| Airlines Servicing Winnipeg |
| Air Canada |
| WestJet |
| Northwest Airlines |
| Calm Air |
| Bearskin Airlines |
| Tango by Air Canada |
| Air Canada Jazz |
| FLYConquest |
| Skyward Aviation |
| Perimeter Aviation |
| Keystone Air |
| Kivalliq Air |
| Air West Aviation |
| Execaire |
| Fast Air |
| Northway Aviation |
| West Wind Aviation |
| Jetsgo |
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Winnipeg International Airport (YWG)
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Airport Information
Winnipeg is a major centre for air travel in western Canada. First opened in 1928 as Canada's first international airport, Winnipeg Airport (YWG) now serves about 3 million passengers per year, on 156,000 flights annually.
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| Goods and Services Tax (GST) Rebate kiosk is located on the main floor, adjacent to entrance Door #4. If this kiosk is not staffed, GST rebate claims may also be processed at the Canada Customs counter on the lower level. Visitors to Canada may apply for a rebate of GST paid in Canada. Present your receipts to the agent. Proof of purchase may also be required. |
- Currency Exchange is available at Traveler, located on the second level.
- Baggage Carts are available free of charge throughout the terminal and in parking lots.
- Travelers with Young Children will enjoy stopping by our children's play area, located at the north end of the second level.
- No Smoking Please. Winnipeg International Airport is a smoke-free facility. Please use designated smoking areas outside the terminal building.
- Cash Machines are available on the main floor, at either end of the Terminal. There is also a machine located on the second level, just prior to entering the departure lounges.
- TTY telephone service units, for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, are located in both the public and secure areas of the Terminal on all floors. See TTY on map.
- Data Port/Modem Equipped Payphones are also located in all areas of the Terminal.
- Baggage Storage services are provided by Avian, near Area B, on the main floor. Items accepted for storage include coats and baggage. Facilities also include a freezer, for storage of perishable items. Cost is $3.00 per item, per day, $15.00 per item, per week, or $45.00 per item, per month (including GST). Payment is due upon pickup of items. Service is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Airport Contact Details
Winnipeg Airports Authority Inc.
249 Administration Building
2000 Wellington Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3H 1C2
Canada
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Customer Comments and Enquiries
Telephone: (204) 987-9400
Fax: (204) 987-9401
Email: comments@waa.ca
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Winnipeg Airports Authority Information
Telephone: (204) 987-9402
Email: reception@waa.ca
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Winnipeg International Airport Information
Telephone: (204) 987-9760
Email: wia_info@waa.ca
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Web Master
Telephone: (204) 987-9760
Email: webmaster@waa.ca
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Lost and Found
Telephone: (204) 987-9402
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Ground Transportation for Winnipeg International Airport (YWG)
For airport transfers via Shared Shuttle Vans, Charter/Private Vans, Sedans, Luxury Stretch Limousines, or Coaches, contact Suvana Airport Transfers at 1 877 478 8262(USA toll free) or 1 267 315 4122(international callers) or visit www.suvana.com to make confirmed reservations for superior transportation at discounted rates.
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City Information
The City of Winnipeg is located at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, almost at the geographic centre of North America. With an ethnically diverse population, Winnipeg is characterized by slow but steady growth. It is the eighth largest city in Canada and dominates the Manitoba economy.
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Since 1945, Winnipeg has grown steadily, based on its position as a major grain, financial, manufacturing, and transportation centre. The name Winnipeg has its origin in the Cree Indian name given to the lake 40 miles north, meaning "Win", muddy, "nipper", water.
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Winnipeg is situated at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers; 40 miles south of Lake Winnipeg and 60 miles north of the boundary line between Canada and the United States of America, almost midway between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at an altitude of 760 feet above the seaboard level of New York.
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From a Hudson's Bay Company trading post (Fort Garry) in 1870, with a population of 215, Winnipeg proper has grown to the size of a first-class city of 256,000 and Greater Winnipeg 500,000 people. When the city was incorporated in 1873 there were 1,869 inhabitants.
