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The following information is based, in part, on the book Mosaic of Winnipeg Street Names which described the historical origins of some Winnipeg street names. It was published by the Canadian Institute of Onomastic Sciences (precursor to today’s Canadian Society for the Study of Names) in 1974, in commemoration of Winnipeg’s founding in 1874. Its compiler, the late scholar Jaroslav Bohdan Rudnyckyj, acknowledged prior efforts to document the history of Winnipeg street names, starting with Mary Hislop. Her book The Streets of Winnipeg, published in 1912, was the first of its kind in Canada. Rudnyckyj quoted Hislop extensively in his update. He also paid homage to Winnipeg historians Harry Shave and Vince Leah who wrote respectively for the Winnipeg Free Press and Winnipeg Tribune on the basis of city street names.

For a brief period from 1891 to 1893, Winnipeg streets were numbered rather than named. See a table of those names below.

Type

Direction

Avenues

East-west

Streets

North-south

There are corresponding lists for Brandon, Portage la Prairie, and Selkirk.

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Abbot Avenue

Named for Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, Prime Minister of Canada (1891-1892)

 

Mosaic

Abbotsford Crescent

Named after Abbotsford, British Columbia, a town about 80 kilometers east of Vancouver

 

Mosaic

Aberdeen Avenue

Named for the Marquis of Aberdeen, Governor-General of Canada (1893-1898) who visited Winnipeg in 1895 and 1915; other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard; formerly Limit Street

1903

Harry Shave, Winnipeg Free Press January 1962

Abinojii Mikanah

Formerly Bishop Grandin Boulevard, it was renamed with an Ojibwa phrase meaning “children street”, referring to children lost in the Indigenous residential school system

2023

MHS

Academy Road

Named for St. Mary’s Academy, a Catholic school for girls, which is situated at the beginning of the street; formerly Godfrey Avenue and Bridge Street

1903

Mosaic, MHS

Adam Street

Renamed from Bray Street in 1963

1963

14

Adamson Street

Named for John Evans Adamson, Chief Justice of Manitoba (1955-1961)

 

Mosaic

Addis Avenue

Formerly Gunn Avenue

1963

14

Addison Crescent

Named for Joseph Addison (1672-1719), an English writer and member of Parliament

 

Mosaic

Adelaide Street

According to historian Harry Shave, named “after the daughter of a prominent citizen;” it may have been Adelaide Rowand, daughter of John Rowand and wife of John Balsillie

 

Harry Shave, Winnipeg Free Press 3 August 1963; MHS

Adele Avenue

Formerly a portion of Yarwood Avenue, renamed for Adele, the given name of the founder of St. Edward Catholic Convent

 

Mosaic, MHS

Admiral Avenue

Formerly Anderson Avenue

 

MHS

Agar Avenue

Named for Harry Agar, station agent at Bird’s Hill for the Canadian Pacific Railway during the early 1900s

 

Mosaic

Agassiz Drive

Named for 19th century Swiss geologist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, as was Lake Agassiz, a glacial lake which once covered much of Manitoba

 

Mosaic

Agate Bay

Streets were assigned certain letters of the alphabet for easier identification of a specific area by Ladco Developers of Windsor Park; here Agate because of the initial A

 

Mosaic

Agincourt Road

Battle of Agincourt, France, in 1415

 

Mosaic

Aikins Street

Named for James Cox Aikins, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (1882-1888); “Aikins Street for Governor Aikins” Hislop Streets of Winnipeg, page 32; formerly Walker Street and Jones Street

1872

Harry Shave

Albany Street

A street in the north end, not the one in St. James, was renamed Leo Novak Street in March 1959

1959

40

Albert Street

Named for Prince Albert, the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria

1893

Mosaic

Alberta Avenue

Renamed Yukon Avenue in March 1959

 

40

Alexander Avenue

Named for Winnipeg Mayor Alexander Logan; see also George Street and Logan Avenue

1893

Mary Hislop

Alex Taylor Drive

Named for civil servant Alexander Taylor

 

