Manitoba
Established in 1997, the CCPA in Manitoba investigates key challenges facing our province through quality, peer-reviewed, research, analysis and expertise.
Contact:
[email protected] / (204) 927-3200
301 – 583 Ellice Ave. Winnipeg, MB R3B 1Z7
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Manitoba Living Wage Update 2026
The 2026 living wage update for Winnipeg, Brandon, and Thompson provides an up-to-date monitor on working poverty in Manitoba.
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Weaving a Better Winnipeg: 2026 Alternative Municipal Budget
A Winnipeg budget created by the community calling for bold choices that prioritize housing, safety, transit, and climate action
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Sectoral bargaining could be key to fixing Manitoba’s—and Canada’s—labour market
Manitoba has an opportunity to address the low-wage, precarious work that has plagued Canadian workers for decades
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Manitoba Budget 2026
Focus on budget balance overshadows public service rebuild and support for low-income Manitobans in Budget 2026
The latest research, analysis and commentary on issues that matter to you
manitoba Updates-
Social housing in Manitoba: Examining the historical impacts of neoliberalism
30 years of neoliberalism in Manitoba social housing policy, and how to resist it
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Protecting Manitoba’s publicly funded housing
A look at Manitoba’s new Housing and Renewal Corporation Amendment Act
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The post-secondary transition experiences of Indigenous and racialized students
CEDA Pathways graduates need more support in their post-secondary transition
Manitoba Alternative Budgets
The Manitoba office brings the best and brightest researchers, economists and community activists together around provincial or municipal election times to curate a fully costed budget and volume of policy and budgetary alternatives.
We’ve done the research, and a better way is possible.
Our publications are available to all at no cost. Please support the CCPA Manitoba and help make important research and ideas available to everyone.
Make a donation today.
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Students and rising tuition in Manitoba
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press on September 23, 2026.
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Dynacare workers are standing up to U.S. health care in Manitoba
The private lab—owned by a U.S. corporation—oversaw a relative drop in workers’ wages. Manitoba stepped in on the side of the company.
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Fund full-day kindergarten for Manitobans
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press on September 8, 2026.
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Tackling Today’s Polycrisis: Beyond a Balanced Budget in Manitoba
Thursday Feb 5th 11:30 – 1:00 pm Union Centre, 275 Broadway, Winnipeg
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Oct 16 Brandon: Adult Basic Education in Western Manitoba – growing the benefits. Oct 23: report launch Winnipeg
Adult basic education is a highly effective program that can transform people’s lives. Research shows that it reduces poverty, promotes reconciliation and supports economic development.
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November 2 – Errol Black Chair Fundraising Brunch 2025
Keynote Speaker Peggy Nash, CCPA Executive Director
