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Winnipeg Commodity Exchange

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Abbreviation

WCE

Location

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Region

Americas

Group

ICE

Product Types

Agricultural

About Winnipeg Commodity Exchange

The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE), founded in 1887, was Canada's primary agricultural futures exchange, serving as the world's leading market for canola futures and other Canadian crops including oats, flaxseed, and domestic feed wheat. In 2007, WCE was acquired by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and renamed ICE Futures Canada in 2008. Canola futures, the exchange's flagship contract, continue to be one of the most actively traded agricultural derivatives globally under ICE.

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