MHS

Alfred Avenue

According to Mosaic of Winnipeg Street Names, named for politician Alfred Boyd, who is also commemorated in Boyd Avenue; however, Pioneers and Prominent Citizens of Manitoba indicates it was named for Alfred William Burrows, an early Winnipeg land developer, and uncle to lumberman Theodore Arthur Burrows

1893

Mosaic, Prominent

Allan Street

Named for businessman William Rae Allan

1915

Mosaic

Allard Avenue

Named for missionary and cleric Joachim Allard

 

MHS

Allenby Crescent

Named for municipal employee Allenby Kitchener Ballendine (1924-2009)

 

51

Allen Rouse Cove

Named for community activist Allen Rouse

 

 

Alloway Avenue

Named for banker William Forbes Alloway

1898

Mosaic

Alverstone Street

Named for Richard Everard Alverstone (1842-1915)

1903

Mosaic

Amarynth Crescent

Former Amarynth Bay

1963

14

Amherst Street

Renamed Avonherst Street in March 1959

1959

40

Anderson Avenue

Named for cleric David Anderson

before 1908

Harry Shave

Mary Andree Way

Named for community activitist Mary Andree

 

MHS

Andrews Street

Named for Winnipeg Mayor Alfred Joseph Andrews

before 1908

Harry Shave

Angela Street

Formerly Halls Street

1963

14

Annabella Street

Named for Annabella Duff, a young girl who lived at Higgins and Annabella Streets

Annabella was merged with Rachel in 1908 but the Annabella name was restored in 1913. In March 1952, a municipal decision to revert to Rachel Street was reversed a few weeks later. There were five residences on Rachel, with four residences and the J. R. Watkins Company on Annabella. The deciding factor was the volume of already-purchased corporate letterhead that would be obsoleted should the Rachel name be chosen. Council approved the Annabella name on 28 April 1952.

1874

Mosaic, 28

Arbuthnot Street

Named for Winnipeg Mayor John Arbuthnot; formerly Aynsley Street

Renamed March 1959

40

Arby Bay

Formerly Brazier Street

1963

14

Archibald Street

Named for Adams George Archibald, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba; see Montcalm Street

1908

Harry Shave

Arctic Street

Originally named Bricker Street for ice merchant Delmond O. Bricker, renamed for his company Arctic Ice in 1959

1874 (renamed March 1959)

4, 40

Arena Road

Renamed from Centre Street in March 1959

1959

40

Argyle Street

Named for the Duke of Argyll, also known as the Marquis of Lorne, son-in-law to Queen Victoria; see also Lorne Avenue, Louise Street and Princess Street

1873

Harry Shave

Arlington Street

Formerly Brant Street, Brown Street, Eversley Street, Meader Street, River Street

 

MHS

Arnold Avenue

Formerly Louise Street

1893

50

Arthur Street

Named for businessman Arthur Wellington Ross

1873

Harry Shave

Artillery Street

Formerly Queen Street

 

MHS

Ash Street

Formerly Central Avenue

1881 (renamed 1893)

Harry Shave, 50

Ashdown Street

Named for businessman and Winnipeg Mayor James Henry Ashdown

 

Harry Shave

Asquith Avenue

Formerly Beresford Avenue

 

MHS

Assiniboine Drive

Renamed Wellington Crescent in 1959

 

40

Athlone Drive

Named for Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, First Earl of Athlone and Prince Alexander of Teck (1874-1957), who served as Governor General of Canada from 1940 to 1946; other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard

 

MHS

Atlantic Avenue

Formerly Crawford Avenue, Pacific Avenue

 

MHS

Atwood Avenue

Named for Second World War Flight Sergeant Bertram Edwin Atwood; formerly Princess Street

1963

14, 23

Aubrey Street

Formerly Aubrey Avenue

1893

50

Austin Street

Named for businessman Albert William Austin

1872

MHS

Avonherst Street

Renamed from Amherst Street in March 1959

1959

40

Aynsley Street

Named for Donald Aynsley Ross, son of businessman Arthur Wellington Ross; renamed Arbuthnot Street in March 1959

