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Okay so I wanted to know what Winnipeg contributes to Canada? Like what importance does Winnipeg have ?

travelbug

Mosquitoes and floods. Ok, Manitoba is acres and acres of farmers fields. Wheat, canola, hay, etc.

KalynnW4478

yeah like the first answer said we do have agriculture. winnipeg was set up when travel by the red and assiniboine rivers was the best way to move across the land. places like lower fort garry were vital durring the era of the hudsons bay company. currently winnipeg has a lab that deals a lot with disease control, and bio infections. it's coming in real handy with this whole h1n1 flu. most shipping routes (truck and train) all go through winnipeg, so there is some contribution to transporting goods from coast to coast. we dpo have a lot of talent coming out of winnipeg too, well manitoba really. but all in all, its a mediocer place to live. nothing amazing about it, but it's not like living in detroit either if you know what i mean.and i'm sorry Louis Riel did not contribute a damn thing to us... he's a traitor and should be dug up and hanged again.

Annabella

So much -Wheat!!!-Louis Riel (look him up)-Slurpee capital of the world-Royal Winnipeg Ballet (2nd or 1st oldest in NA)-Wpg General Strike - bad thing but it was the first organized large scaled strike in history.-The biggest Ikea in Canada would be built there-Canadian Museum of Human Rights is on its wayHope it helps

elementoflife3556

I think Winnipeg also was a big place to make films in the early 1920s! Charlie Chaplin used to visit Winnipeg, as did other big actors of the time! Winnipeg is currently home to the Canadian version of the CDC (centre for disease control). Specimens from all over the world are often tested there (including the H1N1 virus - coming from the states, Mexico and Canada).There is also a lot of ongoing research into crop diseases, crop pests and producing better cereal crop cultivarsManitoba in general, has quite a large timber industry (that was passed without the residences' knowledge, back in the 90s, I might add).Winnipeg is usually used as the backdrop for movies set in the 20s because the 'Old Market' area of town apparently has the largest number of older buildings from the period, and it's cheaper to film in Canada than in the States.Livestock and crops are the biggest industries (with meat processing plants and such being in the city)