This article is about the informal geographic regions of the province. For the administrative divisions of Manitoba, see List of rural municipalities in Manitoba.
This is a list of regions in Manitoba, Canada, including Manitoba's geographic regions, economic regions, and health regions. These regions do not reflect the organization of local government in Manitoba. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own.
Typically outlined by provincial or federal authorities, these formal and informal regional models broadly follow the geographic definitions, but have particular variations depending on their administrative or other purpose.
These are informal geographic regions, accompanied by the census divisions in each.[1][2][3] Unlike in some other provinces, census divisionsinManitoba do not reflect the organization of local government: these areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own.
Winnipeg Capital Region — Includes the 16 municipalities identified in Manitoba's Capital Region Partnership Act. As such, unlike the other regions, this region also includes municipalities that are components of the other regions that border it.[2][5]
The economic regions of Manitoba are defined by Statistics Canada. Manitoba is broken into 8 economic regions, each with its own competitive advantages and potential opportunities.[2][7]: 17 These regions also include "self-contained labour areas," or SLAs, which are local geographic areas in Manitoba where people live and work and that have a minimum population of 3,000 and a minimum tax baseofCA$130 million. These areas are solely based on economic relationships that exist between neighbouring towns and municipalities.[8]
Manitoba's 8 economic regions include the following.[2]
Southeast Economic Region — comprising all of the Eastman region (census divisions 1, 2, and 12), and can be further broken down into the following SLAs:
Southwest Economic Region — comprising all of the Westman region (census divisions 5, 6, 7, and 15), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs:
North Central Economic Region — comprising all of the Central Plains region (census divisions 8, 9, and 10), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs:
Interlake Economic Region — comprising all of the Interlake region (census divisions 13, 14, and 18), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs:
Parkland Economic Region — comprising all of the Parkland region (census divisions 17, 16, and 20), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs:
North Economic Region — comprising all of the Norman region (census divisions 19, 21, 22, and 23), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs:
The Government of Canada has its own economic regions created for the provision of employment Insurance (EI) in each province/territory. These "Employment Insurance Economic Regions" are defined by the federal Employment Insurance Act and Regulations.[9][7]: 17
The 5 health regions, and their respective RHAs, that exist today were created as an amalgamation of 11 regions and authorities that were merged in 2012:[11][12]
Manitoba can also be divided by its First Nations treaties, as part of the Numbered Treaties of Canada. Some include portions of other provinces.[7]: 23 [14]
Treaty 5 — comprising central-northern Manitoba—roughly Northern Manitoba (excluding a portion of division 19; and the furthest-east portion of census division 23, which does not belong to a Manitoba treaty)
The Manitoba Metis Federation, which is the official self-governing political organization for Métis people in Manitoba, uses a regionally-based governance structure wherein the MMF is organized into regional associations that are made up of local associations.[7]: 23
The Manitoba Metis Federation regions, for which the boundaries are established by the MMF Board of Directors, are:[15]
