Saint Boniface, Manitoba

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St. Boniface City Hall
St. Boniface City Hall

Saint Boniface is an area of the city of Winnipeg, home to the Franco-Manitoban community. It features such landmarks as the St. Boniface Cathedral, Boulevard Provencher, the Provencher Bridge, Esplanade Riel, St. Boniface Hospital, and the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface. It covers the southeast part of the city and includes Old St. Boniface, Norwood, Windsor Park, Southdale, Southland Park, Royalwood and Island Lakes. The population is 45,600 (Statistics Canada Census 2001).

Community radio station CKXL and Radio-Canada television station CBWFT and radio station CKSB are all located in St. Boniface.

Every February Le Festival du Voyageur takes place outdoors at Whittier Park and Fort Gibraltar.

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St. Boniface Cathedral
St. Boniface Cathedral

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Coordinates: 49°54′00″N 97°06′00″W / 49.9, -97.1