Scotiabank Theatre Winnipeg IMAX

Winnipeg · CanadaSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room D, 30/100 — at the bottom of the premium range, 206 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.

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817 St James Street, Winnipeg, R3G 3L3 · Open in maps ↗

~IQ 30provisional

IMAX in name. Weigh it against the surcharge.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX Digital Xenon(as of 2021)
Screen: 19.8 m × 10.8 m (214 m²)
Screen shape: 1.83:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: 408
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2011
Operator

The projector here comes from a 2021 industry listing that we haven't been able to re-confirm. IMAX has converted a lot of screens to laser since — where we could check, 100 venues listed as xenon had been upgraded. Treat the score as indicative.

Why IQ 30

Screen size11/38

Projection11/36

Full 1.43 frame8/18

Sound0/8

How big, really?

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
3Scotiabank Theatre Winnipeg · 19.8×10.8 m · picture 206 m², 4% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

2 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 214 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 214 m²
Picture: 206 m²
Screen used: 96%

0.4 m of this screen — 4% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.90 showing. The projector here can't produce the full 1.43 frame, so the top and bottom of the screen are never used at all.

Worth travelling for?

Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach

Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.

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Where this comes from

Single source

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Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: single source
Operating status: verified open

The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.

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