Explore the Manitoba Legislative Grounds on a self-guided smartphone audio walk that starts and ends at the Legislative Building. Follow 22 mapped stops through gardens, memorials and nearby Memorial Park, with highlights including the Golden Boy, Women’s Grove, Government House, the Famous Five, Louis Riel and the Assiniboine River walkway.
GPS-triggered audio and location-based trivia play as you reach each stop, while a live route map shows where to go next. Download the tour over Wi-Fi before setting out to use it offline.
Allow 1–2 hours or linger at your own pace. This is an outdoor tour with no in-person guide or included building entry. You can complete the walk when nearby buildings are closed; follow posted detours if construction affects paths.
Manitoba Legislative Building, 450 Broadway, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0V8, Canada
The tour starts at the majestic Manitoba Legislative Building and will take you first around the building than to the various monuments, art and scenic spots.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Begin beside Manitoba's grand Legislative Building and take in the grounds' monuments and gardens from outside.
Duration: 3 minutes
Meet James Wolfe and the Earl of Dufferin in two statues near the building's entrance.
Duration: 3 minutes
Admire the Manitoba Plaza Fountain and look up to the Golden Boy atop the Legislative Building.
Duration: 3 minutes
See statues of the 5th Earl of Selkirk and explorer La Vérendrye on the building's east side.
Duration: 3 minutes
Pause at Women's Grove, a living tribute to women's contributions and the pursuit of equality.
Duration: 3 minutes
Find the Jon Sigurdsson statue, honouring Iceland's independence leader and Manitoba's Icelandic community.
Duration: 3 minutes
See the George-Étienne Cartier statue, a tribute to a leader of Canadian Confederation.
Duration: 3 minutes
Visit the Robert Burns statue, a tribute to Scotland's celebrated poet.
Duration: 3 minutes
See the Queen Elizabeth statue and the grounds' royal connections.
Duration: 3 minutes
Pass the exterior of Government House, the historic official residence of Manitoba's lieutenant governor.
Duration: 3 minutes
Spot the colourful Bears on Broadway and the carved totem pole on the grounds.
Duration: 3 minutes
Stroll through the gardens to the Assiniboine River walkway and discover how the Red River shaped Manitoba history.
Duration: 3 minutes
Stand by the Louis Riel statue, honouring the Métis leader and a founder of Manitoba.
Duration: 3 minutes
Pause at the Holocaust Memorial, a place of remembrance for Manitoba's survivors and families.
Duration: 3 minutes
Meet the Famous Five in a monument celebrating their fight for women's legal recognition in Canada.
Duration: 3 minutes
Explore three nearby monuments honouring childhood memory, poet Taras Shevchenko and Winnipeg's immigrant receiving station.
Duration: 3 minutes
See the Next of Kin Monument, dedicated to families of Manitobans lost in the First World War.
Duration: 3 minutes
See the United Nations Monument and Woman of the British Commonwealth statue, tributes to peacekeeping and wartime service.
Duration: 3 minutes
Look across to the Winnipeg Cenotaph and discover Surveying for the Future nearby.
Duration: 3 minutes
Find the statue of Sir William Stephenson, known for his Second World War intelligence work.
Duration: 3 minutes
Pause beside Memorial Fountain in a small park framed by the Legislative Grounds.
Duration: 3 minutes
Read the Marc-Amable Girard plaque, honouring a key figure in Manitoba's early government.
Duration: 3 minutes

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