![]() Although the boundary line separating the two provinces appear as a straight line, it actually contains a series of small jogs that resulted from the land survey grid for Western Canada. Saskatchewan joined the confederation simultaneously with Alberta in 1905 as the 8th and 9th provinces in no particular order. ![]() Thus, the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border, also known as Manitoba’s western border, is strictly defined by a near-perfect imaginary boundary line. Saskatchewan is the only prairie province bordering Manitoba and is the only province in Canada without a natural border. In 1955, the governments of the two provinces received and accepted the survey report as the final word, finally settling the Manitoba-Ontario border dispute. In 1912, the Canadian legislators extended Manitoba’s eastern boundary to the northeast to the Hudson Bay where the 89th meridian intersects the southern shore. However, in 1884, the Canadian Government gave the district to Ontario. Rat Portage became one of the worst places to live in. Prisoners jailed by the one province were released by the other and constables who made arrest were in turn arrested by constables from the other province. Both provinces proclaimed laws in force of the district and each also built their jail and courthouses. One of the sources of dispute between the two provinces was the location of Rat Portage (Kenora). It would take 74 years from 1881 to finally settle the Manitoba-Ontario border dispute. However, no one was quite certain how far the eastern boundary would be moved. When the decision to enlarge Manitoba was made, the neighboring provinces and territories were set to be affected since its boundaries were to be moved in all direction except to the south. Ontario was the first province to be added to the Confederacy along with Nova Scotia, Quebec, and New Brunswick. ![]() Ontario is one of the two provinces that share borders with Manitoba, with the two provinces sharing a border to the east of Manitoba. ![]() Settling the Manitoba-Ontario Border Dispute The boundaries of Manitoba as they are today were set in 1912. The province was increased to the north and west, increasing the size almost five times. The borders of Manitoba were enlarged in 1881 to control and accommodate the incoming settlement. In the following years, several settlers migrated to the province and past it into Northwest Territories. Manitoba was often called the “postage stamp” because it had a square shape. At the time of admission, the province was only one-eighteenth the size it is today. In 1870, the Manitoba Act was passed and the new province of Manitoba was admitted into the confederation. Its addition to the Confederation resulted from negotiations between the Government of Canada and Louis Riel of the Red River Metis when the Red River Resistance ended. Manitoba was admitted to the Canadian Confederation on July 15, 1870, as the fifth province. On the contrary, the northern corner is located very far for average tourists to access. From this corner, one can is able to easily access Saskatchewan in the west and North Dakota in the south. The southwestern corner is the most easily accessible corner of Manitoba. It is bordered by the provinces of Ontario and Saskatchewan to the east and west it respectively, to the northwest by Northwest Territories, to the north by Nunavut, and to the south by the US states of Minnesota and North Dakota. Manitoba is bordered by both Canadian provinces and territories and the US states. Its capital and largest city is Winnipeg which is also the 8th largest metropolitan area in Canada. With a population of approximately 1.3 million people, this province is the 5th most populous. Manitoba has a total surface area of approximately 250,900 square miles, making it the 8th largest sub-division in Canada and accounts for 6.5% of the country’s total area. It is located at Canada’s longitudinal center and stretches from the northern oceanic coastline at Hudson Bay to the southern border with the United States. Manitoba is one of the three prairie provinces of Canada, the other two being Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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