Shaping Regional Growth
The Winnipeg Metropolitan Region brings municipalities together to plan, collaborate, and guide sustainable growth, strengthening communities through shared vision, coordination, and long-term regional development strategies.
About
Learn more about the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region, its history, mandate, and role in supporting regional collaboration across Manitoba's Capital Region.
The Capital Planning Region (CPR) is a statutory corporation established by the Province of Manitoba and operates as the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region (WMR).
The WMR brings municipalities together to address opportunities and challenges that extend beyond municipal boundaries. The organization provides a forum for regional collaboration, coordination, and long-term planning on matters that affect the broader Capital Region.
The Capital Region is home to approximately two-thirds of Manitoba's population and serves as the province's economic centre. As communities grow and evolve, many issues, including infrastructure, transportation, economic development, and environmental stewardship, benefit from coordination across municipal boundaries. The WMR helps municipalities work together on these shared priorities while respecting local decision-making and community needs.
Under The Planning Act, the CPR is mandated to support economic and social development in the Capital Region through regional planning, collaboration, and coordinated approaches to infrastructure and service delivery.
Who We Are
In collaboration with its member municipalities, the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region has four primary roles:
Adopt and Maintain a Regional Plan
The WMR is responsible for preparing, adopting, and maintaining a regional plan that provides a long-term framework for coordinating growth, land use, and infrastructure across the Capital Region.
Support Regional Infrastructure and Services
The WMR facilitates and promotes regional considerations in the planning and provision of infrastructure and services, helping municipalities identify opportunities for coordination and long-term efficiency.
Lead Regional Planning Initiatives
The organization works with municipalities, government partners, Indigenous Nations and Peoples, stakeholders, and residents to address regional planning issues and develop coordinated responses to shared opportunities and challenges.
Advance Regional Cooperation
The WMR identifies and promotes opportunities for municipalities to work together on matters of mutual interest, supporting collaboration that strengthens the region's economy, communities, and quality of life.
Our Role
Regional Focus
Addressing opportunities and challenges that affect the broader Capital Region.
Collaborative Approach
Bringing municipalities together to explore solutions and advance shared priorities.
Shared Priorities
Supporting coordinated approaches to planning, infrastructure, services, and other matters of regional interest.
Local Impact
Strengthening the region while respecting local priorities and community decision-making.
The Winnipeg Metropolitan Region is the result of nearly three decades of regional collaboration in Manitoba's Capital Region.
Since 1999, municipalities have worked together through various versions of the organization and initiatives based on a simple idea: many opportunities and challenges are larger than any one community. Issues such as infrastructure, transportation, economic development, and long-term growth often cross municipal boundaries and benefit from coordination and partnership.
Over time, regional collaboration has evolved to meet changing needs and provincial legislation. Today, the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region provides a forum for municipalities to work together on shared priorities while supporting regional planning and collaboration across the Capital Region.
Learn more about our history by watching our video.
