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Winnipeg Factoids - Volume 9

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The only place to find the most comprehensive historical documents of the Hudson's Bay Company, the oldest incorporated joint-stock merchandising company in the English-speaking world, is at the Archives of Manitoba. Cultural Mosaic Folklorama is the largest and longest-running multicultural festival of its kind in the world. Over 40 volunteer-run pavilions participate each year, showcasing culture through lively entertainment, cultural displays, warm hospitality and authentic ethnic cuisine. Folklorama continues to be a popular summer choice for local audiences and hosts visitors from as far as Australia, Brazil, China, Japan and the United States. More than 100 languages are spoken in Winnipeg. Photo courtesy Tse Li Luk Winnipeg has the highest per capita population of Filipinos living outside the Philippines, which motivated the Philippines' popular fast food chain Jollibee to open its first franchise in Canada here in 2016.

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