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Manitoba Fact Sheet
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Premier of Manitoba
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· Honourable Gary Doer
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Province of Manitoba
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· Manitoba has been a province of Canada since 1870.
· Manitoba means "where the spirit lives" in the languages of the province’s aboriginal people
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Population
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· 1,142,500 (1998)
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Capital City
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· Winnipeg (population 680,000)
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Land and Freshwater Area
· Land
· Freshwater Area
· Coastline
· Total Area
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· 548,356 sq. km / 211,721 sq. miles
· 101,592 sq. km / 39,225 sq. miles
· 645 km / 400 miles
· 649,947 sq. km / 250,946 sq. miles
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Terrain
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Prairie Grassland in south and west
Canadian Shield Lakes & Forest in East and North
Arctic Tundra in Manitoba’s extreme north
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| Other Facts |
· Nickames:
· Keystone Province
· Gateway to the West
· Provincial Bird: Great Grey Owl
· Provincial Flower: Prairie Crocus
· Provincial Animal: Bison
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Economy
· Real GDP Growth, 1998
· GDP at Market Prices 1999
· Forecast 2000
· GDP per Capita ($) 1999 Factor Cost
· GDP per Capita ($) 1999 Market Prices
· Average Family Household Income
· Seasonally Adj. Labour Force 2000
· Seasonally Adj. Unemployment Rate (2000)
· Exports (2000)
· Imports (2000)
· Manufacturing Shipments (1999)
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· 3.4%
· 2.6%
· 3.5 Conference Board
· 23,497.69 ($)
· 27,295.93 ($)
· $50,236.00 CDN (1996 Census)
· 554.4 (thousands)
· 3.9%
· 9,760 ($ million)
· 10,885 ($ million)
· 10,340 ($ million)
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