto Glass | specialty | 1 | 110 |
| Baskin Robbins | dessert | 1 | 2,800 |
| Best Western | businesshotel | 1 | 4,200 |
| Big Boy | food | 1 | — |
| CD Plus | retail | 1 | 218 |
| Chevron/Texaco | fuel | 1 | 26,500 |
| City Looks | hair | 1 | — |
| Cruise Holidays | travel | 1 | 125 |
| Days Inn | economyhotel | 1 | — |
| Disney Store | retail | 1 | — |
| Dollar Rent A Car | car | 1 | 600 |
| Dunkin' Donuts | donuts | 1 | 6,000 |
| Eddie Bauer | retail | 1 | 370 |
| Family Fare | supermarket | 1 | 30 |
| Finish Line | retail | 1 | 700 |
| Fitness Depot | fitness | 1 | 40 |
| Furniture Medic | specialty | 1 | 600 |
| General Motors | auto | 1 | — |
| Hampton Inn & Suites | familyhotel | 1 | — |
| Handyman Connection | specialty | 1 | — |
| Harry Rosen | retail | 1 | 16 |
| IKON Office Solutions | retail | 1 | 400 |
| Jani-King | cleaner | 1 | 115 |
| Lawn Doctor | specialty | 1 | 475 |
| Lee Valley Tools | home | 1 | 13 |
| Linens 'n Things | retail | 1 | 500 |
| NAPA Auto Parts | auto | 1 | 18,000 |
| Nine West | retail | 1 | — |
| No Frills | supermarket | 1 | 130 |
| Nutrition House | health | 1 | 62 |
| OK Tire | auto | 1 | 260 |
| Pier 1 Imports | retail | 1 | 1,200 |
| Price Chopper | supermarket | 1 | 118 |
| Print Three | post | 1 | 58 |
| Rogers Wireless | wireless | 1 | — |
| Rotary Club | club | 1 | — |
| St. Regis | luxuryhotel | 1 | — |
| Stop & Shop | supermarket | 1 | 360 |
| Superior Propane | fuel | 1 | — |
| Telus Mobility | wireless | 1 | — |
| Tint King | specialty | 1 | 11 |
| Weed Man | specialty | 1 | — |
| Wine Kitz | liquor | 1 | — |
| Safeway name only | supermarket | 91 | 1,767 |
| Limited name only | retail | 82 | — |
| CIBC name only | bank | 30 | — |
| ScotiaBank name only | bank | 26 | — |
| Sears name only | inc | 25 | 2,300 |
| Manor name only | retail | 18 | — |
| Fabutan name only | health | 16 | 151 |
| YMCA name only | fitness | 16 | — |
| Hallmark name only | greetingcards | 14 | 5,600 |
| Husky name only | fuel | 14 | — |
| Zellers name only | retail | 12 | — |
| Midas name only | auto | 11 | 1,800 |
| Michaels name only | retail | 10 | 805 |
| Toyota name only | car | 9 | — |
| Starbucks name only | coffee | 8 | 3,500 |
| Honda name only | car | 6 | — |
| Jeep name only | suv | 6 | — |
| Renaissance name only | upscalehotel | 6 | — |
| Aldo name only | retail | 5 | — |
| Krystal name only | fastfood | 5 | 400 |
| MMMuffins name only | coffee | 5 | — |
| Nissan name only | auto | 5 | — |
| SAAN name only | retail | 5 | 140 |
| Stitches name only | retail | 5 | — |
| Ardene name only | retail | 4 | — |
| Burton name only | retail | 4 | — |
| Coach name only | luggage | 4 | — |
| Kernels name only | dessert | 4 | — |
| Microplay name only | video | 4 | 130 |
| PartSource name only | auto | 4 | 47 |
| Progressive name only | supermarket | 4 | 150 |
| Roots name only | retail | 4 | 145 |
| Bootlegger name only | retail | 3 | — |
| CarStar name only | auto | 3 | 120 |
| Fabricland name only | retail | 3 | 170 |
| Jacob name only | retail | 3 | 200 |
| LensCrafters name only | specialty | 3 | 890 |
| Petland name only | pet | 3 | 200 |
| Reitmans name only | retail | 3 | 343 |
| Greyhound name only | travel | 2 | — |
| Gymboree name only | retail | 2 | 550 |
| Radisson name only | upscalehotel | 2 | — |
| Roxy name only | retail | 2 | — |
| Sheraton name only | upscalehotel | 2 | — |
| Sobeys name only | supermarket | 2 | 224 |
| TCBY name only | fastfood | 2 | — |
| Volkswagen name only | — | 2 | — |
| WirelessWave name only | wireless | 2 | — |
| Beltone name only | specialty | 1 | 1,500 |
| Cartier name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Centra name only | convenience | 1 | 350 |
| Champion name only | supermarket | 1 | 1,000 |
| Clarion name only | businesshotel | 1 | — |
| Diana name only | supermarket | 1 | 3 |
