Furrier, community activist.
Born on 26 May 1891, he came to Winnipeg from Romania in 1908 and began building a business in the city. In 1918, he and his brother Max Hurtig (c1894-1976) established the A. and M. Hurtig Fur Company, of which he was President.
He and his wife Dora shared three children: Joyce Hurtig (wife of ? Diner), Harvey Hurtig, and Moyer Hurtig. The family lived at 262 Cathedral Avenue. He was an uncle to furrier Jack Zane Hurtig. A leader in the Winnipeg Jewish community, he was associated with the Mount Sinai Masonic Lodge, Shaarey Zadek Synagogue, and Beth Abraham Synagogue, and the Jewish welfare fund. A member of the Manitoba Furriers Guild and St. Johns Lawn Bowling Club, he represented Canada on the British Empire Games lawn bowling team in 1934. During his time in Britain at this event, he was a guest of King George V at Buckingham Palace.
He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 6 August 1949.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Hurtig Building / Dominion News Building (262 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)
Death registration [Adolph Hurtig], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“A. Hurtig, furrier, dies in city at 58,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 August 1949. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B10, page 117]
Obituary [Max Hurtig], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 February 1976, page 32.
This page was prepared by Sarah Ramsden and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 November 2025
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