[2] The university was chartered in 1999 with a Shaftesbury campus in southwest Winnipeg, as well as Menno Simons College and a campus at the University of Winnipeg.

The name, Canadian Mennonite University, was formally announced in early 2000 and classes began in September of that year on a new campus, composed of the campus of Canadian Mennonite Bible College on the south-west corner of Grant and Shaftesbury and the former campus of the Manitoba School for the Deaf.

[5] In 2009, Canadian Mennonite University opened a new Menno Simons College campus on Portage Avenue.

In late 2010, a science laboratory was constructed and in 2011 the Redekop School of Business was opened.

[6] Canadian Mennonite University offers several degrees, including: The university is represented by the CMU Blazers in soccer, volleyball and basketball.