American Reacts to the 10 Best Things in Winnipeg
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As an American I have never seen Winnipeg before. Today I am very interested in learning about some of the best things to see and do in the Canadian city of Winnipeg. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Lifelong Winnipegger and History Teacher here.
Winnipeg is an indigenous name, meaning "muddy water" (in reference to the silt-clay filled Red River, which splits the modern city in half) in the Western Cree language. It is located the the meeting point of the Red & Assiniboine Rivers, which has been a meeting place and trading centre for indigenous people for thousands of years. A few quick things:
1. The Canadian Human Rights Museum is the only national museum outside the National Capital area (Ottawa). It's a new museum, and mostly interactive, without a lot of artifacts like you would normally see. The bridge you see in the exterior photos with the round "building" on top was intended to be a restaurant, but it was hard to find nearby parking, and to get food to the restaurant so they closed it down. Interesting fact - because the bridge had a full service restaurant on it, it needed flush toilets and running water, so they built a run of heated water and sewer pipes onto the bridge at the cost of over $1million in order to ensure the water and sewage did not freeze, which was quite the scandal at the time of construction. If you're ever in town in summer, go there and make sure to use the million-dollar toilet.
2. Assiniboine Park Zoo has the largest Polar Bear research centre in the world. Churchill, Manitoba, to the north of Winnipeg on Hudson's Bay, is the Polar Bear Capital of the World, and orphaned cubs often end up in the zoo. The centres' most famous resident, Debbie the Polar Bear, was the longest-lived captive polar bear in the world (1966 - Nov 17, 2008).
3. The Forks is named after the intersection ("forks:) of the Red & Assiniboine Rivers. It was an indigenous meeting place and spiritual centre for thousands of years. Later it was turned into a railyard, but in the last 40 years has been converted into a shopping area and green space.
5. The Winnipeg Art Gallery is world famous, and contains many works by Winnipeg's most famous sculptor, Leo Mol (who's works are also displayed at Assiniboine Park). Quamajuq is a recently-completed art gallery that focuses on Inuit art from Canada's arctic regions.
9. The Manitoba Museum is a more traditional museum in that it focuses on artifact displays and interpretation, and includes everything from a dinosaur room, to indigenous culture and history, the history of the world largest fur trading company (The Hudson Bay Company, established in 1640), local history, and much more.
10, The Exchange District is Winnipeg's "old downtown", and is very much like it was back in the 1880s. Many old warehouses converted into apartments, boutique shops, and restaurants, and incorporating Winnipeg's historic Chinatown district. Many movies are shot here due to it's authentic look and cobblestone streets.
Other things this video missed out on:
- Upper Fort Garry, which is the remains of the Hudson Bay Company's major fur trading post in the area. It's 2 minutes from The Forks.
- The Hotel Fort Garry and CNR Train station, which was built by the same architect who designed Grand Central Station in NYC. Also right next to the Forks. Plus, the Fort Garry Hotel is allegedly one of the most haunted places in Winnipeg.
- St. Boniface Cathedral, across the river from The Forks, was the tallest building west of Toronto at the time of it's construction, and the burial place of Metis leader Louis Riel, who led an armed rebellion against the Canadian Government (twice!) and is generally recognized as the Father of Manitoba. We even have a statutory holiday in February to celebrate Louis Riel.
- The Manitoba Legislative Building, which is a very impressive architectural sample with a ton of secrets and hidden meanings.
Thanks for the information! It's good for people to know that we have amazing and talented artists.
*We don't have buffalo. We have bison
And it'd all filled with homeless meth addicts and communist gun laws I hate this city
Great summary! Winnipeg is awesome! 😊😊
RWB, MYTP are also important "must see"
Also, in August, Folklorama and in Feb the Festival due voyageur
And all our food festivals, we are such a foodie city.
Winnipegger here!
This is only scratching on the surface!
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra & Philharmonic.
- Folk Festival.
- Folkorama Festival.
- Festival Du Voyageur.
- Fringe Festival.
- Osborne & Corydon Villages.
- The Leaf Botanical garden (at assiniboine Park).
- an impressive cottage country.
My favourite festival, Folkorama. Is a 2 weeks city wide celebration of 40-50 pavilions of all sorts of different cultures, that present their food, performances, traditions, it’s so much fun!
Yesss Féstival du Voyageur! Hé-Ho!
Hey Folklorama is coming soon! I'm planing on visiting at least three pavilions this time!😁
@@valeriechern Do they still have the passport books? I have mine from when I lived there as a child
@@MsGabygirl You mean like a little booklet with pavilions info?
What about the manipogo?
I live in Winnipeg. It doesnt have the flash and glamour of other Canadian cities, but it's home and overall I'm happy here.
I miss home... Haven't lived there since '97, is there still Salisbury house on the bridge???
@@xollst Trust be told i don't know what's there now. Last place in there that i know of was "Mon Amis Louise". Sals closed long ago. Mon Amis as well. It's just impossible to make money in that location despite it's impressiveness
@@TheSobeysworkerIt's because of people not wanting to walk up the bridge to eat there during the cold winters. Cool concept but I can understand why there's not a long traffic especially in the winter.
This is the most Winnipegger thing ever said! ❤
Lifelong BC resident here. I've never set foot in Manitoba but from all accounts, I've heard that Manitobans are amongst the friendliest of all the Canadian territories and provinces. So congratulations to you for being the friendliest region in a country known worldwide for its high 'nice' metrics. Lol.
“Southern Canada”
A concept that boggles the mind! It’s like an Amish Hacker. It just doesn’t seem to fit lol. 😂
Winnie the Pooh was a real bear and mascot of a WW1 Canadian army regiment and was named Winnie after Winnipeg. A soldier rescued her. She was tied up at a train station and he smuggled her to the UK and she was put in the London Zoo when the soldier went to war in Europe and she lived there the rest of her life as a beloved resident.
Winnie......why poo son. I don't know, just Winnie the Pooh
@@skarlottt Winnipeg ("Winnie") the bear lived in the London Zoo 1914 - 1934. Author A. A. Milne often took his son Christopher Robin to see her there.
Not smuggled though. Took her on the train all the way to the east coast, then across the ocean by ship along with the rest of the regiment. Check out Winnie the Bear WWI. "The Pooh" was added later, by Christopher Robin who visited Winnie at the London Zoo -you can even find a photo of one of the visits online. Winnie was female.
The soldier was from the Fort Gary Horse. This story is part of their history
There is an actual statue of the soldier standing and holding winnies paws at our zoo, it’s a wonderful piece of history.
As someone who lives in Winnipeg, we’re the only ones who are aloud to make fun of Winnipeg
Yes
Hey Winnipegers! Much love from Halifax ❤
Much love right back at you !! Looking forward to visiting, I've heard the people there are even more friendly, and most I've meet from the Maritimes seems to confirm that !!
Back atcha❤ Too damp over there for me on the east coast!!
Halifax is one of my favorite places. It is the most at home I ever felt when I wasn't home, which is Saskatchewan. I have always said I would never leave Saskatchewan but Halifax made me eat my words lol. I'd live there in a heartbeat. The people were so chill. Can't wait to go back ❤❤❤❤
Much love back :)
Hey Halifax, hope u get a CFL team. Saskatoon here. I did a contract in the Peg, long drive.