1959

40

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Balderstone Road

Formerly Ferry Road

1963

14

Baldock Street

Formerly Scotia Street

1963

14

Baldwin Street

Formerly Scotia Street

1963

14

Balmoral Place

Renamed Balmoral Street in March 1959

1959

40

Balmoral Street

Named for Balmoral Castle, a Scottish residence of Queen Victoria; see also Balmoral Place

1880

Mary Hislop, Harry Shave

Baltimore Road

Formerly Florence Avenue

 

MHS, 42

Banfield Street

Renamed from Fairfield Street in March 1959

1959

40

Bannatyne Avenue

Named for Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne; formerly Sinclair Avenue

1876

21

Bannerman Avenue

Named for George Bannerman (?-1885), first resident of the avenue and property owner

1881

Harry Shave

Banning Street

Named for early pioneer William Ward Banning; formerly Banning Avenue

1893

3, 50

Banting Drive

Named for medical researcher Frederick Banting, who discovered insulin; the street is near Best Street; formerly St. Charles Boulevard

1963

Mosaic, 14

Barber Street

Named for pioneer businessman Edmund Lorenzo Barber; formerly Yonge Street

1893

Harry Shave

Barker Boulevard

Possibly named for Winnipeg plumbing businessman John Barker

 

32

Barnes Street

Formerly Nares Street

 

MHS

Bartlet Avenue

Probably named for agronomist James W. Bartlett

1904

Mosaic

Bates Avenue

Named for Transcona serviceman Arthur John “Jack” Bate, son of Arthur Thomas Bate

 

29

Bathgate Bay

Named for pioneer merchant Robert Dundas Bathgate

 

Mosaic

Battery Street

Formerly King Street

 

MHS

Beatrice Street

Formerly Counter Street

 

MHS

Beauty Avenue

Formerly Perth Avenue

1963

14

Bedson Street

Named for Samuel Lawrence Bedson; formerly Whittier Street

1963

Mosaic, 14

Belcourt Bay

Named for cleric Georges Antoine Belcourt

1874

Mosaic

Belfast Street

Formerly Dublin Street (1917)

Before 1941

55

Bell Avenue

Named for William Robert Bell

1898

Mosaic

Bellavance Street

Formerly Walker Street

1963

14

Bender Avenue

Formerly McArthur Avenue

1963

14

Ben Hewak Bay

Named for judge Benjamin Hewak

 

MHS

Benson Avenue

Named for physician Edward Benson; formerly St. Anthony Avenue

1963

Mosaic, 14

Bernardine Avenue

Formerly Stafford Avenue

1963

14

Bernier Bay

Named for politician Thomas Alfred Bernier

 

Mosaic

Berry Street

Named for businessman and politician Thomas Berry

 

Mosaic

Besant Street

Named for early settler and East Kildonan councillor Arthur Besant

 

MHS

Best Street

Named for medical researcher Charles Best, who discovered insulin; the street is near Banting Drive; formerly Queen Street

1963

Mosaic, 14

Betournay Street

Named for judge Louis Betournay

1920

Mosaic

Bishop Grandin Boulevard

Named for cleric Vital Justin Grandin; see also Grandin Street and St. Vital Road; renamed Abinojii Mikanah (“children street” in Ojibwa) in 2023

1978

Mosaic, MHS

Keith Black Bay

See Keith Black Bay

 

MHS

Blechner Drive

Named for municipal official John Stephan Blechner

 

16

Blostein Bay

Named for businessman Joseph Blostein

 

MHS

Bole Street

Named for druggist and Winnipeg alderman David Wesley Bole; formerly Rose Street

 

MHS

Borebank Street

Named for real estate developer John James Borebank, who perished in the sinking of the RMS Titanic; see also Fortune Street

 

MHS

Boreham Boulevard

Named for journalist Bruce Boreham

 

22

Borrowman Place

Named for LeRoy Franklin Borrowman, long-time assessment commissioner for the City of Winnipeg

 