| easyHome locations name only | retail | 1 | 160 |
| Esprit name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Florsheim name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Halfords name only | retail | 1 | 420 |
| HomeBase locations name only | retail | 1 | 320 |
| Hooters name only | food | 1 | 435 |
| HSBC name only | bank | 1 | — |
| InterContinental name only | luxuryhotel | 1 | — |
| Irma name only | supermarket | 1 | 71 |
| Khalsa name only | fuel | 1 | — |
| Lacoste name only | — | 1 | — |
| Lexus name only | luxurycar | 1 | — |
| Marriott name only | upscalehotel | 1 | 2,800 |
| Mitsubishi name only | auto | 1 | — |
| STIHL name only | tools | 1 | — |
| Talbots name only | retail | 1 | 592 |
| Tiffany name only | retail | 1 | 150 |
| Travelodge name only | economyhotel | 1 | — |
Real estate as a local trade
Four unrelated jobs share the name: selling existing homes, owning and letting them, managing them for someone else, and building new ones. For anyone weighing a move or a licence these are the counts — and the ownership question goes to /property, which answers it building by building.
Real estate is a local job market in its own right, and four unrelated trades get the same name. Counts are businesses filed under each trade in the register, which lists a brokerage once however many agents work there — so this measures firms, not licensees.
Selling homes
5312Offices of agents and brokers — the resale market, and the biggest single trade in most Canadian cities.
Named in the register
- Baldes and Association — 118 Rue Des Meurons
- Biber Roland — 360 McMillan Avenue
- Brant Realty — 151 Horton Avenue East
- Don Cook Real Estate — 109 Kingston Row
- Goodfellow and Goodfellow Real — 63 Spring Meadow Cres
- Integrated Property Service — 279 Provencher Blvd #2
- Kehler Realty — 132 Regent Avenue West
- Kehler Realty Gus Miller — 132 Regent Avenue West
- L J Wenden Real Estate Service — 515 Giroux St
- Norwood Business Centre — 167 St Mary's Road
- Rancho Realty Services ManitobaLtd — 30 Speers Road
- South Key Properties — 149 Horton Ave E
- Steck and Association Realty — 273 Tache Ave
- U List Advantage Coughlin Rlty — 28 Main St S
Owning and letting
5311Lessors of real estate: the buildings themselves, filed under the building rather than the owner.
Named in the register
- Arden House — 15 Arden Ave
- Columbus Manor — 303 Goulet St
- Enfield Estates — 370 Enfield Crescent
- Island Park Place — 10 Charbonneau Cres
- Lakeside Gardens — 11 Sanford Fleming Road
- Niakawa Tower — 115 Niakwa Road
- Niakwa Green — 100 Niakwa Road 104
- Niakwa Park Plaza — 1310 Archibald St
- River Park Estates — 449 Paddington Rd
- Rotunda Towers — 22 Beliveau Rd
- STS Peter and Paul Manor — 375 Goulet Street
- Transcona Place — 110 Victoria Ave
- Weatherstone Place — 33 Weatherstone Place
- Willow Lake Garden Apartments — 117 Willowlake Crescent 208
Managing for owners
5313Property managers, who run buildings the landlord does not.
Named in the register
- Canadian Property Maintenance — 612 Logan Ave
- Total Building Maintenance — 1049 Logan Ave
Building new homes
2361Residential builders and the general contractors who work for them.
Named in the register
- 3 Seasons Renovations — 976 McMillan Avenue
- A Sarna Roofing — 270 Transport Rd
- Adk Enterprises — 310 George Marshall Way
- Akina Mukwa Contracting Renovations — 1068 Theo. Nuytten Street
- Broadview Homes — 30 Speers Rd
- C J Rental and Contracting — 727 Mission St
- Caspian Construction — 1225 Plessis Rd #2
- Crown Renovations — 1055 Dugald Rd
- Gap Renovations and Roofing — 312 Melrose Ave E
- Irwin Homes — NW 26-11-4E
- K N R Paving — 377 Deschambault Rue
- Thor Plumbing Heating — 410 Turenne Street
- Treasure Homes — 38 Ellesmere Ave
- Wall Tec Interiors — 60 Foch Avenue
Financing it
5222Mortgage brokers and non-bank lenders.
