Manitoba Communities: Charleswood (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)Link to:
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The basis for the name of this municipality is unclear. Some sources indicate it was named by people from St. Charles, the area across the Assiniboine River, who crossed to cut wood here. It has also been suggested the name was given in commemoration of Charles Kelly, the only one of five sons of early settler Patrick H. Kelly who remained in the area and developed building lots in it.
Present Status
City of Winnipeg (1 January 1972)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Charleswood (15 February 1913)
Amalgamation of Assiniboia, Brooklands, Charleswood, East Kildonan, Fort Garry, North Kildonan, Old Kildonan, St. Boniface, St. James, St. Vital, Transcona, Tuxedo, West Kildonan, and Winnipeg (1 January 1972)Land Area (square km)
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Year
Total
1901
450
1911
701
1921
869
1931
1226
1941
1934
1951
3680
1956
4982
1961
6243
1966
7373
1971
12180
Term
Reeve / Mayor
1913
George Thomas Chapman (1861-1940)
1914-1916
William Cyrenius Hall (1862-1920)
1916-1926
George Thomas Chapman (1861-1940)
1926-1928
Thomas McKnight (1873-1939)
1928-1930
Frank Allen Sparrow (1878-1967)
1930-1931
Thomas McKnight (1873-1939)
1931-1932
George Thomas Chapman (1861-1940)
1932-1935
Thomas McKnight (1873-1939)
1935-1945
Arnold Parkin (1891-1948)
1945-1953
John Holmes Cathcart (1892-1959)
1953-1955
James Fraser Moore Cox (1913-1999)
1955-1959
John Holmes Cathcart (1892-1959)
1959-1963
Cyril Frederick Hayward (c1897-1974)
1963-1965
Jan K. “John” Hilgenga (1906-1992)
1965-1971
Arthur Thomas Moug (1926-2003)
1972
Merged into Winnipeg
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Charleswood Municipal Hall / Charleswood Community Museum (5006 Roblin Boulevard, Winnipeg)
Manitoba Gazette, 1913-1971. Manitoba Legislative Library.
An Act to Amend The Municipal Boundaries Act, Statutes of Manitoba, 3 George V, 1913, Chapter 41, page 133.
“Charleswood’s isolation charms people,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1971, page 22.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Cyril Doherty and Jill Paskewitz for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 November 2022
