Construction · OpenStats
OpenStats Building Permit Value
OpenStats
Cities ranked by total Statistics Canada building permit value in the calendar year. Rank 1 is highest value.
4 editions · 2023–2026
#8
Latest · 2026 · of 42
Score 1395802000
Manitoba
Winnipeg
The Forks, then the railway
Winnipeg in brief
Winnipeg sits at The Forks, where the Red and Assiniboine rivers meet on a crossroads First Nations used long before European traders arrived. Métis, fur trade, and river-lot farms shaped the early story; the Canadian Pacific Railway later made Winnipeg the prairie boom city.
Grain elevators, cold winters, and a stubborn arts scene followed. Valour Road and the Human Rights Museum give visitors two very different reasons to look up from their coffee.
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#38
City Score rank
67%
City Score
5
Owned lists in score
City Score over time
The green line averages OpenStats-owned rankings (radon, permit value, mill rates). Grey dots mark every published placement across all studies below.
Rankings for Winnipeg
Each study below is its own ranking. Where a study has more than one edition for this city, the chart shows standing across those years only.
Composite · OpenStats
OpenStats City Score
OpenStats
Average standing across OpenStats-owned rankings built from public data (currently radon, building permit value, and residential mill rates). Each placement is scored from 0–1 within its edition, then averaged. External livability lists stay on hometown pages as separate published appearances.
Single edition · 2026
#38
Published · 2026 · of 125
Score 0.674
Only one published edition places Winnipeg in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Health · OpenStats
OpenStats Highest Indoor Radon
OpenStats
Communities ranked by Health Canada survey mean indoor radon (Bq/m³). Rank 1 is the highest mean.
Single edition · 2026
#4
Published · 2026 · of 117
Score 256.7
Only one published edition places Winnipeg in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Housing
CMHC Average 2-Bedroom Rent — Lowest Rent
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Average rent for purpose-built 2-bedroom apartments (all tenants) from CMHC Rental Market Survey. Rank 1 = lowest average rent among covered CMAs.
Single edition · 2025
#8
Published · 2025 · of 18
Score 1571
Only one published edition places Winnipeg in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Housing
CMHC Purpose-Built Rental Vacancy — Highest Vacancy
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Purpose-built rental apartment vacancy rate from CMHC Rental Market Survey (October). Rank 1 = highest vacancy (most available rental stock among covered CMAs).
Single edition · 2025
#15
Published · 2025 · of 18
Score 2.8
Only one published edition places Winnipeg in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Livability
Globe and Mail Most Livable Cities
The Globe and Mail
2023 data partnership with Environics Analytics ranking 439 Canadian communities on ten livability categories.
Single edition · 2023
#3
Published · 2023 · of 439
Only one published edition places Winnipeg in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Livability
Maclean's Best Communities
Maclean's
Successor-style municipal livability ranking published by Maclean's for 2019 and 2021 (no 2020 edition).
Single edition · 2021
#6
Published · 2021 · of 415
Only one published edition places Winnipeg in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Livability
MoneySense Best Places to Live
MoneySense
Annual composite ranking of Canadian municipalities on economy, housing, crime, health, and weather.
4 editions · 2014–2018
#271
Latest · 2018 · of 415
Housing
National Bank Housing Affordability — Highest Mortgage Stress
National Bank of Canada Economics and Strategy
Ranked by Mortgage Payment as a Percentage of Income (MPPI) on a representative home. Rank 1 = highest MPPI (least affordable). Free quarterly Housing Affordability Monitor tables.
2 editions · 2025–2026
#10
Latest · 2026 · of 10
Score 32.7
Quality of life
Numbeo Quality of Life Index by City
Numbeo
Crowd-sourced composite Quality of Life Index. Historical snapshots are free on Numbeo ranking pages; OpenStats cites Canadian cities from those public pages (cite_only). Higher index scores are better; ranks are global position on the snapshot page.
3 editions · 2024–2026
#177
Latest · 2026 · of 304
Score 153.6
Housing
RBC Housing Affordability — Least Affordable Markets
RBC Economics
Ranked by RBC aggregate Housing Affordability Measure (% of median pre-tax household income for mortgage, property taxes, and utilities on a benchmark home). Rank 1 = highest ownership-cost burden (least affordable). CMA markets mapped to primary city slugs.
2 editions · 2024–2025
#11
Latest · 2025 · of 13
Score 31.8
Worth knowing in Winnipeg
Distinctive local notes and places, each linked to its source.
It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers.
In 2026, Winnipeg surpassed 850,000 residents, the city's population reaching 850,260.
Valour Road is named for three First World War Victoria Cross recipients who lived on the same Winnipeg street.
Riel House National Historic Site preserves the family home associated with Métis leader Louis Riel.
Places to see
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The world's first museum dedicated to human rights, a national museum opened in Winnipeg in 2014 after years of architectural and content controversy.
Winnipeg the Bear Statue
A statue at Assiniboine Park Zoo remembering the black bear cub that inspired A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
Back Alley Arctic
A Wolseley neighbourhood service lane painted with larger-than-life Arctic animals on garage doors, fences, and curbs.
Trappist Monastery ruins
Ruins of a burned Trappist monastery now used as a quiet park and community space in Winnipeg.