Fun Fact: Winnipeg actually used to be known as "the Gateway to the West" because it was often seen as the border city between Eastern and Western Canada. I've been to both the Museum of Human Rights and the Assiniboine Park Zoo a few years back. The museum was amazing with its multiple floors dedicated to different eras and chapters of human rights history. Quite a few places in there allow you to interact anonymously with polls and votes on topics concerning both past and present issues, allowing you to see if your choices were a majority or not.
The polar bears at the zoo were so cool and I remember us being present during a point when one of the bears sat down on the transparent tunnel to just chill. There is even a cafeteria that lets you eat lunch right beside a giant glass window that lets you see inside the large polar bear enclosure.
It’s also known as stab city in my town I’m not joking
I'm quite surprised that the video didn't show Folklorama. It's a festival over two weeks, where different countries/regions from around the world have dances and food that you can experience. It's not too expensive. To answer Tyler's question, Winnipeg is in Southern Canada, but because we're in the prairies, we get nasty winds that make the -35 to -40 winters that much colder. Still, if you bundle up and are active, you can easily enjoy yourself skiing, tobogganing, snowshoeing, etc. We have over 100,000 lakes, so canoeing, kayaking or using personal watercraft is a good way to enjoy nature, when the sun doesn't go down until 11:00 PM.
There was a short blib for Folklorama
There was a very short snippet (a few seconds) of Folklarama
And Festival du Voyager in the winter
Yeah I’m Portuguese and from winnipeg
I feel like saying something is in southern Canada is somewhat redundant, given that ~90%+ of Canada's population lives within a few kilometers of the US border (probably referring to 49th parallel). Therefore I'd argue Manitoba in general, including Winnipeg is in western Canada, as it's on the prairies, whereas Ontario is in Eastern Canada, as northwestern Ontario is on the Canadian Shield (and yes, so is a bit of Manitoba, but obviously there's a transition from prairies to Canadian Shield, so it's hard to give it an exact border, but since Manitoba has an exact border which is near the environmental border, it makes sense to use that geopolitical border instead).
Something that was glossed over in this video is the fact that Winnipeg is a great sports city with deep sports history. Professional hockey, football, soccer, baseball, basketball and university/college levels as well as many rec leagues to play yourself. Also many great golf courses and water sports, winter sports etc.
Yesss we got the manitob moose, winnipeg jets, winnipeg blue bombers, and a winnipeg soccer team!!
The ship at the Manitoba Museum is not just a display. The Nonsuch was an actual sailing vessel that the English used to trade for furs through Churchill Manitoba off of Hudson's Bay in the 1600s. To celebrate Canada's centennial in 1967, they commissioned a replica to be made as closely as possible to the original, which sailed in the Atlantic and later the Pacific oceans, before being trucked in and placed at the site, where the museum was built around it.
I always wondered how they got that ship in there.
Yes, you got that right. The Museum of Man and Nature was built in Winnipeg . It housed the ship called the Nonsuch... the museum was built around the ship.
I always enjoy nerding out and going and looking at that ship and thinking of what it was like in the original days of making those crazy trans-Atlantic journey's. I am definitely not built for those adventures, let me tell you what lmao.
@@Mr.Septon Same, the Nonsuch was always my favorite stop whenever we had school trips to the museum.
My first school trip I still remember was in the 70's and you could go into the captains cabin and below deck. The "town" around it was cool with the silent movie theater showing Charlie Chaplin.
Winnipeg is often overlooked. It is sait is the city that no one wants to visit, but no one wants to le leave when they do. Manitobans are the friendliest people among Canadians. The local french speaking community and many others give the area a unique culture and perspective. When other Canadians say it is too cold to go out, Manitobans will say it is sunny and put another layer and have fun. Some call Winnipeg Winterpeg derisively, while locals use the term endearingly.
Come for the rich history and culture. Stay because your car is burried in a snow drifted and you were beaten and robbed.
@@Dr.Claw_M.A.D. No robberies, assaults or snow in your city?
trust me, we all want to leave lol
@@ganymede speak for yourself lol. No one's stopping ya 🤷
Tyler, thank you so much for this reaction. I love this city of mine and will just keep this reaction in mind when the disparaging remarks from my fellow Canadians start rolling in as they always do. We are a seldom mentioned province and city but when we are mentioned we are referred to as Winnipeggers from the Peg. Thanks again!
I have lived in beautiful British Columbia for 27 years and still have many fond memories of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Manitoba is known for being "Friendly Manitoba" and it's the truth.!!!!! Not so much here in BC but there are many retired Prairie people living out here now and it's getting friendlier. Big difference in Prairie Provinces and other provinces.
@@adelefortin6913 Thank you for that, so nice to hear a positive comment about our province once in awhile. B.C. Is of course gorgeous, I love Victoria especially. I have never lived there but have visited.
i've been to winnipeg twice, once for work and once just to visit and loved it every time - i don't know why other canadians dunk on it so much. i'd love to go back. wonderful city! love from toronto.
@@simashakeri95 Thanks for that, sometimes I wonder if by saying Winnipeg is ok it somehow makes the other provinces feel it makes theirs less beautiful. It doesn’t. I would actually prefer it that if someone doesn’t have anything good to say, just don’t say anything, which does actually often happen too . Lol. Thanks again! Happy the odd Canadian besides me actually kind of likes the Peg. I have never been to Toronto but loved Quetico National Park in Ontario. To be honest I have only travelled West and that is as Far East as I have been.
As a fellow Winnipeger, I have to agree!
I have travelled to 27 countries and I am convinced that Winnipeg is a beautiful city and I am proud to call it home.
Ontario considers themselves the center of the universe, so anything west of it, is "western Canada"
Of course they do 😅
They may consider themselves central but math and geography proves them wrong. The longitudinal centre of canada is 20 minutes east of Winnipeg and almost 2 hours west of Ontario. I like to consider myself as tall, thin, and young ... doesn't make me any of those things.
Not an accurate description of the reasoning, here's a run down of my thoughts:
Prairie provinces are clearly western, and the center of the prairies (somewhere in SK) is clearly west of the center of Canada. Since the majority of Manitoba is on the prairies, it can be considered west. In addition, it shares a similar culture, ect. to SK and AB in many regards, and thus one can consider there to be a "western culture", and since Manitoba is part of that culture, it is also west. Alternatively, another argument is that the prairies end and transition into the Canadian Shield inside Manitoba, and arguably complete the transformation inside Ontario. Since one isn't going to cut up the prairies due to their unifying landscape and culture (I mean I guess one could), the natural boundary would be the edge of the prairies. Since it is difficult to determine an exact point where prairie become Canadian Shield (because there is no such point, as there is a transition), the most natural point to end the west would be at a geopolitical boundary, and given that the Manitoba-Ontario border is extremely near the end of the prairies, it is the most natural place to end what western Canada is. I would argue that anything east of that, including Ontario, would thus be eastern Canada. However, there is arguments to be made that Ontario is in central Canada, and, separately or together with the previous, that Manitoba is in central Canada.
