CentrePort Canada is an inland port located in Winnipeg and Rosser, Manitoba, Canada. It was created in 2008 by provincial legislation called the CentrePort Canada Act.[1] The Act established the mandate of CentrePort Canada and designated 20,000 acres to the inland port, situated adjacent to the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport. CentrePort Canada offers greenfield investment opportunities for a wide variety of business operations including distribution, warehousing and manufacturing.
Winnipeg, and the inland port are located near the geographic center of North America. It boasts a modern, well-established network of highways, railways, air and sea connections to important regional and international markets, including eastern and western Canada, the United States, Mexico and Latin America, as well as Europe and Asia. The city has direct connections to both the Port of Vancouver, and the Port of Prince Rupert, Canada's only major Pacific ports. Winnipeg also has a direct connection to Churchill, Manitoba, a major grain export facility and the only Canadian deep-water Arctic port.
CentrePort Canada is one of a growing number of inland ports in North America and faces competition from other prairie centres such as Port Alberta.