Winnipeg

===Cityscape===
{{See also|List of Winnipeg neighbourhoods|List of tallest buildings in Winnipeg|Subdivisions of Winnipeg}}
[[File:Downtown Area, Winnipeg - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|Centred on the intersection of [[Portage and Main]], [[Downtown Winnipeg]] is the city's [[central business district]].]]

There are officially 236 neighbourhoods in Winnipeg.<ref>{{cite web|title=Description of Geographies Used to Produce Census Profiles|url=http://winnipeg.ca/census/includes/Geographies.stm#Neighbourhoods|publisher=City of Winnipeg|accessdate=14 October 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930222012/http://www.winnipeg.ca/census/includes/Geographies.stm#Neighbourhoods|archivedate=30 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Downtown Winnipeg]], the city's financial heart and economic core, is centred on the intersection of [[Portage and Main|Portage Avenue and Main Street]] and covers about {{convert|1|sqmi||abbr=on|order=flip}}. More than 72,000 people work downtown, and over 40,000 students attend classes at its universities and colleges.<ref name="BIZ">{{cite web|url= http://www.downtownwinnipegbiz.com/resource/file/DBIZ_Trends_2010.pdf|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140111075234/http://www.downtownwinnipegbiz.com/resource/file/DBIZ_Trends_2010.pdf|archivedate= 11 January 2014|title= Trends 2010|date=8 July 2010|publisher= Downtown Winnipeg BIZ}}</ref>

Downtown Winnipeg's [[Exchange District]] is named after the area's original grain exchange, which operated from 1880 to 1913.<ref name="BIZ"/> The 30-block district received [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]] status in 1997; it includes North America's most extensive collection of early 20th-century [[terracotta]] and cut stone architecture, [[Stephen Juba]] Park, and Old Market Square.<ref name="BIZ"/> Other major downtown areas are [[The Forks, Winnipeg|the Forks]], [[Central Park (Winnipeg)|Central Park]], Broadway-Assiniboine and [[Chinatown, Winnipeg|Chinatown]]. Many of Downtown Winnipeg's major buildings are linked with the [[Winnipeg Walkway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/planning/pdf_folder/dwntwnprofile.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928014925/http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/planning/pdf_folder/dwntwnprofile.pdf|archivedate=28 September 2011|title=Downtown Winnipeg Profile|publisher=City of Winnipeg|accessdate=5 March 2014}}</ref>
Residential neighbourhoods surround the downtown in all directions; expansion is greatest to the south and west, although several areas remain underdeveloped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inura.org/NMM_Posters_PDF/INURA11_Winnipeg.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504164811/http://www.inura.org/NMM_Posters_PDF/INURA11_Winnipeg.pdf|archivedate=4 May 2015|accessdate=4 March 2014|title=Winnipeg, Manitoba|publisher=International Network for Urban Research and Action}}</ref> The city's largest park, [[Assiniboine Park]], houses the [[Assiniboine Park Zoo]] and the [[Leo Mol|Leo Mol Sculpture Garden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assiniboinepark.ca/about/park-story.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216034718/http://www.assiniboinepark.ca/about/park-story.php|archivedate=16 February 2012|title=Assiniboine Park's Story|publisher=Assiniboine Park|accessdate=5 March 2014}}</ref> Other large city parks include [[Kildonan Park]] and [[St. Vital Park]]. The city's major commercial areas are [[Polo Park]], Kildonan Crossing, South St. Vital, Garden City (West Kildonan), Pembina Strip, Kenaston Smart Centre, [[Osborne Village]], and the Corydon strip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/things-to-do/shopping|accessdate=4 March 2014|publisher=Tourism Winnipeg|title=Shopping|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020194845/http://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/things-to-do/shopping|archivedate=20 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The main cultural and nightlife areas are the Exchange District, the Forks, Osborne Village and Corydon Village (both in Fort Rouge), Sargent and Ellice Avenues (West End) and Old St. Boniface.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/things-to-do/night-life|accessdate=4 March 2014|publisher=Tourism Winnipeg|title=Nightlife|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020194857/http://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/things-to-do/night-life|archivedate=20 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Osborne Village]] is Winnipeg's most densely populated neighbourhood<ref>{{cite web|title=Neighbourhoods: The Village Pilgrimage|url=http://www.where.ca/winnipeg/article_feature.cfm?listing_id=14|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807034934/http://www.where.ca/winnipeg/article_feature.cfm?listing_id=14|archivedate=7 August 2011|website=Where|accessdate=23 May 2011}}</ref> and one of the most densely populated neighbourhoods in Western Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winnipeg.ca/clkdmis/documents/c/2006/a6621/pd%2009%2019%20no.%2015%20att.pdf|title=Osborne Village Neighbourhood Plan|publisher=City of Winnipeg|date=June 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120050455/http://winnipeg.ca/clkdmis/documents/c/2006/a6621/pd%2009%2019%20no.%2015%20att.pdf|archivedate=20 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>