😂
Quebec too. They literally extend farther East than Nova Scotia, and they're still like "clearly we're the centre". What do words even mean anymore?
That last shot of The Exchange District, I think any of us Winnipeggers could tell you... that's the cleanest I've ever seen that place look LOL
as an exchange district dweller… YUP
@@sydneymargaret true
The Royal Canadian Mint mints money for about 75 foreign countries. Also, many popular movies are shot in Winnipeg and surrounding countryside.
I believe some gold medals were minted here for a couple of games.
I wanna know the movies because seeing Winnipeg in a movie will make me happier
@@BengalsFan-z4q there's a long list on Google.
@@BengalsFan-z4q”How it Ends” is still on Netflix, I believe. Has scenes from the airport, Arlington bridge, and Skinner’s Wet’n Wild before it was torn down.
Spencer Sisters, as well.
Check out Wikipedia: List of films and television shows shot in Winnipeg.
Nobody (2021)
I'm from Winnipeg. It's nice to see someone see our little city in a positive light. A lot of people often lose sight of the better parts of what they see every day and hearing it seen positively by an objective stranger is refreshing. My kids and I met an American that came to vacation in Winnipeg in February (when its colder than -40) to see our bright winter sunshine that he had apparently heard about. We were a little confused that someone would visit a place so cold by choice but quickly realized that we do have some beautiful skies all through the winter. Thank you. Also the park is named after the river that runs through it, prounounced 'ass-in-a-boine'. And it is a beautiful place
If you ever stop by, make sure you hangout at the Northern!
Alex :“I didn’t expect winnipeg to be a dump or anything”
WPG: **subtly hides garbage hill**
“Uh, yeah no, we’re not a dump”
🤣🤣🤣
Absolutely don't do this. The arsehole of Winnipeg. City is ranked amongst the worst in Canada for crime.
Oh yes the northern. Such a beautiful and exquisite place.
FRR
Lol. Just don’t ask for a Winnipeg handshake
Thaks for showcasing Winnipeg. Born and raised here for 52 years. Too many people from this city dismiss Winnipeg but as you've seen, there are great things about this city and more that you haven't mentioned. One big one is the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. It's Canada's oldest ballet company and the longest continuously operating ballet company in North America.
We have so much to offer including the ability to walk down your neighborhood street and say hello to someome and they say hello back.
= winnipegger. Pine St. Was renamed Valour Road. Three young men volunteered to fight in WW1. They were raised on Pine Street. All three of them were awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest honour for courage in battle, presented by the British Military. No other place on earth can claim this honour.
Corporal Leo Clarke, Sergeant-Major Frederick William Hall, and Lieutenant Robert Shankland all lived on the 700 block of Pine Street.
I lived in Winnipeg for a full year, and I don't think I even touched a TENTH of the cool sights to see around town. I now live in Yorkton, a city about four hours from Winnipeg, and I have been itching to return. Why? There are hundreds of places to visit, from museums to famous diners to notable sports venues (GO JETS GO!), Winnipeg is a VERY interesting city. With a history as diverse as Canada itself, and the only officially recognized French-speaking district west of Quebec, Winnipeg is a cultural gem that loves to fly under the radar and make you discover it for yourself. If you EVER want an inexpensive vacation equal to a European adventure, check out Canada's Gateway to the West!
Lol! I live in Canada (born and raised) and I love to watch these videos, not only to watch an American learn about my wonderful country, but to learn more myself about my country!
We are winnipegers & manitobans.
It’s an easy city to get around. I’m originally from Calgary but I like the more laid back feeling in Winnipeg.
We are very diverse in culture. Very bilingual.
Very cold & dreary in the winter though.
We get very warm summers. We are considered western & eastern Canada starts in Ontario even though we look right in the middle. We are on central time zone. Saskatchewan next door never does the time change, fall back & spring forward. So half the year they are the same time as us or the same time as Alberta.
We are known for our provincial parks & lots of fishing, hunting, camping, & heading to the beach or lake. It’s almost a staple to also have a cabin somewhere in Manitoba besides where you live. People are friendly here but I’ve noticed the farther you go east like Nova Scotia & on you get the friendliest of people.
Canada is beautiful & I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.
Hi Tyler! Considering that Winnipeg is in Canada, I was really shocked that neither of those videos mentioned Winnipeg's NHL team, the Winnipeg Jets. Sure, they're not the Leafs or the Habs, but live hockey is big, in the cities that have NHL franchises. Even if Winnipeg has the smallest market in the league.
Hello from a hockey fan Down Under 🇦🇺. I did notice that seven of the top eight cities in Canada all have NHL teams. Considering that this format of hockey was invented in Canada, it is fitting.
FYI, Australia does have a national Ice Hockey League, which plays in the US/Canadian off season (in our winter). We've had many wonderful Canadians and other nationalities come down and play in our league in their off season.
Winnipeg’s CFL team is Winnipeg Blue Bombers football.
No one wants to be the leafs
Considering Maestro Alexander is the host of the 2nd video, there's a good chance it was made before the return of the Jets.
Booooo the leafs boooo
Thanks for highlighting my awesome city. I was grinning from ear to ear watching the whole thing.
Why am I watching this? I'm in Winnipeg
1, it's pronounced Ass-in-a-boine
2. Winnipeg is western Canada
3. The Forks is where the Assiniboine River runs into the Red River
4 Winnipeg has extreme weather -30C winters +30C Summers
5. We plug in our non-electric cars in the winter.
Aw, Tyler can't even pronounce American names! He tries so hard too.
It’s called a block heater, which most Americans have no idea what that is.. lol 😂 😂😂
Ah-sin-a-boyne
Winnipeg is not Western Canada. Manitoba is the middle child of the country.
@@fredfish8918 uh, no...ON/MB border west begins! Sorry to burst your bubble...MB, SK, AB, BC
Love your enthusiasm for Winnipeg. Born, raised and live in The Peg!
the rest of Canada calls it Winterpeg lol, it gets crushingly cold. I lived in Virden Manitoba as a grade 1 student . Virden isn't far from Winnipeg and it was brutally cold . No kids got rides to school back then . It took about 10 minutes to get snowsuits and mittens and snowboots on. Then your hood would go up on your snowsuit and your whole head except your eyes would be wrapped around with a woolen scarf. It didn't take long to freeze to death on the Canadian prairies.
"crushingly cold" perfect 😅😅😅
The winters are short and mild now.. We barely got snow this winter :(
uphill both ways right? LOL
Just shy of a million people
Edmonton is about the same TBH, and of course all of Saskatchewan 😂 but yes, very very cold! At least it’s affordable enough we get to snow bird
A few random Winnipeg facts:
1. Slurpee Capital of the World!
- it is common to see people walking down the street in the middle of winter drinking a slurpee at -30C (-22F). This is considered normal here.
2. Dangerous
- Very often ranked "The Most Dangerous City in Canada" and/or "Murder Capital of Canada".
