Manitoba Business: Sutherland Construction Company

This Winnipeg-based general construction company was operated by John Sutherland and his sons John Nicholson Sutherland and George McIvor Sutherland. It appears the company was dissolved in late 1929 or early 1930.

Some of the Manitoba buildings that the firm constructed:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Fire Hall No. 12	1055 Dorchester Avenue, Winnipeg	1911
Fire Hall No. 13	410 Cathedral Avenue, Winnipeg	1911
Nanton Block	391 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1911	Demolished (1985)
Carlton Building	354 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1912
Vulcan Iron Works (addition)	105 Maple Street North, Winnipeg	1912	Destroyed by fire (4 July 2023)
Isaac Brock School	1265 Barratt Avenue, Winnipeg	1913-1914
Ellice Block	468 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg	1914
King Edward School No. 2	825 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg	1914	Demolished (1977)
Curry Building	233 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1915
Lord Kitchener School	1490 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg	1915
Lord Wolseley School	939 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg	1915
Salisbury School No. 1	795 Prince Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg	1915	Demolished (1987)
Carlton Building (renovation)	354 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1916
Stanley Brock Building	145 Market Avenue, Winnipeg	1916
St. George's Anglican Church	168 Wilton Street, Winnipeg	1916	Demolished (1957)
Willys-Overland Building	686 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1916
Stovel Block (restoration)	245 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg	1916-1917
Alaska Bedding Warehouse	129 Gomez Street North, Winnipeg	1917
Jewish Orphanage	133 Matheson Avenue East, Winnipeg	1919-1920	Demolished (1962)
Alaska Bedding Warehouse (addition)	129 Gomez Street North, Winnipeg	1920
Champlain School	Machray Avenue, Winnipeg	1920	Demolished (1991)
General Wolfe School	Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg	1920	Demolished (1977)
Manitoba Cold Storage Warehouse (addition)	151 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg	1920	Destroyed by fire (2004)
Margaret Scott School	Alfred Avenue, Winnipeg	1920	Demolished (1990)
Montcalm School	120 Tecumseh Street, Winnipeg	1920
Salisbury School No. 2	795 Prince Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg	1920-1921	Demolished (2002)
Sir John Franklin School	386 Beaverbrook Street, Winnipeg	1921
Starland Theatre	626 Main Street, Winnipeg	1921	Demolished (2008)
Wolseley School	511 Clifton Street, Winnipeg	1921
Faraday School	405 Parr Street, Winnipeg	1922
Grosvenor School	1045 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg	1922
City Dray Garage	276 Rupert Street, Winnipeg	1923	Demolished (?)
St. Joseph’s Hospital (expansion)	421 Pritchard Avenue, Winnipeg	1926
Wallingford Press Building	303 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg	1926
Salvation Army Cadet College	1091 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1926-1927	Demolished (?)
First Presbyterian Church	61 Picardy Place, Winnipeg	1927
Cumberland Court (alterations)	365 Cumberland Avenue, Winnipeg	1928
Vulcan Iron Works (addition)	105 Maple Street North, Winnipeg	1929	Destroyed by fire (4 July 2023)

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: John Sutherland (1860-1943)

Sources:

“Building permits,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 July 1911, page 16.

“School contract let,” Manitoba Free Press, 1 April 1914, page 22.

“Contract awarded for Curry Block,” Manitoba Free Press, 21 April 1915, page 9.

“Sutherland Construction Co., Ltd.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 September 1915, page 150.

“New St. George’s church,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 September 1916, page 23.

“Two big garages are being built,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 October 1916, page 8.

“Building contracts let,” Manitoba Free Press, 16 June 1917, page 6.

“New Starland to startle public,” Manitoba Free Press, 3 September 1921, page 33.

“Special meeting of school board awards two contracts,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 May 1922, page 8.

“Permits for 14 homes taken within weeks,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 April 1923, page 6.

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

“Building permits in city growing daily,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 April 1926, page 4.

“City and district,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 October 1926, page 4.

“Work start on Salvation Army Training Home,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 October 1926, page 6.

“Permit for the construction,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 November 1926, page 18.

“Work starts on construction of Cadet College,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 March 1927, page 5.

“Building for 1928 total 1,450; 450 dwellings,” Manitoba Free Press, 16 June 1928, page 16.

“Construction work in progress in Winnipeg,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 April 1929, page 32.

“Temple facade to get new life,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 July 1985.

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

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 7 July 2023