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Winnipeg has become a significant grain centre on the American continent, the financial, commercial, wholesale and manufacturing centre of the Middle West, owing to its geographical position and its tremendous railway facilities, with branches reaching out in every direction. It affords great possibilities for trade in the province and the Northwest and an inducement for the establishment of manufacturing and other industries. Winnipeg's soft water supply is adequate for the needs of a city of one million inhabitants.
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Today, Winnipeg is noted for its fine hotel and motor hotel accommodations and for its superb restaurants. It has excellent shopping facilities, "A Shopper's Paradise", and is one of the few Cities in Canada that has not imposed a general sales tax. It has enjoyed this distinction for ninety-two years.
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There are facilities for playing golf, tennis, swimming, boating and other outdoor sports. Close to Winnipeg, anglers will find good fishing in many lakes accessible over first-class highways.
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Few Cities have as many beautiful parks. Visitors to Assiniboine Park will find magnificent facilities for rest and recreation as well as one of the finest Zoos in the country, while Kildonan Park is the home of some of the most beautiful trees in Winnipeg.
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City Attractions
Assiniboine Park Conservatory
Assiniboine Park, Park Blvd & Wellington Crescent
(204) 986-5537.
Assiniboine Park Conservatory features indoor gardens including a tropical palm house, with tropical trees, exotic plants and flowering plants in a garden setting, and is the longest established conservatory in Western Canada. The Conservatory includes displays of art works by local artists. The Conservatory and its restaurant can be booked for special events, dinners and photos. Open year round. Daily April 1 to September 30, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., October 1 to March 31.
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Assiniboine Park Zoo
Assiniboine Park, Park Blvd & Wellington Crescent
(204) 986-6921.
The Zoo exhibits 1,200 animals of 275 different species. Native animals include polar bears, cougars, elk and bald eagles. Animals from around the world include the red panda, Afghanistan marchers, tigers, leopards and monkeys. The zoo is open year round, so many of the animals not able to withstand the cold of winter are housed indoors. A Tropical House housed several hundred free-flying birds and forest reptiles. The Kinsmen Discovery Centre features baby animals for young visitors. Zoo has Restaurants and a gift store. Open daily at 10:00 a.m. until dusk. Special seasonal events include December "Lights of the Wild" and October "Boo at the Zoo." Admission charge.
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Centennial Centre
Rupert Avenue and Main Street.
(204) 9561360.
The Concert Hall and Planetarium portions of the Centre were constructed during 1967, Canada's Centennial Year. The Museum of Man and Nature and the Manitoba Theatre Centre Building were opened in 1970 to mark Manitoba's Centennial. Tours arranged by appointment
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Winnipeg Art Gallery
300 Memorial Boulevard, Winnipeg
(204) 786-6641
Collection of contemporary, historical and decorative art from Canada and European masters, plus the world's largest collection of contemporary Inuit art. Gallery hosts guided tours, lectures, films, concerts, and studio art classes. The Gallery is closed Mondays. Open Tuesday though Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Wednesdays late until 9:00 p.m. summer hours: open daily early at 10:00 a.m., June through August. Admission charge, with free admission on Wednesday.
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Winnipeg Convention Centre
375 York Avenue
(204) 9561720 or 1-800-565-7776 Events Info (204) 9431961
The Winnipeg Convention Centre has three levels, including a pillar-less 78,000 square foot exhibition hall with a 30 foot open grid ceiling that will accommodate exhibits up to 50 feet high. The ground floor has meeting rooms for up to 2,500 people, a cocktail lounge, VIP salon, and catering facilities for up to 5,000 people. There is also a second level shopping mall, restaurant and cafeteria, underground parking and skywalks to an adjoining major hotel and office complex
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Air Force Heritage Park
Sharpe Boulevard, north end of Ness Avenue
(at Conway Street.
(204) 833-2500 ext. 5993.
This park was built to help preserve the rich heritage of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Forces, with 14 aircraft on display. A monument honors the ground crew and other support personnel who have served in the Forces. Canadian Forces aircraft on display include an F-86 Sabre, CF-100 Canuck, CF-101 Voodoo, CF-104 Star fighter, CF-5 Freedom Fighter, CH-136 Kiowa helicopter, DC-Dakota, Harvard Trainer and a CP-121 Tracker. Open daily to the public year-round. Free admission.
