Both official languages are a strategic asset for our communities.
Manitoba’s bilingual municipalities have a unique capacity to serve and engage their communities in both official languages—an asset that strengthens competitiveness, supports economic development, and fosters sustainable prosperity.
Driven by sustained growth and a formal commitment to bilingualism, these municipalities play a key role in local, provincial, and federal prosperity. Their close-to-community leadership enables them to transform today’s challenges into concrete opportunities for sustainable development.
At the AMBM, our priorities are grounded in an integrated vision of prosperity. They focus on strong infrastructure, a skilled bilingual workforce, dynamic economic development, climate‑resilient communities, and accessible municipal services in both official languages.
By working collaboratively with our member municipalities and partners, we create the conditions needed to fully activate our bilingual advantage and generate lasting benefits for residents.
Infrastructure in support of dynamic communities
Modern, well‑adapted infrastructure is essential to support growth, attractiveness, and quality of life in our bilingual municipalities. Roads, housing, water systems, sports and recreation facilities, and digital infrastructure form the foundation of inclusive communities capable of meeting residents’ needs in both official languages.
By supporting strategic planning and sustainable investments, we help create living environments that foster economic development and community well‑being.
Bilingual workforce and talent
Community prosperity depends on a skilled, diverse workforce that is rooted in its territory. Our bilingual municipalities have strong potential to attract, train, and integrate Francophone and bilingual talent in both urban and rural settings.
We support integrated approaches that focus on education, training, employability, workforce mobility, and economic immigration to meet current and future labour market needs, while positioning bilingual skills as a strategic advantage.
Economic development and regional attractiveness
Our bilingual municipalities are drivers of local and regional economic development. Their linguistic duality fosters entrepreneurship, trade, tourism, and access to new markets—particularly within the Francophone economic space.
Through our subsidiary, the Economic Development Council for Manitoba Bilingual Municipalities (CDEM), we support economic strategies that strengthen regional attractiveness, support businesses, and stimulate innovation, generating sustainable economic benefits and positioning bilingual communities as growth hubs.
Sustainable development and climate resilience
In the face of climate change and increasing environmental pressures, municipalities must be equipped to plan, adapt, and act. Our bilingual municipalities play a front‑line role in the transition toward more resilient infrastructure, sustainable practices, and innovative energy solutions.
With the support of our subsidiary Eco-West Canada (EWC), we promote approaches that strengthen municipal capacity to balance economic development, climate adaptation, and risk management—reducing the impacts of natural disasters while protecting investments, infrastructure, and long‑term community well‑being.
Bilingual government services and intergovernmental collaboration
Bilingualism is lived daily, closest to residents. Our bilingual municipalities play an essential role in ensuring access to high‑quality public services in both official languages.
We work to strengthen recognition of the municipal role, improve coordination across orders of government, and support structuring models—such as the Municipal Maturity Model (3M)—that enable effective, measurable, and sustainable delivery of bilingual services for the benefit of our communities.
