Livability
MoneySense Best Places to Live
MoneySense
Annual composite ranking of Canadian municipalities on economy, housing, crime, health, and weather.
4 editions · 2014–2018
#325
Latest · 2018 · of 415
Manitoba
Thompson
Nickel town in the boreal
Thompson in brief
Thompson is northern Manitoba's biggest city, built along the Burntwood River after Inco found a major nickel ore body in 1956. The company and province struck a development deal that same year, and a planned town named for Inco chairman John F. Thompson rose with a CN rail link.
The mine opened in 1961 as one of the world's largest nickel operations, and the population briefly soared past the original plan. Today Thompson still sells itself as the Hub of the North for health care and retail, sits on the Winnipeg-Churchill train, and offers dark skies bright enough for aurora nights inside city limits.
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City Score over time
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Rankings for Thompson
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Worth knowing in Thompson
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Thompson is a city in north-central Manitoba, Canada, the largest city and most populated municipality in Northern Manitoba.
Thompson is a main stop on Via Rail's Winnipeg-Churchill train, the passenger link toward Hudson Bay.
Places to see
Thompson nickel belt
Thompson was built in the late 1950s around major nickel deposits and remains northern Manitoba's largest city.
