Downtown Winnipeg is the city’s fastest growing upscale neighborhood. High-income neighborhoods surround it and posh residential are found along the course of the city’s two main rivers. Two of these affluent and highly urbanized neighborhoods include Tuxedo and Osborne Village. Most of the famous parks are found inside these posh villages and includes Assiniboine Park and Leo Mol Sculpture Garden. Not far from these neighborhoods is Polo Park where most of the commercial establishments are found including the most luxurious hotels Winnipeg has.
Downtown’s main street houses Winnipeg’s largest performing Arts venues namely Centennial Concert Hall, Pantages Playhouse and Manitoba Theatre Centre. Downtown Winnipeg is also the seat of university and campus life in Winnipeg. It is estimated that more than 40,000 students attend their classes at downtown’s universities and colleges.
For Winnipeg’s travelers and visitors, downtown Winnipeg offers a glimpse of why the city is ranked as one of the most highly-urbanized places in the world.