Location & Construction

Located in the Heart of Canada

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is the first national Museum in Canada’s history to be located outside the National Capital Region.

It has been strategically located at The Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where some of Canada’s greatest human rights triumphs in the areas of First Nations and Aboriginal rights, women’s rights, French language rights, and labour rights have been fought and won. It is one of Canada’s most diverse communities, attracting immigrants from around the world and strengthened by significant Francophone, First Nations, and Métis populations.

Winnipeg is a dynamic urban centre featuring: great restaurants, a vibrant arts and cultural scene with world-class dance, theatre, art, and music, national and provincial historic sites; scenic landscapes of prairie fields, beautiful parks, forests, clean lakes and beaches combined with great, friendly people and joie de vivre.