48

Bourget Street

Formerly St. Joseph Street

1963

14

Bower Boulevard

Named for Tuxedo municipal councillor Perry Bower

 

22

Boyce Street

Formerly Boyce Avenue

1893

50

Boyd Avenue

According to Mosaic of Winnipeg Street Names, was named for politician Alfred Boyd

before 1908

Mosaic

Bray Street

Renamed to Adam Street in 1963

 

14

Brazier Street

Named for gardener Albert Brazier

1904

Harry Shave

Bredin Drive

Named for municipal official Albert Ryerson Bredin; renamed from Hamilton Place in 1913

1913

MHS

Brereton Road

Named for engineer Wilfred Proctor Brereton

 

Mosaic

Bricker Avenue

Named for pioneering ice merchant Delmond O. Bricker; renamed to Arctic Street in March 1959

1959

40

Bridge Street

Renamed from Park Street in March 1959

1959

40

Broadway

Named by the Hudson’s Bay Company as the primary east-west thoroughfare through its Reserve in Winnipeg; Interestingly, several towns in Manitoba have main streets named Broadway; Note that the name should be appended with neither Street nor Avenue; it is just Broadway

1873

MHS

Brock Street

Named for General Isaac Brock (1769-1812), who fought the 1812 battle of Queenston Heights, near Niagara Falls, Ontario; see also Niagara Street and Queenston Street

1906

Mosaic

Brookside Boulevard

Formerly named Sharp Boulevard for Winnipeg politician Charles Wallace Sharp

 

Harry Shave

Bryce Avenue

Named for educator and cleric George Bryce; renamed in July 1882 to avoid confusion with Tache Avenue in St. Boniface

1881

Harry Shave

Buchanan Boulevard

Not to be confused with Buchanan Street

 

MHS

Buchanan Street

Renamed Rutherford Street in March 1959

 

40

Buckingham Road

Named for pioneering newspaperman William Buckingham

 

Mosaic

Buller Street

Probably named for British general Redvers Henry Buller (1839-1908)

 

MHS

Burnell Street

 

 

MHS

Burns Road

Named for cattle dealer and meat packer Patrick Burns (1856-1937); see also Patrick Street; formerly Prairie Road

 

Mosaic

Burrows Avenue

Named for pioneer lumberman Theodore Arthur Burrows or possibly his uncle, real estate developer Alfred William Burrows

before 1908

Prominent, Harry Shave

Byars Bay

Named for Peter Ferguson Copland Byars, Secretary-Treasurer of East Kildonan from 1956 to 1961

 

MHS

Byng Place

Named for Julian Hedworth George Byng, First Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862-1935), who served as Governor General of Canada from 1921 to 1926; other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard

 

MHS, Mosaic

Byrd Avenue

Named for American explorer Richard Byrd (1888-1957)

 

Mosaic

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Cambridge Street

Formerly Cambridge Avenue; named for Cambridge University; other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Harvard Avenue, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, McGill Avenue, Mount Allison Bay, Oxford Street, Purdue Bay, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Selwyn Place, Yale Avenue, and others

1882, 1893

Mosaic, 50

Camden Place

 

 

 

Cameron Street

Named for fur trader Duncan Cameron

1905

Mosaic

Campbell Street

Named for former Winnipeg alderman Christopher Campbell

1906

Harry Shave

Canora Street

It derives its name from the Canadian Northern Railway, predecessor of today’s CNR, taking the first two letters of each of the words in the railway name; formerly Lendrum Street (northernmost portion), Mable Street

1905

MHS, Mosaic

Carlton Street

Named for the Hudson’s Bay Company trading post Fort Carlton, which was burned and abandoned in 1885; see also Edmonton, Ellice, Fort, Garry, Qu’Appelle, York

1881

Harry Shave

Carriere Avenue

Named for voyageur and early settler André Carriére Sr. (1779-1861) along whose land the road ran; formerly Third Avenue

1983

8

Carruthers Avenue

Named for George Frederick Carruthers

 

