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MHS Resources: Manitoba Businesses

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Centennial Businesses | Other Businesses

Centennial Businesses

MHS Centennial Businesses have operated continuously in Manitoba for over 100 years, and have been designated by the Manitoba Historical Society. Further information on this program is available here.

Business	Type of business	Year founded
Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson / MLT Aikins	Law firm	1879
Alsip’s Building Products and Services	Construction materials	1905
Arctic Ice Company / Arctic Glacier	Ice products	1882
Ash Temple	Dental supplies	1895
Baldur Gazette	Newspaper	1898
Birtle Eye-Witness	Newspaper	1891
Boissevain Recorder	Newspaper	1899
Brown and Rutherford Co. Ltd.	Lumber planing mill	1872
Burrows Lumber Inc.	Lumber merchant	1879
Canadian Pacific Railway Co.	Railway & shipping	1881
Carberry News-Express (Carberry News, Norfolk Intelligencer and Advertiser, Carberry Express)	Newspaper	1889
Christie’s Office Plus	Office supplies	1881
Deloraine Times & Star	Newspaper	1887
Dufferin Leader / Valley Leader	Newspaper	1898
Fort Garry Hotel	Hotel	1913
Glenboro Gazette	Newspaper	1892
Grandview Exponent	Newspaper	1901
Great-West Life Assurance Company / Canada Life	Insurance	1891
Guinn & Simpson Co. Ltd.	Monument and funeral stone	1905
Hartney Machine and Motors Ltd.	Machine and vehicle dealer	1899
Hudson’s Bay Company	General mercantile	1684
Killarney Guide	Newspaper	1894
J. J. H. McLean	Musical instruments	1881
James Richardson & Sons Ltd. / Pioneer Grain Company / Richardson International	Grain merchant, oil and gas, etc.	1880
Manitoba Government Telephones / Manitoba Telephone System / MTS AllStream / Bell MTS	Telecommunications	1908
Manitou Western Canadian	Newspaper	1900
Mariaggi Hotel	Hotel	1903
Marlborough Hotel	Hotel	1914
Meridian Trail General Store / Douglas General Store (Argyle, RM of Rockwood)	General mercantile	1912
Minnedosa Tribune	Newspaper	1883
Neepawa Press / Neepawa Banner and Press	Newspaper	1896
North West Company	General mercantile	1785
Occidental Hotel	Hotel	1886
Parrish & Heimbecker	Grain merchant	1909
Pilot Mound Sentinel Courier	Newspaper	1889
Pitblado	Law firm	1882
Pringle’s Men’s Wear of Boissevain (Welch’s Men’s Furnishings)	Clothing merchant	1898
Queens Hotel	Hotel	1881
Quintex Services Limited	Industrial Cleaning	1911
Reesor’s Jewellery	Jeweller	1882
Shoal Lake Star	Newspaper	1889
Souris Plaindealer	Newspaper	1892
Southern Manitoba Review (Rock Lake Review)	Newspaper	1898
Stonewall Argus & Teulon Times	Newspaper	1893
Swan Valley Star & Times	Newspaper	1900
H. P. Tergesen Store	General store	1899
Thomson Funeral Chapel	Funeral chapel	1879
Treherne Times	Newspaper	1899
Trim Services Ltd.	Garment manufacturers supplier	1901
Vendome Hotel	Hotel	1898
Virden Empire-Advance (Virden Advance)	Newspaper	1885
Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company	General insurance	1896
Westeel	Steel products	1905
Wilson Furniture	Furniture merchant	1883
Windsor Hotel	Hotel	1903
Winnipeg Free Press (Manitoba Free Press)	Newspaper	1872
Winnipeg Hotel	Hotel	1881
Winnipeg Supply and Fuel Company / Winnipeg Supply Service Experts	Home and building supplies	1904
Woodbine Hotel	Hotel	1878

Other Businesses

Algoma Steel Bridge Company

Bank of Montreal

N. Bawlf Grain Company

Belmont News

Brandon Sun

British America Elevator Company

Brown’s Bread

Canada Cement Company

Canada West Grain Company

Canadian Bank of Commerce

Carter-Halls-Aldinger

Crystal City Courier

Dauphin Herald

Davidson Brothers

Delmar Commodities

Dominion Bridge Company

Dominion Business College / Cooper Education Institute

Dominion Elevator Company

T. Eaton Company

Excelsior Coal Mining Company / Excelsior Coal Company

Export Elevator Company

Federal Grain

Fillmore Riley LLP

Forsythe Elevator Company

Gladstone Age

Grain Growers’ Grain Company / United Grain Growers / Agricore United / Viterra

Grain Growers Guide / Country Guide

Great Northern Railway / Brandon, Saskatchewan and Hudson’s Bay Railway / Midland Railway / Manitoba Great Northern Railway

Green Blankstein Russell and Associates

Hamiota Echo

Ham & Motherwell Limited

Hartney Star

Hyland Navigation and Trading Company

Imperial Bank of Canada

Imperial Dry Goods Company

Inter-Ocean Grain Company

James Drake Lumber Company

Kelly Brothers / Thomas Kelly and Sons

Lake Winnipeg Shipping and Supply Company / Lake Winnipeg Shipping Company

Lake of the Woods Milling Company

MacGregor Herald

Manitoba Bridge and Iron Works

Manitoba Clinic

Manitoba Co-operator

The Manitoban

Manitoba Pool Elevators / Agricore

Manitoba Power Commission / Manitoba Hydroelectric Board / Manitoba Hydro

Manitoba Sugar Company

Maple Leaf Milling Company

Marquette Reporter / Rapid City Reporter

Martin & Mitchell

Massey-Harris Company Limited

A. E. McKenzie Seeds

McLaughlin & Ellis / McLaughlin Elevator Company

Meighen Haddad LLP

Melita New Era

Merchants Bank of Canada

Miniota Herald

Monarch Life Assurance Company

Morden Herald

Morris Herald

North Star Grain Company

Northern Crown Bank

Northern Elevator Company

Oak Lake News

Paterson Grain Company

Pioneer Grain Company

Portage Mutual Insurance Company

Reliance Grain Company

Reston Recorder

Rivers Gazette

Roblin Review

Rossburn Review

Royal Bank of Canada

Russell Banner

Safeway Stores Limited

Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society

Searle Grain Company

Selkirk Enterprise

Smith Agency Limited

Springfield Leader

Steinbach Carillon News

Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP

Town Topics

Union Bank of Canada

Western Canada Flour Mills

Western Elevator Company / Western Grain Company

Western Grocers Limited / Westfair Foods Limited

Wiley Low and Company

Winnipeg Amusements Limited

Winnipeg Clinic

Winnipeg Electric Railway Company / Winnipeg Electric Company

Bready, Love and Tryon / Winnipeg Elevator Company / Canadian Elevator Company

Winnipeg Paint and Glass Company

Winnipeg Telegram

Winnipeg Tribune

Young Grain Company

Page revised: 29 March 2020