Winnipeg Manitoba Temple, Mormon temple in Bridgwater Forest neighborhood, Winnipeg, Canada.
Winnipeg Manitoba Temple is a cruciform Latter-day Saints temple on a 7.7-acre site, built of Park Rose red brick with slate roof tiles and a copper steeple topped by an angel Moroni statue. It was designed by Jeremy Woolf of Abbarch Architecture in a style inspired by small English country churches, and its interior centres on the prairie crocus with soft purples, aqua and green.
Thomas S. Monson announced the temple on April 2, 2011, making it the first in Manitoba and the ninth in Canada. Larry Y. Wilson presided at the groundbreaking on December 3, 2016. COVID-19 postponed the 2020 open house and dedication; Gerrit W. Gong dedicated the temple on October 31, 2021, in three sessions.
The interior spaces display Prairie Crocus patterns, which represent Manitoba's provincial flower, woven into decorative details throughout. This choice connects the building's spiritual purpose to the local natural identity.
The temple is not open to the public; only church members with a current temple recommend may enter. A public open house was held from October 9 to 23, 2021, excluding Sundays. The site includes a distribution centre, and the temple is not used for Sunday worship services.
The temple was the first Latter-day Saint temple built with red brick that was not a remodel or renovation, using Park Rose brick. Its single attached end spire carries a statue of the angel Moroni, and the design drew on the Copenhagen Denmark Temple and country churches in the UK, Canada and the US.
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