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Manitoba at a Glance

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Downtown at the Forks, Wpg. MBPopulation: 1,186,000

Area:
649,947 square kilometres
(250,946 square miles)

Size:
Canada’s sixth largest province
(larger than England, France or Germany)

Capital City:
Winnipeg – population 712,000

Gross Domestic Product:
$41.0 billion (2007)

Farm Cash Receipts:
$4.3 billion (2007)

Agricultural Exports:
$2.1 billion (2007)

Processed Foods:
$4.0 billion (2007)

Credit Ratings:
Moody’s Investors Service: Aa1 / Stable
Standard & Poor’s: AA- / Stable
Dominion Bond Rating Service: A (high) / Stable

Agricultural Commodities:
Ranked by farm cash receipts: Hogs, cattle, canola, wheat, dairy products, potatoes, poultry, oats, eggs, barley, and flaxseed.


Commodities:

Livestock:
Beef
Beef Genetics
Dairy Genetics
Pork
Pork Genetics
Processed Pork
Sheep

 

Non-Traditional:
Bison
Elk
Emu
Ostrich

Poultry:
Chicken
Eggs
Turkey

 

Cereals:
Barley
Oats
Wheat

Pulses:
Field Beans
Peas
Soybeans

Forage:
Alfalfa
Forage Seed
Tame Hay
Timothy Hay

 

Oil Seeds:
Canola
Flax
Sunflowers

Special Crops:
Buckwheat
Canary Seed
Honey
Industrial Hemp
Potatoes
Vegetables
Wild Rice

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