Winnipeg Manitoba Temple

During his opening remarks at the April 2001 Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Thomas S. Monson announced that Canada's ninth temple would be built in Winnipeg, the capital, and largest city of Manitoba, Canada. The temple will serve members of the Winnipeg area who currently travel 400 miles (600 kilometers)—a 6½-hour drive—to the Regina Saskatchewan Temple. The Winnipeg Manitoba Temple will be the ninth temple built in Canada and the first built in Manitoba.

Groundbreaking Ceremony Scheduled

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are welcoming the announcement of the groundbreaking date for the first LDS temple in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Church leaders announced on 17 November 2016 that the event will be held on Saturday, 3 December 2016 at 12:00 pm. The temple site is located on 7.7 acres of land at 2 Center Street in Winnipeg.

The ceremony will be under the direction of Elder Ulisses Soares of the Presidency of the Seventy and Elder Larry Y. Wilson, of the Seventy and executive director of the Church’s Temple Department. Community, government, and interfaith leaders will also be in attendance. Due to limited space, attendance at the event is by invitation, with the general public invited to view the proceedings live from local Church meetinghouses.

Latter-day Saints in Manitoba

In Manitoba, there are 4,500 Latter-day Saints organized in 12 local congregations. These Church members currently travel to Regina or Minneapolis to participate in temple worship.

There are currently eight temples in Canada to serve the 194,000 Latter-day Saints. The other temples are located in Calgary, Cardston, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Regina, Toronto and Vancouver. The Church currently has 154 operating temples worldwide.