Named in the register
- Cash X — 333 St Mary Ave #70
- Charter Mortgage Services — 675 Pembina Highway 205
- Citifinancial — 1111 Portage Ave #200
- Express Mortgage — 1200 Pembina Highway 304
- Instaloans Financial Solution Centres — 1155 Main Street
- Money Tree Payday Loans — 1376 McPhillips Street
- Mortgage Alliance Company Of Canada The — 360 McMillan Avenue
- Mortgage Logic — 1744 Ness Avenue
- Paycheck Loans — 1767 Main St
- RHM Auto Loans — 780 Burrows Avenue
- Sorensens Loans til Payday — 551 Selkirk Ave
- Sorensens Loans Til Payday — 313 Day Street
- Sorensens Loans Til Payday — 510 Sargent Avenue 6
- Threshold Mortgage — 1200 Pembina Highway 304
Who actually owns it
The full property record →From the /property research for this city, which asks a different question: not who trades in property here, but who owns it. An owner is named there only where a document says so. Owner $33 a title to anyone; every parcel value free and open; no owner in the roll.
Landowners
- Non-Canadian individuals and organizations (statutory limit) — 40 acres
Homebuilders
- Paragon Design Build — 1,242 units / 7 permits
- Double L Construction and Management Ltd — 536 units / 4 permits
- StreetSide Development Corporation — 406 units / 14 permits
- Broadstreet Properties Ltd. — 354 units / 2 permits
- Ironclad Developments Inc. — 354 units / 2 permits
- Pre Con Builders — 328 units / 3 permits
Commercial landlords
- Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (RFA Financial Inc.) — 30 Winnipeg properties, 2,647,000 sq ft GLA
- Harvard Developments Corporation (The Hill Companies) — 158 properties, 9M+ sq ft owned and managed across Western Canada
- Shindico Realty Inc. — $3 billion assets under management; 13.1 million sq ft pipeline
- Cadillac Fairview — CF Polo Park — $619,523,000 assessed
- Leyad — St. Vital Centre — approximately 1,000,000 sq ft GLA
- Primaris REIT — Kildonan Place — $182,644,000 assessed
8 marquee buildings examined, 6 with an owner established.
On "how many doors"
How many doors a landlord holds is not in any of this. The register files an apartment building under the building, not its owner, and carries no unit count; there is no open dataset of Canadian landlords by portfolio. Where this research has established ownership it is in the /property record for the city, building by building, which is a different and much slower exercise.
Work where you go to them
The Ultimate 411 half of local: everything where the customer does not have to come to you.
A shop needs the customer to walk in. These 157 services do the opposite — the mobile mechanic, the mobile groomer, the bookkeeper, the junk haul — and they are the ones a person can start without a lease. 0 of them already match a trait filed in this city's register.
The 157 Service=1 rows in search.local: work where the provider travels to the customer. "present" counts businesses already filed under that exact trait name; a blank is a coverage gap, not proof of absence, because the two vocabularies were built separately.
home services
events
pets
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sporting goods
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construction
travel
tools
Schools and colleges
wander.schools is a post-secondary table — universities and colleges. K-12 public and private schools are not in it, and only 7 of its 1,686 rows carry coordinates, so these are listed and not mapped.
| Institution | Type | Students | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| RRC Polytech | College | — | — |
| University of Manitoba | University | — | — |
| UWinnipeg | University | — | — |
In the business register
Where schooling shows up as a business rather than an institution — which is where K-12, tutoring and childcare appear.
Health and care
What a person moving a parent here would ask first. The register files clinics and pharmacies; it has no category for a hospital at all, so hospitals are matched by name and the limit is stated rather than hidden.
