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Manitoba Industry

Manitoba Industry

Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other major industries are transportation, manufacturing, mining, forestry, energy, and tourism.

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photo by Leanne Guenther   

Manitoba has 18.8 million acres of farm land:

  • Manitoba's most valuable crops are canola and wheat
  • Manitoba is Canada’s largest pig producer
  • Manitoba is Canada's largest dried bean producer
  • Manitoba is Canada's largest sunflower seed producer
  • Manitoba is Canada's largest buckwheat producer
  • Manitoba is Canada’s second largest potato producer
  • Manitoba is Canada’s third largest beef cattle producer.

Manitoba agriculture information and coloring page




Manitoba's forest industry is the fifth largest manufacturing sector in the province with the majority of its products exported to the USA.

Manitoba is not a major player in the industry compared to other northern regions of similar size.

Manitoba's boreal regions are dominated by black spruce in the lowland bogs and fens, and jack pine, poplar and white spruce on the uplands.

Manitoba forests information and coloring page

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