Founded in 1996 and owned by LifeStyle West Publishing Inc, Style Manitoba is a Canadian owned and operated magazine with offices located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Throughout that time, Style Manitoba has steadily evolved into the most widely read and distributed magazines in the province. Each issue consistently represents the lifestyle interests and concerns of businesses and consumers in Manitoba.
Appealing to a wide range of readers province wide, Style Manitoba is an upscale, glossy magazine that features editorial and photographic material reflecting the lifestyle concerns of Manitobans. Drawing from a pool of talented writers and photographers, and utilizing the highest production standards, the magazine is produced and published in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In keeping with the firm’s mandate to achieve a milieu of unprecedented quality, only fine paper and superb colour printing is used for producing Style Manitoba.
Issued four times per annum, Style Manitoba fulfills the function that urban publications should, acting as a magnet for community thought and a showpiece for Manitoba and Western Canada. The publication crosses several markets, penetrating and retaining certain niches better than do other media.
Style Manitoba is an excellent vehicle for showcasing, marketing and advertising upscale products and services for both national and locally based advertisers – the magazine truly represents the lifestyle trends of consumers. Products and services associated with the homebuilding, decorating and design market, Manitoba’s burgeoning cultural scene, the fashion industry, and other lifestyle trends of consumers are integral to the editorial focus of the publication.
Style Manitoba offers advertisers a much longer shelf life than do other publications. Consumers keep past issues as reference material for valuable renovating, relocating, decorating and building ideas, as well as for its pertinent Manitoba lifestyle content. Style Manitoba’s entertainment calendars, restaurant, music and book reviews, recipes, wine and spirits columns, travel coverage, and Fab & Fashion Finds are also valuable source guides for Manitoba consumers.
A controlled circulation magazine, Style Manitoba is demographically skewed in distribution towards mid to upper income households. The magazine’s passalong readership exceeds 360,000 readers per issue. Style Manitoba’s primary target group ranges in age from 25 to 65 years, 45% of whom are male readers and 55% female readers.
To achieve the best consumer household penetration, Style Manitoba utilizes the following distributors for circulation:
Style Manitoba gratefully acknowledges funding in part through the Special Measures for Journalism grant from the Government of Canada.
As CEO of LifeStyle West Publishing and Editorial Director for Style Manitoba, Rita van Leeuwen successfully demonstrates her journalistic savvy and… continue reading
A graduate of University of the Arts London (Camberwell School of Art), Paul Butters serves as Art Director for Style Manitoba and other products published by… continue reading
A polished professional well known for her integrity, Lisa Lester handles the advertising needs of a wide range of clients on behalf of Style Manitoba . Lisa successfully… continue reading
Larry van Leeuwen taps into his creativity, utilizing his marketing and digital media skills to bring Style Manitoba’s print… continue reading
Kelly Gray is a Canadian-based book author and magazine writer. For more than 25 years he has written in a wide range of local and national publications on topics from cocktails to… continue reading
Greg Klassen is an avid gardener and traveler, having visited fifteen countries in the last decade. Favourite experiences include hiking the rice paddies of Jatiluwih, Bali; watching the… continue reading
Local writer Randal McIlroy makes valuable contributions to each issue of Style Manitoba with his well respected insights into the world of music. Tuned in to the music scene, McIlroy reviews… continue reading
Style Manitoba’s long time book columnist Quentin Mills-Fenn has enjoyed dinner with David Suzuki and tea with Jan Wong, as well as an iced latte with Margaret Sweatman on a hot August afternoon… continue reading
Donna Minkus has worked in the communications field for more than 30 years, having held communications specialist positions at corporations in both the private and public sectors. With a… continue reading
Lea Currie joined our team in 2015 and has been a regular contributor to Design & Décor, Kitchen & Bath Showcase and other sections of Style Manitoba ever since… continue reading
Writer, editor and true-blue prairie gal Leigh Patterson has been a regular Style Manitoba editorial contributor since 1998. Leigh loves to bring the stories of our province’s many… continue reading
Drawing on a wealth of experience, Julie Germaine pens a motivational health and fitness column for each issue of Style Manitoba, providing readers with valuable… continue reading
Onalee Ames provides regular coverage on Manitoba’s film industry in every issue of Style Manitoba, keeping our audience engaged with the lowdown on locally produced new… continue reading
Style Manitoba (A division of LifeStyle West Publishing Inc)
1182 Marchand Road, Howden, MB
R5A 1J6
Phone: +1-204-982-4455
Fax: +1-204-982-4454
info@stylemanitoba.com