First of all, no disrespect to @DSpec1, but remember that you gathered this information from a post on the internet. This thread is a great place to get a general idea what people are paying in both the US and Canada, and I appreciate @DSpec1 posting his information as well as all the others - but as with anything on the internet individual posts may not be completely accurate, or inclusive of all relevant factors.
For example, when I was shopping for a car I had an opportunity to buy a 'new' car from an out of town Alberta dealer for what seemed like a great price, but after inquiring further I found it was their demo and had considerable KMs on it, and I'm sure some enthusiastic test drives. In this case, it was also used by one of the dealer principals as a personal car for a period of time, and one of the in car options was broken - though of course would be fixed before sale. It came with a number of 'no cost' accessories thrown in as part of the deal, as that was how they had the car equipped for winter demo rides. It was in a color I was initially favoring, but in my case I wanted a new car (as in just off the transporter) so passed on the opportunity to purchase it.
In your case, I would think you had other issues to contend with being from Winnipeg - I don't think an Alberta dealer could sell you a car with GST only unless you were an Alberta resident, or I think we'd have a lot more business here than we do ...
Sounds like @DSpec1 got a good deal on his car, and last I heard he sounded happy with it - so good for him and hope he has many years of enjoyment. I'd just be cautious about leading your own sales negotiations with 'I read this on the internet' ...