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Kildonan Park
2121 Main St
(204) 986-3753
This lovely 40 hectare (100 acre) park off Main Street North is an unusual and relatively unchanged place since the early days of settlement, with some of the oldest and largest trees still standing in the province. A modern pavilion building includes a fine restaurant and washroom facilities. The park also has an outdoor swimming pool and a summer theatre, Rainbow Stage as well as a model of the Witch's House from the fairytale Hansel and Gretel. In winter, there are facilities for ice skating, cross-country skiing and tobogganing. Open 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Gates close at 10:00 p.m.
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Memorial Park
Memorial Boulevard and Osborne Street
Located in front of the Legislative Building, the park presents a colorful array of flowers and shrubs. In the summer evenings, a beautiful central fountain is illuminated with multicolored lights.
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Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada
25 Poseidon Bay (at Grant Ave)
(204) 9865890.
In 1967 Winnipeg first hosted the Pan-Am Games (it did so again in 1999). The jewel of the games was the Pan-Am Pool, which now houses the Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada. The pool complex covers an area of more than 13 acres and the museum includes items dating back to over 5,000 years including a Pre-Columbian merman, a 1st Century B.C. Greco-Roman Strigil, copies of Olympic medals of 240 A.D. to recent ones of Canadians Sasa (Alex) Baumann and Sylvie Bernier. Artifacts, memorabilia, oil painting and poster displays are worth millions of dollars. The Aquatic Hall of Fame pays tribute to competitors in swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. It also houses the famous Cutty Sark collection. Open: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily. Free admission.
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Dalnavert Museum
61 Carlton Street, south of the Winnipeg Convention Centre and Broadway.
(204) 9432835.
The house is both a Provincial and National Historic Site. It was built in 1895 in the Queen Anne Revival style of architecture and is furnished with period furnishings. The original owner of "Dalnavert" was Sir Hugh John Macdonald (son of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime Minister), Premier of Manitoba in 1900 and a Police Magistrate from 1911 until his death in 1929. Costumed guides tour visitors through the museum explaining about the original family, the memorabilia in each room and the restoration. Open daily (except Monday and Friday and national holidays), June to September, 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; September to May, 12:00 noon to 4:30 p.m.; January and February open Saturday and Sunday only. Last tour is one-half hour before closing. Group tours of seven or more can be arranged with two weeks advance notice. Admission charge.
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The Forks National Historic Site
Pioneer Blvd off Water Ave
(204) 983-6757 (98-FORKS)
The junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers is owned and operated by Parks Canada. This special place commemorates the transformation of the Canadian West, and provides a wide variety of activities for all ages, including the Heritage Theatre, Children's Programs and Theatrical Walking Tours. The Wall Through Time portrays 10,000 years of history. There are ongoing archaeological excavations. Enjoy walking along the riverfront promenade or join in many special events. Open year-round. Free admission to site, though some special events or programs may have costs.
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Grant's Old Mill
2777 Portage Avenue
A replica of the original 1829 watermill on Sturgeon Creek, believed to be the first watermill west of the Great Lakes and the first instance of use of hydro power in Manitoba. Grist ground daily during summer and sold in souvenir bags. Open daily May to Lab our Day. Admission charge.
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Ivan Franco Museum
200 McGregor Street (at Magnus)
(204) 5894397
The museum contains literary components dedicated to the life and work of the Ukrainian poet and writer, Ivan Franco. Exhibits include paintings and facsimiles of the first editions of his work, including the first Ukrainian translation of Shakespeare, Byron and other famous English, French and German writers. Contains embroideries, woodwork and other handicrafts. The Ukrainian Public Library beside the Museum has several hundred books in English, in addition to the Ukrainian volumes. By appointment only.
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Manitoba Sports Hall Of Fame And Museum
5th Floor, 450 Portage Ave (the Bay Store)
(204) 774-0002.
The Manitoba Sports Hall Of Fame showcases Manitoba sports memorabilia and is also home to the Manitoba Curling and Bowling Halls of Fame. Open year-round.
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