Royal Canadian Mint
Few can visit Winnipeg without noticing the unique architecture of the Royal Canadian Mint, with its striking glass tower. Go one step further; enter the building and take a tour and learn where Canadian coins are made.
Assiniboine Park
Nestled along the banks of the Assiniboine River, this park has 378 acres of dense forest and rolling fields, making it a perfect get away place for locals and visitors alike.
Assiniboine Park Conservatory
Assiniboine Park Conservatory is a beautiful calming place to visit and learn about plants and flowers not indigenous to Canada.
Assiniboine Park Zoo
There are more than 1250 animals from 300 different species at this northern zoo, including native animal exhibits of polar bears, cougars, elk and bald eagles. The zoo also features a variety of exotic animals. Younger visitors will appreciate the petting zoo and baby animals’ displayed at the Kinsmen Discovery Centre.
Assiniboine Riverwalk
This 1 kilometer lighted pathway lies on the north shore of the Assiniboine River from the Forks to the Legislative Grounds. It is popular with both residents and tourists for its different perspective of the river and the city.
Dalnavert Museum
Built in 1895 for Sir Hugh John Macdonald who later became the premier of Manitoba, this building is a finely detailed Victorian house. Visit this museum to see its restored rooms that capture the height of elegant living in Winnipeg at the end of the 19th Century.
Exchange District
The Exchange District is one neighborhood you’ll want to choose to spend time at. With over 20 blocks of Victorian and Edwardian architecture, the Exchange District was the home to stock and commodity exchanges from the 1880s until the late 1920s. Most of the buildings are now restaurants, clubs, pubs, shops and small businesses.
Explore Manitoba Centre
Located in the heart of Winnipeg at The Forks (adjacent to the Johnston Terminal), the Explore Manitoba Centre is an interesting theme pavilion with over 8,000 square feet of incredible displays and exhibits that gives both visitors and residents alike a true sense of diversity and grandeur of Manitoba.
Forks National Historic Site & Port
Visit the place where Winnipeg’s history began, a vital center of commerce and transportation. For over 6,000 years people have come here to hunt, trade, share stories and perform ceremonial rites; the area was the hub of the western fur trade as early settlement began.
Fort Whyte Centre
Nature lovers, this is one place in Winnipeg that you won’t want to miss! Fort Whyte is Winnipeg’s award-winning nature cente.
Leo Mol Sculpture Garden
Until you’ve been here, you’ll never appreciate the intricacies of sculpture art. Assiniboine Park has the only sculpture garden in North American dedicated to the works of a single artist, native Winnipeger Leo Mol.
Living Prairie Museum
Do you have a prairie spirit within you, longing to have been a part of the past when the west was wild and untamed? If you do, this is the place for you to go! The Living Prairie Museum allows its visitors to take a trip back through time to witness what the prairie was like before settlement and urbanization.