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.
Geographic regions
These are informal geographic regions, accompanied by the census divisions in each. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions in Manitoba 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.
Provincial regions
Central Manitoba
Northern Manitoba
Southern Manitoba
Southern Manitoba includes:
Extraterritorial regions
In the broader context of Canada's 7 primary regions, as well as those of North America's various regions, Manitoba can be considered by the following physiographic regions:
Economic regions
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. 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 base of CA$130 million. These areas are solely based on economic relationships that exist between neighbouring towns and municipalities.
Manitoba's 8 economic regions include the following.
Rural Manitoba:
- Southeast Economic Region â comprising all of the Eastman region (census divisions 1, 2, and 12), and can be further broken down into the following SLAs:
- Beausejour Brokenhead Area
- Emerson Area
- Hanover Area
- La Broquerie Area
- Lac du Bonnet Area
- Niverville Area
- Powerview-Pine Falls Area
- Ritchot Area
- Springfield Area
- St. Pierre-Jolys Area
- Steinbach Area
- Stuartburn Area
- Taché Area
- South Central Economic Region â comprising all of the Pembina Valley region (census divisions 3 and 4), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs:
- Altona Area
- Carman Area
- Cartwright Area
- Manitou Area
- Morris Area
- Winkler Area
- Southwest Economic Region â comprising all of the Westman region (census divisions 5, 6, 7, and 15), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs:
- Boissevain Area
- Brandon Area
- Hamiota Area
- Killarney Area
- Melita Area
- Minnedosa Area
- Neepawa Area
- Rivers Area
- Souris Area
- Virden Area
- Wawanesa Area
- North Central Economic Region â comprising all of the Central Plains region (census divisions 8, 9, and 10), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs:
- Gladstone Area
- Macdonald Area
- Portage la Prairie Area
- St. Francois Xavier Area
- Treherne Area
- Interlake Economic Region â comprising all of the Interlake region (census divisions 13, 14, and 18), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs:
- Arborg Area
- East St. Paul Area
- Gimli Area
- Selkirk Area
- St. Andrews Area
- St. Clements Area
- St. Laurent Area
- Stonewall Area
- West St. Paul Area
- Woodlands Area
- Parkland Economic Region â comprising all of the Parkland region (census divisions 17, 16, and 20), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs:
- Dauphin Area
- Grandview Area
- Roblin Area
- Russell Area
- Ste. Rose Area
- Swan Valley Area
Northern Manitoba:
Winnipeg:
EI regions
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.
- EI Region of Winnipeg (EI Region #39) â includes Brokenhead 4, East St. Paul, Headingley, Ritchot, Rosser, Springfield, St. Clements, St. François Xavier, Taché, West St. Paul, and Winnipeg.
- EI Region of Southern Manitoba (EI Region #40) â includes census divisions 2, 13, and 14, as well as the entirety of the Central Plains, Interlake, Parkland, Pembina Valley, and Westman regions.
- EI Region of Northern Manitoba (EI Region #41) â includes census divisions 1, 12, and 18, as well as the entirety of the Northern Region
Health regions
Manitoba is also broken down into health regions, which are defined by their respective health authorities, called Regional Health Authorities (RHAs).
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:
Other
Schools
School divisions and districts in Manitoba are also divided into regions:
Treaties
Manitoba can also be divided by its First Nations treaties, as part of the Numbered Treaties of Canada. Some include portions of other provinces.
- Treaty 1 â comprising Winnipeg (census division 11), and southern ManitobaâÂÂroughly the regions of Central Plains, Pembina Valley, and Interlake (excluding northern half of census division 18)
- Treaty 2 â comprising southern ManitobaâÂÂroughly the Westman Region, census division 17, parts of division 16, southern part of division 19, and northern part of division 18
- Treaty 3 â roughly comprising census division 1; and the Lake of the Woods area of southeastern Ontario
- Treaty 4 â roughly comprising census division 20, the non-contiguous western portion of division 19, and small, westward portion of division 16; and the QuâÂÂAppelle area of southern Saskatchewan
- Treaty 5 â comprising central-northern ManitobaâÂÂroughly 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)
Manitoba Metis Federation regions
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.
The Manitoba Metis Federation regions, for which the boundaries are established by the MMF Board of Directors, are:
- Northwest Region
- The Pas Region
- Thompson Region
- Interlake Region
- Southeast Region
- Southwest Region
- Winnipeg Region
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