CAR INSURANCE IN MANITOBA

Auto insurance in Manitoba is provided by a government-run insurance company, Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI). Both, government and private companies are competing to sell enhancements to the required minimum insurance.

Manitoba is one of the three provinces where the provincial government sells the mandatory auto insurance. Along with the other two provinces - BC and Saskatchewan, Manitoba has one of the lowest premiums for car insurance in Canada. Manitoba Public Insurance has announced a 10 per cent rebate for everyone who paid car insurance in 2008. After the rebate, the average car insurance premium in Manitoba for a passenger vehicle is $833 per year, according to MPI. The largest city in Manitoba, Winnipeg, has just slightly higher average auto insurance rates then those in the province. Recently, the Manitoba government forced thousands of car owners to the most-at-risk cars install anti-theft immobilizers or risk losing their insurance. This was due to increased problems with theft in Winnipeg and the surrounding area.

You can drive in Manitoba with a valid driver's license from another country for three months. After that you are required to get a Manitoba Driver's Licence. For more information regarding Manitoba car insurance visit the Manitoba Public Insurance web site. The link is below.