Bragging Rights

Winnipeg makes TIME's 2021 list of Greatest Places

Winnipeg continues to solidify its global reputation as the cultural cradle of Canada with world-class offerings and attractions that have put it on TIME’s annual list of the World’s Greatest Places. Winnipeg was chosen for its groundbreaking Winnipeg Art Gallery’s, Qaumajuq, which houses the world’s largest public collection of contemporary Inuit art as well as the city’s other innovative and inspiring attractions.

TIME

Source: TIME

Read More

Winnipeg on Condé Nast Traveler's 21 best places to go in 2021

Experience Winnipeg’s rich Indigenous cultures through food, art and educational centres. Story by Karen Gardiner

Condé Nast Traveler

Source: Condé Nast Traveler

Read More

Inside the Leading Design-Forward Museums Opening This Year

The top museums opening in 2020 vary in design, but they have one thing in common: Each has been built and reconstructed with the goal of having its spaces first serve the art and artifacts within. Featuring Winnipeg's stunning Inuit Art Centre. Story by Charu Suri.

Architectural Digest

Source: Architectural Digest

Read More

Why Design Lovers Should Visit Winnipeg

Oft overlooked, Winnipeg is a cultured metropolis with an abundance of interesting architecture. Story by Karen Gardiner.

Architectural Digest

Source: Architectural Digest

Read More

City offers many ways to save your summer vacation

It’s staycation time and that means it’s time to re-introduce ourselves to Winnipeg. Story by Alan Small.

Winnipeg Free Press

Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Read More

A Trip to Canada's Prairies - Vaguely Exotic, Totally Obscure, and an Absolute Must-Visit Destination

Written by travel writer Alyssa Schwartz, who was hosted by Tourism Winnipeg on a recent press trip, the article details some hip new spots in Winnipeg (along with our Prairie friends in Saskatoon), with the premise that "What’s happening in the Prairies is something more than fresh—it feels like peak Canadiana."

vogue.com

Source: vogue.com

Read More

​10 must-have experiences in Manitoba

Expand your boundaries in the heart of Canada—Manitoba—home to polar bears in the wild, world-class museums, and the dazzling Northern Lights.

National Geographic

Source: National Geographic

Read More

Among the largest cities in Canada, Winnipeg has no shortage of culture for residents and travellers

Among the largest cities in Canada, Winnipeg has no shortage of culture for residents and travellers, with historic The Forks’ warehouses transformed into shops and restaurants, and considerable outdoor space for summer festivals and concerts.

airbnb

Source: airbnb

Read More

​Manitoba is, quite literally, the centre of everything

The capital city has retained its multicultural flavour, with over a quarter of its population having recently immigrated from nations as varied as the Philippines, Nigeria and India.

Lonely Planet

Source: Lonely Planet

Read More

Winnipeg looks for respect, on the ice and off it

For once, Manitoba is Canada’s hockey epicenter. The Winnipeg Jets have turned the city upside down with their bid to capture the country’s first Stanley Cup since the Montreal Canadiens won 25 years ago.

New York Times

Source: New York Times

Read More

Winnipeg’s food scene a standout on the Prairies, Canadian critic says

Winnipeg is punching above its weight when it comes to its food scene — that's according to a Canadian food critic in town Thursday for a culinary tour of the city's newly-opened restaurants.

CBC

Source: CBC

Read More

Winnipeg’s skyline – and economy – heading higher

A new 40-storey mixed-use apartment tower has begun ascending and will assume the title as Winnipeg’s tallest building when it’s completed in a couple of years, leaving the current record holder – 33-storey 201 Portage – quite literally in its shadow.

Western Investor

Source: Western Investor

Read More

​Winnipeg’s towering ambitions coming to fruition

When one of Manitoba’s largest law firms moved this month into its new office space, adorned with the works of local artists and saturated with natural light from the seemingly omnipresent sunny skies of a Winnipeg summer, its senior management beamed with the pride and excitement of owners of a newly built home, the envy of its neighbours.

The Globe and Mail

Source: The Globe and Mail

Read More

Economic Development Winnipeg

Suite 810, One Lombard Place
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3B 0X3

Report Builder

Sign up for our blog

Subscribe