Matched on the name "hospital"
- Transcona Veterinary Hospital — 501 Pandora Avenue West 10
- St Boniface General Hospital — 409 Tache Ave
- St Boniface General Hospital Research Centre — 409 TachéAvenue
- Anderson Animal Hospital — 60 Marion Street
- Accent Care Home and Hospital — 449 Provencher Blvd
- St Vital Veterinary Hospital — 260 St Anne's Road
- Win Rose Animal Hospital — 534 St Anne's Road
- Dakota Veterinary Hospital — 1026 St Mary's Road
- Victoria General Hospital — 2340 Pembina Hwy
- Best Friends Animal Hospital — 1910 Pembina Highway 24
- Centennial Animal Hospital — 2747 Pembina Highway
- Country Herb and Health Centre — 2725 Pembina Highway 4
- Exclusively Cats Veterinary Hospital — 945 Corydon Avenue
- Seven Oaks Veterinary Hospital — 1830 Main Street
- Rivers Animal Hospital — 2539 Main Street
- Sangsters Health Centre — 1128 Henderson Highway 25
- Henderson Animal Hospital — 1434 Henderson Highway
- Riverview Health Center — 1 Morley Ave
- Pembina Veterinary Hospital — 400 Pembina Highway
- Linden Ridge Animal Hospital — 1080 Waverley Street 11
- Victoria General Hospital Foundation — 2340 Pembina Highway
- Riverview Health Centre Foundation — 1 Morley Avenue
- Sangsters Health Center — 871 Waverley St #5
- Tuxedo Animal Hospital — 2025 Corydon Avenue 192
- Corydon Animal Hospital — 1675 Corydon Avenue
- Animal Hospital of Manitoba — 995 Main St
- Muchray Animal Hospital — 1039 McPhillips Street
- McPhillips Animal Hospital — 2211 McPhillips Street
- Maples Chiropractic Health Center — 1287 Jefferson Ave
- Seven Oaks General Hospital — 2300 Mcphillips St
- NorWest Co Op Community Health Centre — 61 Tyndall Avenue 103
- Winnipegosis General Hospital — 230 Bridge St
- McLeod Veterinary Hospital — 880 McLeod Avenue
- Concordia Hospital Library — 1095 Concordia Ave
- Concordia Hospital — 1095 Concordia Ave
- Sherbrook Animal Hospital — 399 Sherbrook Street
- Misericordia General Hospital General — 99 Cornish Avenue
- Childrens Hospital Book Market — 685 William Avenue
- Klinic Community Health Center — 870 Portage Ave
- Manitoba Med and Hospital Ins — 599 Empress St
- Childrens Hospital — 685 William Ave
- Childrens Hospital Winnipeg — 840 Sherbrook St
- Misericordia General Hospital Mamogram Departmen — 25 Sherbrook Street
- Misericordia Health Centre MGH For Lungs Respirat — 99 Cornish Avenue
- Misericordia Health Center — 99 Cornish Ave
- Misericordia General Hospital Patient Enquiry — 99 Cornish Avenue
- Misericordia General Hospital Foundation — 99 Cornish Avenue
- Birchwood Animal Hospital — 2595 Portage Avenue
- Ann Louise Doll Hospital — 3667 Eldridge Ave
- Grace General Hospital — 300 Booth Dr
- Crestview Veterinary Hospital — 3067 Ness Avenue
- Assiniboia Animal Hospital — 3050 Portage Avenue
- Roblin Animal Hospital — 5606 Roblin Boulevard
- Community and Hospital Infection — 67 Bergman Cres
- Nine Circles Community Health Centre — 705 Broadway
- Foot Health Centre — 128 Adelaide Street
- MFL Occupational Health Centre — 275 Broadway 102
- Holistic Health Center — 35 Lakewood Blvd
geonet carries no 'hospital' trait, so these are matched on the business name. A distance-to-hospital figure needs a source that states hospital locations.
Mayor & politics
Who holds office here and who is asking to, from the official lists on /politics: the council, the riding’s Member of Parliament and the provincial member. Each name opens its row there.
Realtors in Winnipeg — the brokerages and licensed agents to call →
What this record cannot tell you
Named in full, because the gaps are the part most likely to be misread as an answer.
- Census figures are 2021, taken on 11 May 2021: income is for 2020 and the labour figures were measured mid-pandemic, so the unemployment rate on this page is a 2021 reading rather than a current one.
- wander.schools is now readable, but it holds universities and colleges only and 1,679 of its 1,686 rows have no coordinates. K-12 public and private schools need a separate source — in Ontario the Ministry of Education school finder, in British Columbia the provincial school list. wander.citytowns, hotels and territories remain denied to the ru user.
- No 'hospital' trait exists in geonet; distance to a hospital needs an external source such as StatCan's Open Database of Healthcare Facilities.
- 7.6% of businesses here carry no coordinates, so a map or address lookup would miss them. Postal codes reach 99.1%.
Built from
geonet.winnipeg— the local business registerwander.regions— city name, population, metrosearch.local— trait vocabulary and the come-to-you servicessearch.cozfranchises— 2,024 franchise brands