Harry Shave

Carter Avenue

Named for builder William Henry Carter; formerly Carlaw Avenue

1913

Mosaic

Cathcart Street

Named for John Holmes Cathcart

1962

Mosaic

Cathedral Avenue

Named for nearby St. John’s Cathedral, which was named in 1853 by cleric David Anderson; formerly Grove Avenue

1882 (renamed 1893)

Harry Shave, 50

Caton Street

Named for Edwin Victor Caton, former executive of the Winnipeg Electric Company

 

Mosaic

Cauchon Street

Named for Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor Joseph Edouard Cauchon

before 1908

Harry Shave

Cavell Drive

Formerly Munro Street

 

MHS

Centre Street

Renamed to Arena Road in March 1959

 

40

Century

Formerly Bradford

 

MHS

Charles Street

Named for Charles J. Brown, city clerk for Winnipeg (1883-1923); formerly named for Rev. John West, the first Anglican cleric in Western Canada; formerly West Street, Market Street

1876 (renamed 1906)

Harry Shave, 21

Charles Hawkins Bay

Named for Knowles Centre Superintendent Charles J. Hawkins

 

MHS

Charlotte Street

According to historian Harry Shave, named “after the daughter of a prominent citizen,” possibly Winnipeg Mayor Alexander Logan

 

Harry Shave

Chataway Boulevard

Named for surveyor Charles Clifton Chataway, who surveyed much of the land in the Charleswood area

1911

Mosaic

Cherrier Street

Named for cleric Alphonsus Avila Cherrier

 

Mosaic

Chestnut Street

Formerly Maple Avenue, Shore Street

1893 (renamed 1892, 1910)

Harry Shave

Chevrier Boulevard

Named for politician Noé (Noah) Chevrier

1912

Mosaic

Chochinov Avenue

Names for farmers Jacob and Tuba Chochinov

 

33

Chornick Drive

Named for community activist Steve Chornick

 

MHS

Christie Road

Named for William John Christie, owner of the property on which the street was developed

 

Mosaic

Church Avenue

Named for nearby St. John’s Cathedral, which was named in 1853 by cleric David Anderson

1881

Harry Shave

Churchill Drive

Named for British politician Winston L. S. Churchill (1874-1965)

1942

Mosaic

Clarke Street

Named for Manitoba attorney general and premier, Henry Joseph Clarke

1874 (named 1883)

4

William R. Clement Parkway

Named for Winnipeg councillor William Ralph “Bill” Clement; formerly Charleswood Parkway

2002 (renamed 2010)

27

Clifton Street

Formerly Munroe Avenue, Clifton Avenue

1893

50

Cochrane Street

Renamed from Semple Street in March 1959

1959

40

Cockburn Street

Named for city alderman John Wesley Cockburn (1856-1924); formerly named for a relative of businessman Arthur Wellington Ross (1846-1901) who was visiting at the time the road was laid down; formerly Helen Street

renamed 1915

Harry Shave

Code Street

Named for William “Billy” Code, fire chief for the City of Winnipeg from 1874 to 1914

1966

Mosaic

Colgate Road

Formerly Buckingham Avenue

1963

14

Colish Drive

Named for municipal councillor Isaac Colish

 

MHS

Colleen Street

Renamed Deacon Street in March 1959

 

40

College Avenue

Named for St. John’s College

before 1908

Harry Shave

Colony Street

Named for Colony Creek which, in the early days of Winnipeg, drained a section of the prairie from near what is now Notre Dame Avenue to the river

before 1908

Harry Shave

Colvin Avenue

Named for John Colvin, Secretary of the East Kildonan School District in 1923 and from 1926 to 1946

 

MHS

Comdale Avenue

Formerly Camrose Avenue

1963

14

Copeland Street

Formerly First Street

1963

14

Cork Avenue

Named for banker Samuel Lawrence Cork

1914

Mosaic

Cornell Drive

Named for Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Harvard Avenue, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, McGill Avenue, Mount Allison Bay, Oxford Street, Purdue Bay, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Selwyn Place, Yale Avenue, and others

 

