Data.winnipeg.ca provides an archive of municipal election results for Winnipeg, Canada. Records include votes for Mayor, Councillor, and School Trustee positions from 1966 onward. The dataset is maintained by the City of Winnipeg and was last updated in October 2025.
Use Cases
- Analyze vote share by Candidate across different Wards over time using the Votes, Ward, and Date columns.
- Model the relationship between electoral Area and the binary Won flag to identify swing districts.
- Track changes in candidate counts and voter turnout by Position and Type across election cycles.
- Compare historical performance of mayoral candidates using Candidate, Votes, and Date fields.
Strengths
- Results span over 50 years, from 1966 to present.
- Covers multiple electoral Position types: Mayor, Councillor, and School Trustee.
Limitations
- Unknown total row count prevents assessment of sample size for statistical analysis.
- Geographic scope is limited solely to the city of Winnipeg, limiting generalizability.
Provenance
- Source
- data.winnipeg.ca, the open data portal for the City of Winnipeg.
- Time Range
- 1966 to present.
- Freshness
- Last updated October 2025.
- Geography
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.