The Province Of Manitoba

M anitoba is the most             there are a few settlements of     easterly of the Prairie        note. The Mining Town of Flin      Provinces and is 250,946       Flon is on the Western border      square miles in size. It is           with Saskatchewan. Probably a bit  situated in central Canada, with      more famous is Churchill which is  Saskatchewan to the West, Ontario     on the Southern shore of Hudson    to the East, Nunavut bordering        Bay in the far North and has been  the North and the US states of        the subject of several             North Dakota and Minnesota to the     documentaries about its regular    South.                                visitors - polar bears.                                                                                     The Province is in the Central        The Province is a flat, level      Time Zone which is Greenwich          land with most of it between 150   Meantime -6 hours. Between the        - 300 metres above sea level, the  months of April and October           highest elevation being Baldy      Daylight Saving is in effect and      Mountain at 831 metres. The        the difference is GMT -5 hours.       province has over 100,000 lakes                                          and water makes up 16% of the      The vast majority of Manitoba's       land surface. Lake Winnipeg and    total population of 1,150,800         Lake Winnipegosis are the two      (2002) live in the Southern part      largest of all the lakes. The far  of the Province. The Provincial       Northern part of the Province is   Capital is Winnipeg which is          covered is forest and is           located in the South of the           glaciated. As with all of Canada,  Province along with Manitoba's        there are fantastic Opportunities  second largest city Brandon and       for Recreation that range from     the main gateway for goods            the great outdoors to all manner   shipping from the North the city      of tourism and sports. There are   of Selkirk The far North of           many Provincial and two National   Manitoba is mainly wilderness but     Parks in Manitoba where the        wildlife and landscapes are           from other parts of Canada.        protected and made available for                                         everyone to enjoy.                    The Provincial Retail Sales Tax                                          (RST) is a 7 per cent tax applied  The climate in Manitoba has great     to the retail sale or rental of    extremes of temperature, the          most goods and certain services    average January high in Winnipeg      in Manitoba. The tax is            is -13 degrees centigrade and the     calculated on the selling price,   record low is -48 degrees             before the Federal GST (Good and   centigrade. The South of the          Services Tax) is applied.          Province usually receives over        Residents of Manitoba are subject  100cm of snow annually. The           to Provincial and Federal          summers by contrast are usually       Taxation.                          sunny and warm, with                                                     precipitation in the form of          The Government is actively         brief heavy showers. Winnipeg's       seeking new residents and has a    average high in July is 26            dedicated Provincial Nominee       degrees centigrade.                   Program for both Business people                                         and Skilled workers with a         The Provincial Government is led      profile of high demand jobs. The   by Premier Gary Doer who is the       webpages for Immigration are the   leader of the New Democratic          best Provincial offering we have   Party. The Province is                found and are crammed with         responsible for administering the     excellent information. The         Healthcare System which provides      Newcomers section is second to     a basic care system for the           none and a must see if you are     Manitoba residents. The Education     considering moving to Manitoba.    System and the Driving                Also, be sure to acquaint          Regulations are also regulated by     yourself with the Emploment        the Province and have differences     Standards which describes your     rights and obligations as an          and great links to the health and  employee, the minimum wage system     safety regulations.                About the Author: Dave Lympany and his family emigrated to Canada in 2003 and have produced a free information resource for Canada and Canadian Immigration – http://www.onestopimmigration-canada.com Source: www.isnare.com