"Host your conference or meeting in Winnipeg and tap into the strength of our developed key sectors for partnerships, opportunities and insights."

Aerospace

Take your meeting to new heights when you land your next aerospace convention in Winnipeg, located in the centre of North America. Home to Canada's third largest aerospace sector, Winnipeg is the industry centre of excellence – we’ve got the ecosystem, talent and knowledge to draw on, positioning your meeting to really take off. 

When you choose to meet in an aerospace hub, you get insider access and local resources to elevate your event. Winnipeg is the place to see innovation in action with facility tours and local experts easily available to enhance conference programming.

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Maria Paletta

Maria Paletta
Business Development Manager
1 204 954 1981

Community strong

Grow your conference attendance with ease - Winnipeg is home to more than:

  • 32

    aerospace companies

  • 4840

    employees

Knowledge hub

Capitalize on Winnipeg’s leading expertise in the aerospace sector with development in four key areas:

Cold weather testing

Our cold winters makes for the ideal cold-weather technology testing environment in Winnipeg and at the GE Aviation Engine Testing, Research and Development Centre operated by StandardAero.

Composite manufacturing

At 700,000 sq ft, Boeing’s largest Canadian composite manufacturing presence is right here in Winnipeg.

Maintenance repair and overhaul excellence

StandardAero, now the world’s largest independent aerospace MRO provider. What started in Winnipeg in 1911 as Standard Machine Works, StandardAero now has multiple facilities across the city and continues to grow and invest here.

Building satellites

Winnipeg rises above the rest thanks in part to Magellan Aerospace, who has designed and manufactured five satellites that are currently orbiting Earth. Magellan continues to develop space avionics for interplanetary exploration.

Why Winnipeg?

“Our Winnipeg aerospace campus is core to our history and key to the future of our success at StandardAero. The strong work ethic, family culture and local support for training and growing our workforce is outstanding. We are proud to be a leading employer in Winnipeg and look forward to our continued bright future in this fine community.” 

Russell Ford, Chairman and CEO, StandardAero