Exchange District
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The Exchange District is a National Historic Site in the downtown area of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Winnipeg's Exchange District is located just north of the famous Portage and Main intersection. Its name comes from the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, the hub of Canada's grain industry, as well as other industry exchanges -- finance, wholesale trade, manufacturing -- that transformed Winnipeg into the "Chicago of the North" from 1881 to 1918.
Today, the Exchange is the centre of Winnipeg's culture and entertainment scene. Unique clothes shops, coffee bars, nightclubs, art galleries, restaurants and pubs line the cobblestone streets. It's also home to the city's theatre district and Old Market Square, which hosts the Jazz Winnipeg Festival and the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival in the summer.
In 1997, the Exchange District, which encompasses 20 city blocks and is composed of nearly 150 buildings, was listed as a National Historic Site, which will help with the preservation of the area's buildings. As a result much of the elegant architecture in the area attracts the film industry, serving as a backdrop for turn-of-the century movies. Most notably is the 2006 film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford starring Brad Pitt.
Only 350 people report living in the Exchange mostly do to the lack of single dwelling homes, according to the 2001 Census -- quite a small percentage of the city's population. However, the area is steadily becoming a more popular place to settle, especially among the single demographic; just over 60 per cent of the population report they never married, much more than the rate for the rest of Winnipeg. Twenty-two per cent of residents say they work at home, reflecting many of the self-employed artists and freelance consultants in the community who live and work in their studios or have home offices. Considering the close proximity of the area to downtown, over 30 per cent of the population choose to walk, while only six per cent of the whole of Winnipeg use walking as a regular mode of transport. Area residents also report attaining higher levels of education and earning more money than the population at large. Nearly 40 per cent of the adult population say they have at least one university degree, and more than 20 per cent of households have an income of $100,000 or more.
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