Great Reasons to Bring Your Group to Winnipeg
- Winnipeg is located at the centre of Canada and the centre of North America combining the best of what Canada has to offer in a city of over 712,000 strong.
- Affordability! Whatever the exchange rate Winnipeg is an affordable adventure you don’t want to miss!
- Experienced, helpful and resourceful tour professionals ready to assist you in all your tour needs and be your partner in making your tour a success.
- Unique Tour Products! Be a Voyageur for the day, and explore our fur trade past, discover your spiritual side with an Aboriginal theme or maybe an itinerary full of culinary delights. How about a combination of all three?
- Our Festivals! For over 35 years, Folklorama has been bringing different cultures and people together. Every February, Winnipeg celebrates its fur trade past at Festival du Voyageur, western Canada’s largest winter festival. Our Jazz, Fringe and Comedy festivals are making a name for themselves, and our internationally acclaimed Folk Festival is largest and longest running of its kind, with 70 musical acts for four days in July.
- We are the centre of arts and culture in Canada with some of the countries oldest theatre, dance and music organizations bringing the best of entertainment.
- Winnipeg’s Exchange District! Home to North America’s largest collection of turn-of-the-last-century buildings, this 30 block National Historic Site provides guided walking tours and insight into not only our history, but that of early 20th century North American culture.
- The Forks! Another National Historic Site, this nine acre site preserves and commemorates the junction Assiniboine and Red Rivers. A meeting place for over 6,000 years, The Forks yields a rich history of early Aboriginal settlement, the fur trade, the advent of the railway, waves of immigration and the Industrial Age. Now a major tourist destination, The Forks preserves this history while also being the site of restaurants, shops, markets and more.
- Old St. Boniface/Winnipeg’s French Quarter. As one of the largest speaking French populations west of the Great Lakes, Winnipeg celebrates its rich history and charm. This unique and historic neighborhood is a testament to the original French and Métis settlers.
- Our Food! Winnipeg is cuisine central, a city filled with restaurants for whatever taste or budget. Whether it’s a celebration of our multicultural fare or a culinary trip into our rich regional cuisine or simply splendid home style fare, you’ll find it all in our kitchens.
For more information on group travel services please contact Jill Lusty, Manager, Group Travel, toll-free at 1.800.665.0204, direct at 204.954.1989 or via email to discuss your requirements.
To learn more about what Winnipeg has to offer travel trade and group tour operators, check out our Destination Planner.
