City (pop., 2001: metro. area, 671,274), capital of Manitoba, Canada.
Located at the confluence of the Red River of the North and the Assiniboine River , Winnipeg was settled as a French fur-trading post in 1738. In the early 19th century Thomas Douglas founded a Scottish settlement there. Development ensued with the arrival of Canada's first transcontinental railroad in 1881. Following disastrous floods in 1950, much of the city was rebuilt. The fourth largest city in Canada, it is a cultural, financial, commercial, industrial, and government centre.