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Manitoba Strategic Infrastructure Secretariat Federal–provincial government relations; interprovincial government affairs; international relations; Crown–government relations Min. Intergovernmental Affairs and International Relations
This is a list of regions in Manitoba, Canada, including Manitoba's geographic regions, economic regions, and health regions. These regions do not reflect the organization of local government in Manitoba. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own.
The Government of Manitoba uses a Westminster-based parliamentary system and has three levels of government: the executive, the legislative, and the judiciary.. These three branches are linked through the Crown, which is the head of state and represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, who is appointed by the Governor General of Canada on advice of the Prime Minister.
Manitoba's largest employers are government and government-funded institutions, including crown corporations and services like hospitals and universities. Major private-sector employers are The Great-West Life Assurance Company, Cargill Ltd., and Richardson International. [88] Manitoba also has large manufacturing and tourism sectors.
Map of Manitoba. The geography of Manitoba addresses the easternmost of the three prairie Canadian provinces, located in the longitudinal centre of Canada. Manitoba borders on Saskatchewan to the west, Ontario to the east, Nunavut to the north, and the American states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south. Although the border with ...
Manitoba has 98 RMs, which had a cumulative population of 301,438 as of the 2016 Census. [3] This is a decrease from 116 RMs prior to January 1, 2015, when municipalities with less than 1,000 people were directed by the provincial government to amalgamate with adjoining municipalities to comply with the Municipal Act.
Manitoba's provincial electoral boundaries are reviewed every 10 years by the Manitoba Electoral Divisions Boundaries Commission. [ 2 ] The Commission was established on March 31, 1955, with The Electoral Divisions Act , which sets out the composition of the Commission.
Statistics Canada divides the province of Manitoba into 23 census divisions. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions do not reflect the organization of local government in Manitoba. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own.