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When did Manitoba become a province of Canada?
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Manitoba became a province of Canada in 1870.123
It joined the confederation under the Manitoba Act, which was passed by the Canadian Parliament following the Red River crisis. Upon its admission, the area that had previously been the Red River Settlement became Canada's fifth province.243