Results: Sorry Manitoba, You Deserve Better
Published on 03/28/2019
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Numerous Weather Network viewers have contacted the station over the years, wondering why their on-air personalities are always standing in front of Manitoba during national weather forecasts. It all boils down to location. When the on-air presenters are in front of the greenscreen and explaining the weather on a national scale, Manitoba is situated in the centre -- which is where they tend to stand. When they're in front of the smaller, active weather set in the newsroom, Manitoba is on the right, which is also where they usually stand. Are you from Manitoba, or have you ever visited Manitoba?
No
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1523 votes
I am from Manitoba
4%
89 votes
I am originally from Manitoba, but I live somewhere else now
2%
45 votes
I have visited Manitoba
12%
271 votes
I don't even know where Manitoba is
17%
390 votes
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If you ask most Canadians, which province is the least desirable to live in, most will usually put Manitoba at the top of that list. Manitoba, especially their capital, Winnipeg, has always been the butt of jokes. Granted, their winters are frigid, the land is as flat as it comes, but their reputation is totally unjustified. Here are just a few things that make Manitoba wonderful -- how many of these reasons would persuade you to perhaps visit this great province?
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, in Winnipeg, is the first national museum to be built outside of Canada's capital region. It is both a fascinating museum in its own right, and an architectural wonder in its design
11%
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Manitoba has more than 100,000 lakes and waterways, the perfect lure for anglers seeking some of the continent's largest fish.
19%
440 votes
Churchill, Manitoba is considered the polar bear capital of the world and it's a great place to see the northern lights.
21%
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Forests make up about 48 per cent of Manitoba's land area.
11%
265 votes
Manitobans love Slurpee more than any one. An estimated 1,500,000 Slurpees have been sold in Winnipeg since the first 7-Eleven came to the province in 1970. That's more than anywhere else, and it makes Winnipeg the Slurpee capital of the world. .
5%
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Winnie the Pooh was named after Winnipeg.
11%
260 votes
Manitoba has the largest Icelandic population outside of Iceland. The town of Gimli, on the west shores of Lake Winnipeg, hosts an Icelandic Festival known as Islendingadagurinn every summer.
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Manitoba's Little Limestone Lake is the finest and largest example of a marl lake in the world, meaning it changes colour with fluctuations in temperature.
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The Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba has over 25,000 beluga whales, 3000 of which visit the Churchill area from mid-June to mid-August. And you can kayak with them.
18%
420 votes
Manitoba has more curling clubs than Ontario and Quebec combined and it is often referred to as the "Curling Capital of the World".
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102 votes
Winnipeg boasts one of the longest skating trails in the world. Starting downtown at The Forks, the trail leads skaters down the Red and Assiniboine Rivers over a length of between 6 and 9 km and features warming huts designed by architects from all over the world.
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None
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I live in Manitoba already
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43 votes
I love Manitoba, and don't need any other reason to visit
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And for a province with a relatively small population -- 1.352 million (2018) -- Manitoba has produced more than their share of talent. In fact, Manitobans often joke that there must be something in the water! Did you know that these famous people were either born, raised in or lived at some point in Manitoba?
Terry Fox, athlete
15%
340 votes
Burton Cummings, singer
14%
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Randy Bachman. singer
13%
299 votes
Margaret Laurence, writer
4%
99 votes
Anna Paquin actress
8%
184 votes
David Steinberg comedian
7%
162 votes
Guy Maddin, director
3%
58 votes
Nia Vardalow actress
3%
79 votes
Miriam Toews, writer
2%
42 votes
Fred Penner, singer
5%
125 votes
Gabrielle Roy, writer
2%
51 votes
Deanna Durbin actress
4%
88 votes
Neil Young, singer
20%
457 votes
Marshall McLuhan, philosopher
3%
68 votes
Monty Hall, TV game show host
13%
304 votes
Doug Henning, magician
8%
175 votes
None of them
63%
1468 votes
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