10 Facts About Winnipeg

1. From 2007 to 2011, Winnipeg was the "murder capital" of Canada, with the highest per-capita rate of homicides; it fell to second place in 2012, behind Thunder Bay.

2. As of 2016, Winnipeg districts are represented by 17 members of the Progressive Conservative Party, 10 by the New Democratic Party, and 2 by the Liberal Party.

3. On the international stage, Winnipeg has hosted national and world hockey championships on a number of occasions, most notably the 1999 World Junior Hockey Championship and 2007 Women's World Hockey Championship.

4. Since the late 1970s Winnipeg has had an active artist run centre culture.

5. In 2012, Winnipeg was ranked by KPMG as the least expensive location to do business in western Canada.

6. In 2006, Winnipeg ranked seventh of the Canadian cities for percentage of residents of a visible minority.

7. The population density of the city of Winnipeg averaged 1,430 people per km, compared with 2.2 for Manitoba.

8. Prior to 1972, Winnipeg was the largest of thirteen cities and towns in a metropolitan area around the Red and Assiniboine Rivers.

9. On 8 November 1873, Winnipeg was incorporated as a city, with the Selkirk settlement as its nucleus.

10. As of 2011, Winnipeg is the seventh most populated municipality in Canada.