MHS

Cornish Avenue

Named for Winnipeg Mayor Francis Evans Cornish

before 1908

MHS

Corydon Avenue

Named for Corydon Partlow Brown; in 1950, Jackson Avenue was renamed the westward extension of Corydon Avenue; formerly Jackson Avenue (part)

before 1908

Harry Shave, 46

Coulter Avenue

Renamed from Lynn Avenue in March 1959

 

40

Coutts Avenue

Formerly Young Avenue

1963

14

Cox Boulevard

Named for Herbert R. Cox, who sold the land for it to the City of Winnipeg for $1

1963

14, 35

Craig Street

Named for politician Richard W. Craig

1905

Mosaic

Crofton Bay

Named for John Folliott Crofton

 

Mosaic

Crozier Avenue

Named for North Kildonan municipal councillor G. Crozier; formerly Norman Street

1963

Mosaic, 14

Cunnington Avenue

Named for butcher Charles Cunnington, who owned the land on which the street was developed

 

Mosaic

Curtis Street

Formerly Annie Street

1876

21

Cusson Street

Named for Joseph Arthur Cusson, alderman for the City of St. Boniface from 1903 to 1904, and from 1906 to 1908

 

Mosaic

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Daer Boulevard

Named for James Dunbar, the Sixth Earl of Selkirk (1809-1885), son of Lord Selkirk; formerly Park Boulevard

1963

MHS, 14

Dafoe Road

Named for newspaperman John Wesley Dafoe; see also Macklin Avenue, McCurdy Street and Richardson Avenue

 

MHS

Dagmar Street

According to historian Harry Shave, named “after the daughter of a prominent citizen”

before 1908

Harry Shave

Dalgleish Bay

Named for the L. Dalgleish Developments Limited owned by Laverne Dalgleish

 

44

Dalhousie Drive

Named for Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia; other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Harvard Avenue, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, McGill Avenue, Mount Allison Bay, Oxford Street, Purdue Bay, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Selwyn Place, Yale Avenue, and others

 

MHS

Daly Street

Named for judge Thomas Mayne Daly; formerly John Street

1910 (renamed 1913)

Harry Shave

Daniel Street

formerly Nathaniel Street

1963

14

Dan H. Young Bay

Named for Knowles Centre Superintendent Daniel H. “Dan” Young

 

MHS

Darling Street

Named for Toronto architect Frank Darling (1853-1923), who designed the Union Bank building in Winnipeg

1904

Mosaic

Darwin Street

Named for British scientist Charles R. Darwin (1809-1882)

 

Mosaic

Davidson Street

Named for businessman John Andrew Davidson

 

Mosaic

Dawson Road

Named for civil engineer Simon James Dawson; formerly Lamont Street

1963

Mosaic, 14

Day Street

Named for Arthur Day, Transcona school trustee from 1949 to 1952, chairman from 1952 to 1962; formerly Oxford Street

1963

Mosaic, 14

Deacon Street

Renamed from Colleen Street in March 1959

1959

40

Deer Lodge Place

Formerly Oakdale Place

1963

14

Delmar Street

 

c1912

55

Derby Street

Formerly Machray Street

 

MHS

Derek Street

Formerly Thurso Street

1963

14

Des Meurons Street

Named for Swiss mercenaries hired by Lord Selkirk to protect colonists at the Red River Settlement

 

MHS

Devon Street

Renamed to Dorset Street in March 1959

 

40

Devonshire Drive

Named for Victor Christian William Cavendish, Ninth Duke of Devonshire (1868-1938), who served as Governor General of Canada from 1916 to 1921; other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard

 

MHS

Dewdney Avenue

Named for Edgar Dewdney (1835-1916), who served as Indian Commissioner and Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Territories, before parts were partitioned off as Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1905; he was later appointed Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia

1881

Mosaic, MHS

Dexter Street

Named for journalist Alexander Grant Dexter; formerly Fourth Street

1906

Mosaic

Dirk Avenue

Formerly McLean Avenue

1963

14

Disraeli Street (Freeway)

