Winkler (Manitoba)

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Winkler
Location in Manitoba
Winkler (Manitoba)
Winkler
Winkler
State : CanadaCanada Canada
Province : Manitoba
Region: Pembina Valley Region
Coordinates : 49 ° 11 ′  N , 97 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′  N , 97 ° 56 ′  W
Area : 17.02 km²
Residents : 10,607 (as of 2011)
Population density : 623.2 inhabitants / km²
Time zone : Central Time ( UTC − 6 )
Postal code : R6W
Website : www.cityofwinkler.ca

Winkler is a small town in the Canadian province of Manitoba . In contrast to other small towns in Manitoba with a stagnating population, Winkler benefits from an influx of residents. From 2006 to the last census in 2011, the population rose by 17.2 percent to over ten thousand. The municipality around Winkler, the Rural Municipality of Stanley , was the Canadian municipality with the youngest average population in 2012. Because of an offensive immigration program, many Russian-German and German immigrants from Germany , Kazakhstan and the Ukraine came to Winkler since 2000 .

The successful model of this growth goes back to a relaxation of the immigration conditions in Canada, which could be individually designed by the individual provinces . This latitude inspired Adele Dyck, a citizen of Winkler, to found the Star 7 immigration service , which became the model for several private immigration companies in Manitoba, above all the Eastman Immigrant Service in the neighboring city of Steinbach , which competes with Winkler .

history

In 1874, the first Russian-German Mennonites settled in the area. In 1892 Winkler was officially founded by Valentine Winkler, a timber merchant and politician who ran his timber business in nearby Morden .

Winkler received the status of a village on May 9, 1906. During this time the village flourished with its German, Jewish and English traders. A short time later, the Mennonites also settled in the city. Large numbers of German and Jewish traders left the village during the 1930s. After the Second World War, however, the population increased again, and the village received city status on April 7, 1954.

In the summer of 2006 the city celebrated its centenary.

economy

In the largest settlement in the Pembina Valley , the main economic sectors are trade , agriculture and industry .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 Community Profile Winkler. Statistics Canada, accessed December 29, 2012 .