WINNIPEG ECONOMY |
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Approximately 375,000 people are employed in the metropolitan Winnipeg area.
Winnipeg's largest employers are The Province of Manitoba, The City of
Winnipeg, The University of Manitoba, The Health Sciences Centre, Manitoba
Telecom Services, Manitoba Hydro, Palliser Furniture, and Great-West Life
Assurance. Other large private employers include Motor Coach Industries, New
Flyer Industries, Boeing Aerospace, Bristol Aerospace and Investors Group.
More than 54,000 people are employed in the public sector. |
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| Winnipeg is also home to "'1 Canadian Air Division
(1CAD)'", the headquarters of
the Canadian Forces "Air Command" (Canada's Air Force). This is also the
command structure responsible for strategic coordination and control of
NORAD operations over Canada (tactical control is in North Bay, Ontario, in
a bunker reminiscent of Cheyenne Mountain). |
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