Named for Benjamin Disraeli, First Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881), British politician and novelist, who served as prime minister in 1867 and 1870 to 1880; see also Gladstone Street

1873

Mosaic

Dobbie Avenue

Named for municipal official David Morton Dobbie; formerly Larsen Avenue

1963

Mosaic, 14

Dohaney Crescent

Named for teacher Catherine Annie Dohaney, who taught at the nearby Kirkfield Park School in the 1910s and 1920s

 

MHS

Dollard Boulevard

Formerly Hospital Boulevard

 

MHS

Dominion Street

Formerly Dominion Avenue

1893

50

Donald Street

Named for Donald Alexander Smith, an official of the Hudson’s Bay Company

before 1908

MHS

Donald McClintock Bay

Named for Knowles Centre Superintendent Donald McClintock

 

MHS

Donalda Avenue

Named for Donalda Elizabeth Munroe (1906-1921)

 

Mosaic, 12

Donnelly Street

Named for cleric Walter Edward Donnelly; formerly Metro Street

?

MHS

Dorchester Avenue

Formerly Gertrude Avenue West

 

34

Dorothy Street

Formerly Harriet Street

 

MHS

Dorset Street

Renamed from Devon Street in March 1959

1959

40

Douglas Avenue

Named for Thomas Douglas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk (1771-1820); see also Point Douglas Avenue and Selkirk Avenue

 

Mosaic

Downing Street

Formerly Dufferin Avenue

 

50

Dowse Street

Named for businessman and St. Boniface Mayor Francis Robert “Frank” Dowse

 

Mosaic

Drisby Street

Formerly Dumas Street

1963

14

Drummond Place

Formerly Shelley Place

1963

14

Dubuc Street

Named for politician and judge Joseph Dubuc

before 1908

MHS

Ducharme Avenue

Named for Fort Garry councillor Wilfrid Joseph Ducharme

 

MHS

Dudley Avenue

Named for Guildford Dudley; formerly Dufferin Avenue

 

Mosaic

Dufferin Avenue

Named for Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, First Marquess of Dufferin (1826-1902), who visited Winnipeg during his tenure as Canadian Governor General from 1872 to 1878; other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard

1872

MHS

Dufresne Avenue

Formerly Dufferin Avenue

1893

50

Rue Dugas

Named for cleric and author Georges Dugas

 

Mosaic

Dumas Avenue

Named for builder and politician Joseph Pierre Dumas

 

MHS

Rue Dumoulin

Named for Father Dumoulin, priest of St. Boniface during the time of Louis Riel

before 1908

Mosaic

Duncan Street

Named for lawyer Derward Alton Duncan, renamed from Harold Street in March 1959

1959

Mosaic, 40

Dunits Drive

Formerly Brock Street

1963

14

Dutton Avenue

Formerly Broad Avenue

1963

14

Dysart Road

Named for judge Andrew Knox Dysart

 

Mosaic

Dyson Avenue

Renamed from Murray Avenue in March 1959

1959

40

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

East Gate

The street name commemorates the gates that were erected at its entrance; see also Middle Gate and West Gate; formerly Assiniboine Avenue

1910

MHS

Eaton Street

Named for the Eaton family, headed by patriarch Timothy Eaton (1834-1907), which established a national chain of department stores

1903

Mosaic

Ebby Avenue

Formerly Arnold Avenue, Louise Avenue

 

MHS

Edison Avenue

Named for American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

 

Mosaic

Edmonton Street

Named for the Hudson’s Bay Company trading post Fort Edmonton, which later became the city of Edmonton; see also Carlton, Ellice, Fort, Garry, Qu’Appelle, York

1881

Harry Shave

Edna Perry Way

Named for educator and cleric Edna Lenora Perry

 

31

Egesz Street

Named for land developer Bert Egesz

 

MHS (J. A. Burns)

Elaine Place

Named for Elaine Quiring, daughter of the street’s developer; see also Quiring Bay and Karen Street

 

Mosaic

Elgin Avenue

Originally named for Jemima Ross, a daughter of HBC employee and historian Alexander Ross; formerly Jemima Avenue

