Franco-Manitoban

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Image:FlagofFranco-Manitobains.png Franco-Manitobans are a community of French-speaking people living in Manitoba. The community is centred primarily in Saint Boniface, an area of Winnipeg, although there are smaller numbers of franco-manitobans living throughout the province as well.

Notable Franco-Manitobans include writer Gabrielle Roy, singer-songwriter Daniel Lavoie, federal Members of Parliament Ronald Duhamel and Raymond Simard, provincial MLAs Neil Gaudry and Kevin Lamoureux, member of the Canadian Senate Maria Chaput, country singer Lucille Starr and cellist Michael Nicolas.

The province's primary French languauge post-secondary educational institution is le Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface located in Saint Boniface.