Portage La Prairie: Manitoba Developmental Centre

Manitoba Developmental Centre: Despite its benign name, the Manitoba Developmental Centre haunts our province's past and present. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Times have changed since then, and so has MDC. But has it changed enough to justify its existence? The Southgrove Building at Manitoba Developmental Centre in Portage La Prairie. Photo Store When the institution for people with intellectual disabilities first opened on the north edge of Portage la Prairie in 1890, it was called the Home for Incurables. This unseemly name was later changed to the Manitoba School for Mentally Defective Persons and then, it became the Manitoba School for Retardates. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.