3. COLD!!!
- considered "The coldest mid-winter major city in the world" (colder than Oslo, Moscow, etc)
4. Winnipeg, Mars
- The only place on Earth that has a place named after it on Mars. And this is because we have dropped to temperatures colder than that on the surface of Mars at the time. (Yes it gets cold here! lol)
Love you dude, your ability to laugh at yourself and never take offense is so refreshing compared to other American vloggers, greetings from Hamilton Ontario, born in Brandon Manitoba..
Fellow hamiltonian here..... this video almost makes me want to move there..... except I'm sure there's a reason we all call it winterpeg...
@@jennmcmaster4389 Yes but it's a LOL "DRY" cold... My relatives visit from out west and die with our humidity...
@@jennmcmaster4389 Yes!!
My Aunt would visit in summer and just about die...LOL
Minnesotan here! I grew up in NW Minnesota, about 10 miles from the border, and my family would spend lots of time in Manitoba, with Winnipeg just being 2 hours away. I ended up meeting my partner in Winnipeg and now I spend more time there now than ever. The ‘city’ sometimes gets some hate from the locals but it’s pretty amazing to see such a huge city seeminglessly arise from the middle of the prairies. Growing up in a town of 2000, the big city always peaked my imagination!
Winnipeg is the Heart of Canada. There are events Year Round in Winnipeg. Growing up in Winnipeg in the 60's & 70's, you never heard it's to cold, or Snow Day. Great Events in Winnipeg, Folklorama, Festival du Voyaguer, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Rainbow Stage, & Concerts at the Forks.
Winnipeg is the geographic centre of North America and has been referred to as the Heart of the Continent.
Winnipegger here, and there is a lot that they don't mention. If you haven't been, you should at least go once or twice. I'm a very big fan of the festival for arts and performing called The Winnipeg Fringe Festival. Lots of skits, improv, theatre shows put on for 2-4 weeks in July. I religiously go to The Dungeons and Dragons Improv Show for 10 days straight every year during this festival with a group of friends. I am a graphic designer, so I have designed T-shirts and buttons for their show and given the profit to the theatre they perform at called The Gas Station Arts Center located in Osborne Village. It can get very cold here in the winter and very hot here in the summer, spring and autumn are my favourite seasons. There are a lot of things to do here. We got an indoor trampoline park, a zipline park, mini golf, go karts, water parks, fancy movie theaters, lots of escape rooms, annual amusement park rides that make their way through the city, horse race tracks at Assiniboine Downs. This is only some of what is here. Others in the comments mentioned some more, but I am sure there is more. But just like any city you travel to, be safe/cautious, use common sense and secure your valuables.
I would post a link with some photography I did of Winnipeg but looks like the website is no longer active and I need to set up a new one. I will comment reply to my post with a new link when I have set it up. If anyone else wants to see the photos, just reply to this comment.
Hi 👋 I am also from Winnipeg. I would love to see the photos! Thanks
I love Winnipeg. A beautiful city surrounded by wilderness and many nice lake beaches. It is known for its culture, art and museums. Also known as the gateway to the west.
The Forks is in the heart of Winnipeg ... a park and recreation area for people to enjoy. It used to be a rail yard in the downtown, which was transformed in the late 1980's.
The exchange district was the old heart of the city, named after the grain exchange. Many of the area's buildings were preserved and repurposed for modern needs. It has been used for many movie sets, as a old American city.
Winnipeg winters can be very cold, as it is far from any ocean ... but the summers are very warm for the same reason.
I went to Red River College, in the Exchange district and its basically 2 buildings, renovated on the inside but preserved structurally and aesthetically. The back lane closed up and turned into an atrium with walk ways at each floor on both sides and in one area it's turned into a loft style lobby in one of the buildings, and they preserved some of the old signage on the wall of exchanges being made, a couple floors up, showing the history that took place in that very building.
Our licenses say “Friendly Manitoba” because it’s true. I married my husband March 22, 1974 and it was 44 F below 0. Our winters have warmed over the years thanks to climate change. Many Americans fly in to fishing and hunting camps north of Winnipeg. Been to Toronto and tried to ask for directions. I couldn’t get anyone to stop long enough to help. I love Winnipeg and Manitoba. You’re always welcome here.
Lived in Winnipeg my whole life.
Winnipeg makes coins for over 100 different countries all over the world. The grass seed used in the fifa world cup comes from a plant in winnipeg. Boler campers were invented by a winniper in winnipeg. The patents for the cabinets now used in all emergency vehicle were developed by a man in Winnipeg. Steinbach, a town 45 minutes from winnipeg has the largest concentration of millionaires in the world, everyone is a farmer there.
Its cold as hell during the winter. I love how all the videos of the exchange district avoided showing the side walks haha. That area is covered with homeless and tweakers. If you visit never leave your valueables unattended. Petty crime is high. The best strip club is called teasers. We have some if the best ice fishing in the world.
Grab some winter socks, mosqiito repellent, and watch your back when dowtown you'll do just fine. People are friendly here, unless they suspect your homeless, Make sure you have your shoes tied and your hair cut or people will avoid you just to be safe. That statistic is that there is an average of 7 stabbings reported to the police every day. If your in a near down town and someone asks you for a smoke, just give em one or your might bring that number up to 8. No jokes bro.
Be safe homie.
The narrator is Alexander Mickelthwate, former music director for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. He was first hired in 2006 and extended his contract several times before leaving in 2018. He evidently liked Winnipeg a lot.
If symphony music isn't your cup of tea, Winnipeg has a vibrant music scene with some acts, like the Guess Who, BTO, or Neil Young, becoming internationally famous. Other acts are really, really good, too. Check out The Weakerthans and their indie hit 'One Great City!, a song about someone's ennui while commuting home --- the chorus is: "I HATE Winnipeg".
@13:00 The people saying 'hello' in many languages and the people wearing sashes are celebrating 'Folklorama'. It's a festival that runs for two weeks every August, and involves community groups from different nationalities introducing their neighbours to their culture. Local cultural groups create 'pavillions' and treat visitors to ethnic food, history, displays, and stage shows featuring singing and dancing from their home countries. It's been running every year since 1970, and it's a lot of fun.
Interesting thing about Folklorama - it's becoming an event of global interest. Many of the cultures that take part in Folklorama have been in Winnipeg for a while, and some of the culture they show is being lost back in the home country. For instance, some years back, a group of dance teachers came to Folklorama from Scotland to see the dances, and speak to the teachers, as some of those dances have changed or been lost since the Scots first arrived in Manitoba two centuries ago.
It's the largest Multicultural Event in the World. You can travel around the World in 2 Weeks in Winnipeg.
Great shout out for "one great city"! Amazing song
Winnipeg was the Rock & Roll capital of Canada until the legal drinking age was lowered to 18 in 1970.
Or J. Williamez and The Civil Disobedients such classics as love song for Craig. Oh Chlamydia.
Frequented the Pyramid Cabernet and Shannon's Irish pub.
Thank you for learning about my city! I love the rich and vibrant culture and history it has, it's a place that everyone should visit at least once in their lives.
Two main things missing from both videos are the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Canada's second ballet company...with traditional classical ballets such as The Nutcracker Suite and Swan Lake.
