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Manitoba Communities: Old Kildonan (Unincorporated Municipality)

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This municipality was named for the larger region of Kildonan from which it was created.

Present Status	City of Winnipeg (1 January 1972)
Incorporation History	Subdivision of Rural Municipality of Kildonan (1914) Municipality of Old Kildonan (1921)
Land Area (square km)	?

Population

Year	Total
1931	647
1941	704
1951	869
1956	1011
1961	1327
1966	1392
1971	1984

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1922-1935	Robert Wilke Toshack (1859-1943)
1936-1949	Harry Wilson Swailes (1887-1977)
1950-1954	Duncan Fairlie Christie (1909-1977)
1955-1959	Samuel Nikolaievich “Sam” Bondar (c1899-1973)
1959-1964	John Stephan Blechner [Blackner] (1907-1984)
1964-1965	Samuel Nikolaievich “Sam” Bondar (c1899-1973)
1965-1966	John Stephan Blechner [Blackner] (1907-1984)
1966-1968	John Michael Pickley (1913-1998)
1968-1971	Charles Walter “Charlie” Ferrier (1917-2005)
1972	Merged into Winnipeg

Sources:

Manitoba Gazette, 1887-1959. Manitoba Legislative Library.

“Old Kildonan became separate unit in 1921,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1971, page 20.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 July 2017