Paul Rockwood Rosser Selkirk St. Andrews St. Clements Stonewall West St. Paul Extraterritorial regions In the broader context of Canada's 7 primary regions, as well as those of North America's various regions, Manitoba can be considered by the following physiographic regions: Hudson Bay Lowlands Canadian Shield Interior Plains Red River Valley Western Canada Canadian Prairies Economic regions The economic regions of Manitoba are defined by Statistics Canada. Manitoba is broken into 8 economic regions, each with its own competitive advantages and potential opportunities. These regions also include "self-contained labour areas," or SLAs, which are local geographic areas in Manitoba where people live and work and that have a minimum population of 3,000 and a minimum tax base of CA$130 million. These areas are solely based on economic relationships that exist between neighbouring towns and municipalities. Manitoba's 8 economic regions include the following. Rural Manitoba: Southeast Economic Region — comprising all of the Eastman region (census divisions 1, 2, and 12), and can be further broken down into the following SLAs: Beausejour Brokenhead Area Emerson Area Hanover Area La Broquerie Area Lac du Bonnet Area Niverville Area Powerview-Pine Falls Area Ritchot Area Springfield Area St. Pierre-Jolys Area Steinbach Area Stuartburn Area Taché Area South Central Economic Region — comprising all of the Pembina Valley region (census divisions 3 and 4), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs: Altona Area Carman Area Cartwright Area Manitou Area Morris Area Winkler Area Southwest Economic Region — comprising all of the Westman region (census divisions 5, 6, 7, and 15), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs: Boissevain Area Brandon Area Hamiota Area Killarney Area Melita Area Minnedosa Area Neepawa Area Rivers Area Souris Area Virden Area Wawanesa Area North Central Economic Region — comprising all of the Central Plains region (census divisions 8, 9, and 10), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs: Gladstone Area Macdonald Area Portage la Prairie Area St. Francois Xavier Area Treherne Area Interlake Economic Region — comprising all of the Interlake region (census divisions 13, 14, and 18), and can further be broken down into the following SLAs: Arborg Area East St. Paul Area Gimli Area Selkirk Area St. Andrews Area St. Clements Area St. Laurent Area Stonewall Area West St. Paul Area Woodlands Area Parkland Economic Region — comprising all of the Parkland region (census divisions 17, 16, and