(and other contemporary ballets)
And....the Winnipeg Jets NHL hockey team!
PS Winnipeg is not called Winterpeg for nothing!!!
Family friend just retired from there.
I like going, might take the family in the 24-25 year for nutcracker and possibly 1 more "big" one.
Can't forget the Canada Life centre tbh. Home of our Jets!
They didn't show much of it, but skating down the Nestaweya River Trail is a big winter highlight over here, it stretches about 6kM across the Red and Assiniboine rivers. In Feb when the annual festival du voyageur is on there's little pop up bars and open fire pits, along with random DJ's on the frozen river. It's a good time.
I've met and even dated people who wonder over from Minnesota! Cheers!
The forks is where the Red River and the assiniboine meet.
I miss that place
The forks is nice to visit@allisong532
Where we like to meet and fork around and have great times
I miss the free parking there😢
Hey Tyler. I found your channel by accident. I grew up in Winnipeg and when my wife and I watched this video, we laughed continuously. We don’t appreciate Winnipeg anywhere near enough and seeing your joy was infectious. I hope you find time to visit and appreciate some of Winnipeg’s culture.
2 things never mentioned is how clean the air is and how many sunny days we get. In the summer, we have sunlight until almost 11 o’clock at night. We have LOTS OF PARKS, much bigger than Central Park. Manitoba has many lakes. And starting May Long weekend until mid-August there are always festivals each weekend. American currency has been minted in Winnipeg too. Oh. We also have the only river in North America that flows North. The only time Groucho Marx and Charlie Chaplin met was at our train station. Much of the hooch during Prohibition came from Winnipeg and other areas of Manitoba. Didn’t mention Lower Fort Garry (which technically isn’t in Winnipeg). Heard the Prairie Dog is supposed to run again this summer. These are not Winnipeg things but Steinbach has the Mennonite Village and Pinawa has that amazing Water park. Plus Bird’s Hill Park and Grand Beach. Wow. We got lots.
Don't forget Winnipeg has the Festival du Voyageur celebrated in February, Folklorama Festival celebrated in August and many many more. Grew up in Winnipeg and have fond memories of riding my bike at the Monkey Trails just down the street from where I used to live at Crescent Drive Park. Highway 97 is also known for being the Pine to Palm Highway known as the Jefferson Highway in the USA stretching from Winnipeg all the way down to New orleans, Louisiana. That's one long Highway... ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY WINNIPEG!!!
@@adelefortin6913 Highway 75/29 is the Pine to Palm Highway. The Canadian part is also known as the Lord Selkirk Highway, and Pembina Highway.
Lol, not so clean air for a huge chunk of the city living too close to the mushroom plant.
@@Thomas-wm9vz The mushroom farm has moved out to Springfield. It's at the old military training ground on Deacon Rd, alongside some other industries. Oddly enough, no sooner did they pull out the old railway tracks then all these industries moved in. Probably end up putting the tracks back in.
@@dougbrowning82 Nope, still on mission street, still stinking up part of the city. Was just fuming up the area the other day.
“You get a warm welcome”
Winnipeg code= a face full of bear mace
Hello from Winnipeg Tyler.The exchange district is used by Hollywood and other movie studios to represent old Chicago and other cities of older eras.
The Forks is located where the two rivers (The Red and Assiniboin Rivers) that run through the city meet.
I with the video was a little longer to show more details of each venue shown. But still great to see.❤
We're called Winnipeggers the overall city isnt bad ...has it's bad parts lately...lots of homeless from otheer provinces coming here IE Ontario and Saskatchewan...I'm a nurse at St.B hospital and I've seen it all. We are officially the centre of Canada there is a sign posted near Falcon Lake about 2 hours east of Winnipeg...so half the province is eastern Canada and half is Western Canada...other things they didn't mention are the China-town/Osborne Village/Children's Musuem/Centennial Concert Hall/The Royal Winnipeg Ballet/Prairie Exchange/Club Regent/Ross House/The Mennonite Musuem/U-Pick Strawberry farms/Folklorama/Festival du Voyageur/IG Field....etc...there IS lots to do here...just make sure it's before 10PM the city gets 'weird' after that...They DO call us Friendly Manitoba....we'd love to see you!!
Weird? I don't leave my house often.
We're called Winnipegers. Greetings from 'The Peg' 😊 ❤
Or Waterpeg during the spring floods lol
Winterpeg
Constructionpeg
I was hoping someone would comment this! 😊
My wife calls it WinterPLAGUE (a plague of winter!), ManiSNOWba
I just love this video. I am born and raised in Winnipeg and I just love this city! Your reaction to our city is just so pure and fun!
Born and raised Winnipegger here 😊 thank you for bringing light to my beautiful city 😊 we are very friendly and culturally diverse people and would love to have you come visit! Our famous winters where it’s super cold (sometimes colder than Mars) but then our summers where it’s also really warm. Although we are a smaller city, we are still unique.
Way back in time there was a lot of Swedes playing Ice hockey in Winnipeg Jets
There were a few Finnish players on the team _with_ them.
The guy that introduced & hosted the commercial - the guy with the cucumbers on his eyes - is Alexander Mickelthwaite - he was the conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. And you're right that it's the 'centre of Canada' - we call it that because the actual geographic centre of Canada is just a little ways west of Winnipeg. And yes, our winters get cold - don't let the southern location fool you, we regularly have the coldest temperatures in the country - including Arctic Canada - historically we've even registered colder temperatures than the North Pole!
Yes, remember, Canada is the" land of lakes and rivers ( and surrounded on 3 sides by oceans)" and Lake Winnipeg is huge - the city is named after it, an Indigenous name as so many of our lakes and cities are. The Forks would be named for the forks of the rivers nearby. North America doesn't actually have buffaloes, they are Bison - early European settlers saw the huge beast which reminded them of similar/unrelated animals from Asia and Africa probably. The border between Manitoba and Ontario is sort of the divider of Eastern and Western Canada even though Winnipeg is almost dead center of the country E/W.
I like Murderpeg! It might be cold af in winter, a bit dingy here and there, and maybe not the most extravagant architecture, but it's a pretty nice place!
When you consider that the nearest bigger city is about a 9 hour drive away (Minneapolis), Winnipeg has to have a lot of attractions that most cities its size just don’t have.
A lot of Jets fans travel to Minnie to watch them play the Wild --- and a lot of Minnie fans travel to The 'Peg for the same reason.
You must be a slower driver. I get there in just under 8 hrs, 7.5 hours maybe.
Being from Winnipeg I had to watch, glad you liked a glimpse of our quaint little city 🎉 enjoyed watching your reaction!
I live in Manitoba and lived in Winnipeg for many years. One of my favorite events is Folklorama visiting many of the pavilions and tasting the various dishes and foods; as well as the music and entertainment of different ethnic countries.
I thank you for reminding me that Winnipeg has lots of great things to see and do. It was nice to watch as someone from the States showed a real interest in our city.
Really interesting history in Winnipeg, bringing together Indigenous, Métis, and settler populations (both English and French speaking). I went to St. Boniface (a francophone neighbourhood of Winnipeg) to visit Louis Riel's grave. You could do a video on Riel, who in 2023, was officially recognized as the first premier of Manitoba by the current government, headed up by First Nation's premier Wab Kinew, who introduced the Louis Riel Act. Riel was hung for treason back in the day.
