Southeast Manitoba · one hour from Highway 75

Steinbach

Manitoba · 17,806 people

It is the rare prairie city where a tradesperson can change employers three times without changing address.

Population: 17,806 (2021 Census)
Rank: 3rd-largest city in Manitoba
Base: Manufacturing, trades, transport, retail
Winnipeg: ~1 hour northwest

The place

Steinbach is a manufacturing city that happens to be small. Window plants, precast concrete, trucking fleets and a large credit union all headquarter here, alongside a regional hospital, a college campus and one of the best-attended heritage museums on the prairies.

Summer in the City each July — the downtown street festival.
Pioneer Days at Mennonite Heritage Village on the August long weekend.
Steinbach Pistons junior hockey and a full winter arena calendar.
Every big-box and specialty retailer you'd otherwise drive to Winnipeg for.
An hour to the city, twenty minutes to farm country.

Getting around

Winnipeg: ~65 km / 1h
Niverville: ~30 km / 20 min
Highway 75 at Morris: ~1 hour
US border (Emerson): ~1h20

Housing

Steinbach has been one of Manitoba's steadiest builders — new subdivisions, townhomes and rental stock added each year, at prices below Winnipeg. Confirm current market figures locally.

The community, as it photographs itself

Main streets, festivals, working days.

Who hires here

The employer base, sector by sector.

Loewen Windows

Manufacturing

Premium wood window and door manufacturer, long-established in Steinbach.

Barkman Concrete

Manufacturing

Precast and landscape concrete products shipped across North America.

Penner International

Logistics / trucking

Cross-border carrier headquartered in the area.

Steinbach Credit Union

Financial services

One of Canada's largest credit unions by assets.

Southern Health-Santé Sud

Healthcare

Bethesda Regional Health Centre and area clinics.

Healthcare

Bethesda Regional Health Centre — the regional hospital for southeast Manitoba, with emergency, surgery and obstetrics.
Steinbach hosts regional cancer care, dialysis and specialist clinics.
Personal care homes and home-care programs through Southern Health-Santé Sud.

Schools and training

Hanover School Division — the province's largest rural division, with several Steinbach schools.
Red River College Polytechnic Steinbach campus for trades and health programs.
Steinbach Bible College and adult English language training in the city.

Arriving here

You will not be the first.

A long and continuous immigration history: Mennonite settlement first, then large German-speaking, Filipino, Ukrainian and Latin American communities.
Eastman Immigrant Services provides settlement, language and employment support in the city.
Employers here routinely hire and sponsor internationally and know the paperwork.

A year in Steinbach

Summer in the City · July, annually: Downtown street festival — stages, food, markets and family programming.
Pioneer Days · August long weekend: Mennonite Heritage Village's largest event — threshing demonstrations, food and living history.

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