Manitoba Business: Alliance Grain Company

This Winnipeg-based company was a subsidiary of the Reliance Grain Company, incorporated sometime before 1929. The company sold its remaining assets to Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1948 and surrendered its corporate charter in June 1949.

Country Elevators (Manitoba)

Location

Rail

Opened

Closed

Capacity
(bushels)

Comments

Forrest

CPR

1929

1935

30,000

 

High Bluff

CPR

1945

1948

120,000

Bought from Forsythe Elevator (1945), sold to Manitoba Pool (1948)

Portage la Prairie

CPR

1945

1948

139,000

Bought from Forsythe Elevator (1945), sold to Manitoba Pool (1948)

See also:

Manitoba Business: Province Elevator Company / Reliance Grain Company

Sources:

“Reliance Grain Company Limited and its subsidiaries,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 March 1936, page 21.

“Alliance Grain Company Limited,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 June 1949, page 25.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 31 March 2024