Born here ninety one years ago and watched it grow. We have access to many lakes where we are able to enjoy cottage life ,boating swimming and all of nature. In the winter all winter sports if you wish.
As a former Winnipeger (note: WinnipegER), I can explain that while Winnipeg is located geographically pretty much dead centre (east - west) in Canada, if you split the country down the middle, the dividing line basically runs along the Manitoba/Ontario border. So, provinces west of that border (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia are considered "Western" provinces and provinces east of that border (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador) are "Eastern" provinces. The northern border of Manitoba (as well as Sask., Alta. and B.C.) runs along the 60th parallel which defines the boundary between Canada's "North" and "South. Life in Canada's sub-Arctic northern boreal forest and the fictional town of Lynx River, N.W.T., featured in the popular 1990s mystery drama TV series "North of 60".
A few Americans get disoriented when you say Winnipeg is north of North Dakota, as if the world ends at the border, but all the Americans I've met in Winnipeg said they loved it.
Fun fact: The Red River is part of the border between Minnesota and North Dakota. Follow the Red north about 100km and you're in Winnipeg.
Yes, it can get very cold here in Winnipeg. -40C and yes we still go to work etc even if it is that cold.
There is a huge arts culture in Winnipeg.
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
The Winnipeg Art Gallery
Manitoba Theatre Centre
3rd largest Fringe Festival worldwide
Winnipeg Folk Festival
Folklorama One of the oldest and most multicultural festival worldwide.
The Forks is where the Ass and the Red River meet.
I am 70 and I have seen cricket played in Assiniboine Park ever since I was little.
Cheers
True, it's basically the asshole of Canada (center,bottom).
That is false it's actually right to the east of Winnipeg 30-45 minutes or something
@@NoahRegehr-dc4be I did write "pretty much dead centre" but I can't argue with your much more precise "30-45 minutes or something".
"Does it still get really really cold in Winnipeg?" Yeah, little bit. 😆
Winnipeg is one of Canada's coldest cities.
You get used to it once you've been in Winterpeg long enough.
@@ghostyuki-kfpinquisitor1038 ☃
Winterpeg Manitscolda gets a bum's rap. People say it's the coldest city in Canada, but it isn't even the coldest city in Manitoba!
Maybe they could just say it's the coldest major city whose name starts with 'W'.
And the weather ain't so great either.
Too be clear, the cold is really, really cold for the month of January and part of February. Then things start to get warm again. It’s like being reborn as the sun returns and the snow crystal sparkle like jewels in the sunshine. We REALLY enjoy the spring. Summer can get very hot. Winnipeger’s hearts are always warm and friendly.❤
Born in Winnipeg, and have family living there since birth, so i can definitely tell you like the others from Winnipeg that it's not all nice sadly. There are alot of gangs, and The Forks has gotten more dangerous, but is very gorgeous. Canadians often refer to Winnipeg as "Murderpeg" knowing the murder rates are very high there. But overall the city is gorgeous, and miss it so much.
I need to visit Winnipeg now. Hello from Toronto!
Winnipeg is good for a trip to and yet everyone thinks Montreal is better I know both cities well, Winnipeg is more violent, yet you will never see it, and Montreal is full of insane people and you will see it everywhere you go.
Come on down! Mind the potholes❤
I'm from Niagara falls, I have made Winnipeg my home for 30+ come for a visit we'll show you around!
@@madbab8942about to say the same thing!
❤ Toronto!
Glad you enjoyed your short tour. Like my grandfather used to say, Winnipeg is a great place to have come FROM!
Hello, from a Canadian. To answer your question, yes, Winnipeg is in Western Canada. But here's where it may confuse some people (it involves football):
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers trace their official start back to 1930 when the Winnipeg Football Club was formed. Popularly known as the Winnipegs or simply the ‘Pegs, the club was an amalgamation of the Tammany Tigers and other Winnipeg teams.
In 1936, the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU) was formed, comprising teams from Winnipeg, Regina, and Calgary.
The Blue Bombers have alternated between the league’s West Division and East Division throughout their history. However, since 2014, they have been part of the West Division.
Notably, the team has won 12 Grey Cup championships, with their most recent victories in 2019 and 2021.
Eastern Division Championships:
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have also competed in the Eastern Division. They secured the Eastern Division championship in the following years: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2007, and 2011.
In summary, while the Winnipeg Blue Bombers primarily belong to the West Division, they have occasionally competed in the East Division as well. Their rich history and multiple Grey Cup victories make them a significant force in Canadian football!
still dreaming of a WPG vs WPG Grey Cup! ;) Would be better than the Roughriders vs Rough Riders!
I'm pretty sure people don't refer to Manitoba as being in Western Canada due to divisions in football. Rather its because Ontario has always been referred to as Central Canada with Ottawa and Toronto not only considered as the center of Canada but as the center of the universe.
@@RobRochon I'm pretty sure that if you ask a Torontonian they will not say that Toronto, or anywhere in Ontario, for that matter, is the center of the world, nevermind the universe. However, the center of Canada, from an economic and political viewpoint, is a plausible argument. Additionally, I would argue Manitoba is western Canada, but that Ontario is eastern Canada.
My grandfather was a blue bomber and won the grey cup in 1958.
Love your videos surprised to see you talking about my city lol always thought Winnipeg was the Detroit of Canada until recently
That chart you used at the beginning is somewhat misleading, as it doesn't list the metro area populations of Canada's 10 largest cities. For example, it said Toronto's population was 2.7 million and Montreal's was 1.7 million. When their respective suburbs are taken into account, Toronto's population is close to 7 million, while Montreal's is 4.5 million. The same for Vancouver. The city proper has roughly 650,000 people, but with the suburbs included, the population is closer to 2.5 million, making it Canada's third largest metro area. Manitoba is the beginning of Western Canada. Ontario is considered Central Canada.
There is a lot of confusion, and contradictory information as to the geographical location of Manitoba in Canada. This is largely due to misinformation from various websites, and social media. If consulting a geographer or a cartographer, you'll find it is considered to be in central Canada as is a large portion of western Ontario.
@@RodRuth Considering that the geographic center of Canada is just outside of town, I consider us central Canada.The whole " western Canada " designation is more political than geographical, IMO. Canada has a right to three areas, or even 4. Western, Central, Eastern, and Northern.
The thing about using the metro sizes, though, is that Statistics Canada uses different criteria to define a metro than the US Census Bureau, which means that it's hard to directly compare an American metro with a Canadian one. Whereas municipalities can be compared directly.
One thing about Winnipeg is that the metro isn't much more than the city itself, since most of the old suburbs were amalgamated with the city in 1972. Whereas in the case of Vancouver for instance, while the City of Vancouver is indeed smaller than Winnipeg, Metro Vancouver includes a number of other cities, including Surrey which is almost as big as Vancouver.
Yes, Winnipeg drops down to a virtual tie for 7th with Quebec City if you look at metropolitan areas.
