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Quick Facts: Overview of Manitoba
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Manitoba: a province of Canada since 1870. Manitoba means "where the spirit lives" in the languages of the province's Aboriginal people.
Political Leader: Premier (Gary Doer)
Area: 649,947 square km/250,946 square miles (larger than Japan and twice the size of the U.K.) Manitoba extends from the 49th to the 60th parallel (the equivalent of Paris, France to Oslo, Norway). 1400 km north to south, 900 km at the widest point and 500 km at the narrowest.
Land Surface: 548,356 square km/211,721 square miles.
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Water Surface: 101,592 square km/39,225 square miles.
Coastline: 645 km/400 miles.
Total Population: 1,177,800
Capital City: Winnipeg (population 712,000)
Value of CDN$ against major currencies: (March 2008)
US$ = $1.00 Canadian
Euro = $1.56 Canadian
Mex. Peso = $0.09 Canadian
Holidays
- New Year's Day: January 1
- Louis Riel Day: third Monday in February
- Good Friday
- Easter Sunday
- Victoria Day: fourth Monday in May
- Canada Day: July 1
- Civic Holiday: first Monday in August
- Labor Day: first Monday in September
- Thanksgiving: second Monday in October
- Remembrance Day: November 11
- Christmas: December 25
- Boxing Day: December 26
Sources: Environment Canada, Manitoba Bureau of Statistics, Manitoba Culture, Heritage & Tourism, Statistics Canada
