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RENTAL MARKET Average Rent Winnipeg $927 Calgary $1,143 Greater Toronto Area $1,233 Vancouver $1,233 AFFORDABLE, HIGH QUALITY LIFESTYLE Accessibility to Nature Winnipeg offers easy accessibility to numerous outdoor opportunities throughout the year. If you love the outdoors, come experience wilderness adventure in our 2.5 million acres of parklands, where you will find abundant wildlife and top quality vacation resorts. Cast a line into any of our 100,000 pristine fish-filled lakes. Living in Winnipeg, you are one hour from one of the top 10 fresh water beaches in North America. Numerous campgrounds to pitch your tent amid towering trees. See moose, deer, beavers and waterfowl in their natural habitat. For the true adventurer, Manitoba's northland is as untamed and exciting as any safari. Discover remote fishing lodges, acres of untouched wilderness and miles of rugged tundra. On the shores of majestic Hudson Bay, visit Churchill – Canada's only sub-Arctic seaport – and see polar bears, beluga whales and the spectacular northern lights. Manitoba has more than 125 golf courses across the province including more than 20 in the city of Winnipeg. Arts and Culture Winnipeg is known as the cultural cradle of Canada offering a variety of experiences. It is home to more than 30 performing arts entities including Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Manitoba Opera, Prairie Theatre Exchange and Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers. Winnipeg also offers an annual lineup of festivals including the Winnipeg Folk Festival, which attracts visitors from around the world. Folklorama, the world's largest cultural festival of nations. Festival du Voyageur, a celebration of Manitoba's French-Canadian heritage, the largest winter festival in Western Canada; plus there are a myriad of other music, drama, comedy and community festivals. In music, we are known for our vibrant indie music scene. We have seen many of our artists go double, and even triple platinum including The Crash Test Dummies, The Watchmen and Chantal Kreviazuk. Other notable acts that got their start in Winnipeg are Neil Young, The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Our musician-studded city has arguably the most live music per capita per night in Canada. The Winnipeg region hosts festivals 130 days of the year, including Canada's largest folk music festival. We host the Winnipeg International Jazz Fest, Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, ACTRA Manitoba Awards, Freeze Frame, Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Winnipeg Jewish Film Festival, Cinémental and many others. Assiniboine Park is home to Journey to Churchill, the world's most comprehensive northern species exhibit, where events can include an audience of swimming polar bears and seals as they play in overhead pools. The Winnipeg Art Gallery hosts international travelling exhibits each year. The city is home to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights; the only museum of its kind in the world to promote the principles of human rights. 8 QUALITY OF LIFE "VAGUELY EXOTIC, TOTALLY OBSCURE AND – VOGUE MAGAZINE AN ABSOLUTE MUST VISIT DESTINATION." 62 T E A M M A N I T O B A