@@neilens1589Sorry to disappoint you, Winnipeg is alot bigger than Quebec city haha. Quebec city looks like a town in comparison
Thank you for this reaction. We get shit on all the time because we aren't Toronto or Vancouver but there's plenty to love and be proud of about Winnipeg and the province of Manitoba.
Next you should check out all the Great Lakes in Manitoba, Awesome Beaches and Lots of Camping!
We have so many amazing lakes! I recently found out that we have over 100k
Thanks for taking the time to learn a little about my home! There’s so much more as already shared in the comments ❤ a Winnipeger
I grew up and spent most of my life in Winnipeg and though it gets roasted by others, it's a great city with lots to offer. I especially love the creativity and diversity everywhere - Folklarama is my favorite festival!
Born in Winkler, live in Altona and moved to Winnipeg
Only winnipegers are allowed to shit on Winnipeg, because that’s all we do lol
It's an undesirable dump & there has been a net migration of people to other provinces for over half a century.
Unless you want to worry about being shot, robbed, or have anything bad for you, be careful being in the north end, I live in the dead center of Winnipeg and you hear guns every night, people dieing every few days is normal, drug dealers every couple houses, and lots of gangs, iv been threatened by a few people already. And i’ve seen someone be stabbed with a machete, and i’ve seen several raids in the past 4 years infront of my house (Am not joking about any of this and is from my experience, I still live here too)
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This is the only comment that seems truthful here.
Watching from Winnipeg!
TRUE NORTH😊😊😊
I love the "does it get that cold in Winnipeg?" question. It's like, if you have to drive an hour and a half **south** to *North Dakota*, yeah, it gets very cold.
Right? That was so funny 🤣
Des Moines would be the Winnipeg of the USA. However, Winnipeg has arguably the best ballet company in Canada. Meanwhile, Des Moines may boast the National Balloon festival. Winnipeg has the biggest French-speaking neighbourhood east of Ottawa, while in Des Moines no one has ever been recorded saying anything significant in any language. 😅
I think you mean west of Ottawa.
I kept saying, WHERE IS THE BALLET?!?!
"Winnipeg has the biggest French-speaking neighbourhood east of Ottawa, while in Des Moines no one has ever been recorded saying anything significant in any language." ...if you're from Des Moines then you have a very Winnipeg style self depricating attitude, love it. by the way, "Des Moines" is actually a French name...
No Winnipeg has the largest French speaking population outside of Quebec.
@@Dr.Claw_M.A.D. Actually, there are more francophones in New Brunswick and Ontario than in Manitoba.
Winnipeg’s also 2nd highest murder rate in Canada, you can’t walk downtown after 9:30pm by yourself, homeless people everywhere, has some of the worst potholes, and some of the worst drivers, but it looks nice from a far I guess.
There is even an "milloion dollar" toilet built in a restaurant in the middle of a foot bridge over the Red River.
There is no bathroom in the top ... worked at Salisbury house when it was there and snuck up there .... also snuck around the tunnels leading from via rail all the way to health science center now they are closed up ..
Hi! I lived in Winnipeg for 35 years, though I've since moved.
Assiniboine = uh-SIN-ih-boy-n
Winnipeg is built around the confluence of the Red River and the Assiniboine River.
The Red River is the bigger of the two; it comes up from ND and flows *northward* to the Lake Winnipeg and then out to Hudson's Bay & the Arctic Ocean.
The Assiniboine River comes from the west. The People for whom it was named prefer their name to be spelled Assiniboin, without the final "e."
The site where the rivers meet is called The Forks, and until settlers started clearing First Nations and Metis people off the eastern plains, it had been heavily used as a gathering place and in some eras as a living place by all Indigenous people who moved around and through the area for 6,000 years (Cree, Assiniboin, Dakota; later, the Ojibwe, and it eventually became the birthplace of the Metis nation - pronounced may-TEE). Items found in archaeological digs at The Forks include objects that came from as far away as Texas, highlighting how vast the trading network of Indigenous Peoples was pre-contact, before it was disrupted by forced relocation and restricted movement across the continent.
The wave of smallpox that came with the Europeans reached The Forks by First Nations groups meeting there and spread, because of the site's use as a gathering and trading place. In 1781-1782, it wiped out a massive percentage of the pre-contact population of the region - some 21st century research estimates by up to 90%.
The Assiniboin and the Cree, who generally had held the land around The Forks from the Dakota in that era, were no longer able to maintain the southern reaches of their territory. They invited the Ojibwe to move into the plains as allies after the smallpox deaths wiped out entire groups across the region and left others with only a few members.
Canadian Museum of Human Rights: located near/at The Forks (depending on how you define the boundaries of The Forks), it's built over layers of Indigenous archaeological sites, as you might imagine - as are large parts of Winnipeg. During the construction of the museum, an underfunded/inadequate (vs what was recommended) archaeological dig was done of what amounted to 3% of the ground taken up by construction, and the activities undertaken were done without transparency to the public or any of the Indigenous Peoples whose ancestors had been the ones to occupy the site over the millennia.
The Museum also refused to recognize the treatment of Indigenous people at the Crown's/Canada's hand, until the publication of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2015 officially recognized it as cultural genocide.
My family has a long history in Winnipeg. My great-grandparents had a cottage at Victoria Beach in the 1930's. A few of our relatives still live in Wpg. I was there once in October for "Boo at the Zoo" 😅
I kind of love that you were like "oh wow finally something in the city centre!" Once you saw the Exchange but most of the things listed are fairly central. Off the top of my head it's just Assiniboine Park and Zoo that isn't. I lived downtown for years and always appreciated how easily it was to find a somewhat relaxing setting full of trees within stumbling distance.
My work takes mo onto office building rooftops fairly often. And I’m always surprised to look out and feel that the city looks like a forest, with only the occasional building poking through the canopy.
"I've heard of it"
It's mentioned in a Simpsons episode
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and one Simpsons episode has a trip to Winnipeg ( for cheaper meds), and an episode where Springfield's football team wins and the losing team leaves to try out the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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It also has a brief mention in an episode of the X-Files, and an episode of The Office takes place in Winnipeg.
A mention of Winnipeg in a well known TV show often has to do with a connection of a director or someone on the creative team being from here. Always hilarious when it shows up, though!
Also the opening line in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, and more recently, in the first scene of Eddie Murphy's new Axel Foley movie
It has been mentioned at least twice in Law and Order SVU.
I'm a Winnipeger, at least half of the attractions in the first video are in or near downtown. The Human Rights museum is at the Forks, the MB museum, the Art Gallery & the Exchange are within walking distance of the Forks. Assiniboine Park & zoo are a 10 minute drive from downtown, Ft Whyte about 15 minutes. It's a pretty compact city and, outside of rush hour, it takes about an hour to drive from one end to the other.
Canada is divided into East & West, so yes, MB is a western province, very firmly so, it's known as the gateway to the west
Famously known as Winterpeg, Tyler. It is a beautiful city in any season.
@Tyler Bucket
If you decide to do a second video about Winnipeg, it should be about our cutural events and festivals!
