Manitoba Business: Peter Leitch Construction Company

This Winnipeg-based construction firm was founded by Peter Leitch around 1934.

Some of its construction work in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
McCabe Grain Elevator	Pacific Avenue, Brandon	1937	Demolished (2021)
Federal Grain Elevator (repairs)	1083 Logan Avenue, Winnipeg	1939	Demolished (?)
Dominion Post Office Building	449 Main Street, Grandview, Municipality of Grandview	1950
Governor Semple School	150 Hartford Avenue, Winnipeg	1950
Kent Road School	361 Kent Road, Winnipeg	1952
Emerson Customs Building	Boundary Avenue, Emerson, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin	1952-1954
Carpathia School	300 Carpathia Road, Winnipeg	1953
Robertson School	550 Robertson Street, Winnipeg	1953
Manitoba Power Commission Building	1075 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1954
Brandon Land Titles Building	705 Princess Avenue, Brandon	1958
Polo Park Shopping Centre	1485 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1958-1959
Canadian National Railway Transcona Shops (Freight and Passenger Car Shop alterations)	150 Pandora Avenue West, Winnipeg	1959-1960
Public Safety Building	151 Princess Street, Winnipeg	1965-1966	Demolished (November 2020)
Dauphin Federal Building	Dauphin	?

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Peter Leitch (1887-1947)

Sources:

“Govt. will spend $60,000 on Stevenson Airport,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 July 1939, page 19.

“Peter Leitch Construction Ltd.,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 May 1955, page 37.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

“CNR Shop award to Winnipeg firm,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 December 1959, page 24.

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 July 2024