Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. Centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, it is near the longitudinal centre of North America, approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for muddy water. The region was a trading centre for aboriginal peoples long before the arrival of Europeans. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red
Canadian federal election results in Winnipeg Blaikie narrowly retook the seat for the NDP. It was the first time since 1968, and only the second time since the end of World War II, that the centre-right has been completely shut out of Winnipeg in the absence of vote-splitting. Canadian federal election results in Winnipeg __NOEDITSECTION__ This is page shows results of Canadian federal elections in the Winnipeg area. The city of Winnipeg has traditionally been a mixed bag with seats held by all three major parties. The north end of Winnipeg is a very left-leaning area which has some of the strongest New Democratic Party support