-Festival Du Voyager (Winter Historic Metis Festival)
-Comedy Festival
-Jazz Festival
-Red River Exhibition (Huge Summer Amusement Park)
Manito Ahbee Festival (indigenous cultural festival)
-Gimli Film Festival
-Aikon (Anime convention)
-Folk Fest (music festival)
-Fringe Fest (stage theater)
-Folklorama (multiculturalism festival)
-Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition
-Freeze Frame (children's film festival)
-Central Canadian Comic Convention (comic and pop culture)
-Culture Days (free cultural events and activities)
-ManyFest (Huge street festival)
-International Children's Festival
AND SO MANY MANY MORE!
Oh and can't forget our Symphony Orchestra chestra and the Royal Canadian Ballet
I’m from Winnipeg-I’m third/fourth generation since family immigrated here (and surrounding towns) from Europe/Ukrainian. Honestly, it’s hard sometimes not to feel negative about the rampant homeless, crime and addiction that seems like it’s getting worse-but videos like this do make me feel more positive because there is lots to do for families, it’s very multicultural, the cost of living is pretty good. I guess no where is perfect and there is some stuff that’s pretty great.
I guess sometimes we need reminding of how many really wonderful things there are here. I've done a stay-cation with my siblings here a couple of times and it's a great way to take the time to really go out and appreciate all this city has to offer.
We don’t have a corner on homelessness, crime or addiction. It’s rampant in every city in North America, and most countries around the world.
We don’t have shantytowns here like many places, but I’m they’re coming.
Another thing- in the late 1800s/ early 1900, Winnipeg was on track to be the "Next Chicago", as it was a main center for trade, culture (seen in our architecture) and, quite literally, the center of Canada. However, due to the opening of the Panama Canal, trade began flowing around the continent. Within a matter of a few years, Winnipeg went from one of the fasted growing cities to being just another quick stop for people "passing through".
Winnipeg has been labeled as "thr crime capitol of Canada" for many years. Violent crime is on the rise.
But, I'm still proud to call this place home.
List of other countries (over 80) the Royal Canadian Mint makes for:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_countries_with_coinage_struck_at_the_Royal_Canadian_Mint
You know, I absolutely love your your pure reactions to Winnipeg. I saw my house in one of the aerial shots lol. This reminded me of all the things I love to see and so here. Winnipeg had an amazing food scene too, so maybe geeat restaurants and food festivals.
Born and raised in Winnipeg, there are so many things to be proud of. I am thankful that you made this video. We have extreme temperatures from July being the hottest month with an average temperature of 20°C (68°F). We can get quite humid in the summer so temperatures can feel much hotter than that. Our coldest month is usually January with an average temperatures of -26°C (-14.8°F). When you add in the winds that we have across the unsheltered prairies, these cold temperatures can feel like they are closer to -40°C (-40°F). This is the point where Farenheit and Celcius are equal.
As a Winnipegger I'd welcome you to come visit. There's something for everyone, from pro sports to arts and culture... and some great beaches aren't too far away for a summer escape (if that's your thing). We are like any other city in that we have our problems, our dark side... but to me it's home and I love it. I chose to stay and raise a family here when work opportunities gave me the chance to move to other cities and countries.
I live in Manitoba and in the summer of 2023, I visited the zoo. While me and my family were there, we talked to a couple. My mom said where we lived and the people had never heard of the town and we were confused about that so we asked where they lived.
They said somewhere in America (don’t remember where exactly). They said they travelled a few hours (maybe 3 or 5 hours?) to get to Winnipeg and I remember thinking, “Wow, that’s less hours than to Calgary!” Travelling to Calgary takes about 12 hours.
Also neat fact, Matt Greoning (creator of the Simpsons) his dad is from around Winnipeg, I believe Matt lived there for a bit when he was really young. Winnipeg is mentioned quite a few times throughout the seasons. Also “The Office” did an episode where Micheal and the guys went to Winnipeg for a business trip.
I am a native Winnipeger. I have also lived in Vancouver and Victoria. The best thing about Winnipeg is a good standard of living with affordable housing which leads to better than average disposable income which we use to go south in winter. The only complaint is that we have no clue how to build an over pass with off ramps. There is no freeway through town and even the perimeter highway has multiple traffic lights.
Yes we used the highway around the city on a trip travelling west to east and surprised we really didn't see the city. It was late at night so we didn't venture into the city.
I went to Thermea spa for the first time this past winter and it was fantastic.
I highly recommend looking up other more detailed videos on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the Assiniboine Zoo, and Folklorama.
Folklorama is a 2 week cultural festival held city-wide in August every year. Different communities set up pavilions to share food/dances/history/etc from all over the world. The second video showed a couple glimpses of various Folklorama festivities
Not a Buffalo but a Bison, they almost went instinct from over killing for there meat so now they are raised like cows now (in captivity not in the wild) because there population is small. They do make for delicious jerky.
The Bison were killed for their big hairy coat as well. The RCMP (Canadian police force) worn Bison fur coats which were extremely warm and looked amazing.
Iirc, as the previous commenter said, that the reason they almost went extinct was due to Europeans targeting them for their pelts after the beaver nearly went extinct from hunting for their pelts. This event actually forced a lot of First Nations and Metis people to adopt farming as their sustainable food source, support for which was supposed to be compensated for in the Numbered Treaties, but the animals given were still owned by the government and thus couldn't be killed without permission, and the tools were run down.
In summary, the near extinction of the Bison was just another time the white man inadvertently or intentionally did the First Nations and Metis dirty.
1:31 nope! Lol I always say I'm from Manitoba to which I add when they stare blankly at me, "its right above North Dakota"
Winnipeger here.
I like the top 10, but the Zoo and Assiniboine gotta be number 1.
They don't call it Winterpeg for nothing. We often get to -40 in the winter, before the windchill lol.
Lots of different folks live here, we have the largest First Nations population in Canada close to 20%.
We also have one of the largest Filipino populations outside of the Phillipines so that brings some fun food and events to the city.
There are good things and bad things about Winnipeg, but its home, and I don't really plan on leaving again.
What you were saying about being in that 'right size' is spot on. Barely any traffic, but lots to do. Its busy, but never feels overwhelming, and the city is spread out quite a bit, outside of downtown, so that makes it feel even less crowded.
Fun fact, more people live in Winnipeg than Vancouver.
But Vancouver has Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond, Port Coquitlam etc sitting right on its boundary. Each on their own almost as big as Winnipeg.
North Dakota here, we see Canadians from Saskatchewan and Manitoba all the time. And we definitely know about Winnipeg since we’re so close and because it commonly shows up on our meteorological maps on the news. 🙂
Born and raised in Winnipeg. You can experience all four seasons. (Yes, winters can be very cold!) The Forks has two rivers meeting - the Red River and the Assiniboine. Portage Avenue and Main Street is a famous corner in downtown Winnipeg. More elm trees were planted in residential areas. The University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg are in Winnipeg. Great education system. Oh so very much to see and do in the city. There are casinos, shopping and local markets. Everything you'd ever want. And it's only about 60 miles to the border. Visit. You'll want to move to this great city.
...and you can usually experience all four seasons during May Long lol