1894 (renamed 1906)

Harry Shave

Ellen Street

Named for Ellen Ross, daughter of William Ross; formerly Cathedral Street

1893

Vince Leah (Tribune 29 Jan 1969)

Ellice Avenue

Named for the Hudson’s Bay Company trading post Fort Ellice in southwestern Manitoba which, in turn, was named for HBC investor Edward Ellice; see also Carlton, Edmonton, Fort, Garry, Qu’Appelle, York; formerly Nellie Avenue

1881

MHS

Elm Street

Renamed to avoid confusion with Euclid Avenue in Point Douglas; formerly Euclid Street

1881 (renamed 1893)

Harry Shave, 50

Elmwood Street

Renamed to Molson Street in March 1959

 

40

Emily Street

According to historian Harry Shave, named “after the daughter of a prominent citizen”

before 1908

Harry Shave

Empress Street

Formerly Queen's Street

1893

50

Emslie Street

Named for John Emslie, an accountant at Ashdown Hardware Company, and first clerk of Knox Presbyterian Church (1873); formerly Cochrane Street

1882

Mosaic

Erin Street

Formerly West McPhillips Street, St. Patrick Street

1893

MHS, 50

Essar Avenue

Named for Samuel Robert Henderson; his initials were spelled phonetically to make this street name

 

Mosaic, MHS

Euclid Avenue

Named for the Greek mathematician Euclid who developed geometry; the street is so named because it is a straight line bissecting other streets through the Point Douglas area of Winnipeg

1898

MHS

Evans Street

Named for Winnipeg Mayor William Sanford Evans

 

Mosaic

Evanson Street

Named for William Henry Evanson, comptroller for the City of Winnipeg in the early 1900s; formerly Horne Street, Wood Street

1911

Mosaic

Evelyn Shannon Place

Named for politician Evelyn Foster Shannon

 

MHS

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Fairfield Avenue

Formerly Stonewall Avenue

 

MHS

Fairfield Street

Renamed to Banfield Street in March 1959

 

40

Fanta Street

Formerly Forrest Street

1963

14

Farlinger Bay

Named for Eveline Partidge Farlinger and her husband David Edmund Farlinger (1890-1970)

 

18

Fennell Street

Named for municipal official Leslie Raymond Fennell

 

Mosaic

Fernbank Street

Formerly Jaffray Street

1963

14

Ferry Road

At one time, the street led to a ferry across the Assiniboine River

 

Mosaic

Fidler Avenue

Named for fur trader Peter Fidler

 

Mosaic

Finkelstein Road

Named for David R. Finkelstein, Mayor of the Tuxedo area of Winnipeg from 1914 to 1950

 

Mosaic

Fisher Street

Formerly Park Place

 

MHS

Fitzgerald Crescent

Named for artist Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald

 

Mosaic

Fleet Avenue

Formerly Lizzie Avenue

 

MHS

Fleming Avenue

Named for Sandford Fleming (1827-1915), chief engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway

 

Mosaic

Fletcher Crescent

Named for civil servant Robert Fletcher

 

Mosaic

Flora Avenue

Historian Harry Shave gives two versions of the name’s origin; in one, it is named for the wife of early land surveyor George McPhillips; in the other, it commemorates the second given name of the wife of businessman Arthur Wellington Ross

 

Harry Shave

Foley Avenue

Named for farmer Richard D. Foley

 

Mosaic

Forbes Road

Named for James Wallace Forbes

 

Mosaic

Fordham Bay

Named for Fordham University in New York State; other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Harvard Avenue, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, McGill Avenue, Mount Allison Bay, Oxford Street, Purdue Bay, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Selwyn Place, Yale Avenue, and others

 

Mosaic, MHS

Forrest Avenue

J. B. Rudnyckyj suggested the street is named for pioneer Samuel Forrest; the basis for this conclusion is unclear, as Forrest, who homesteaded near Mowbray, appeared not to have a connection with Winnipeg warranting commemoration

 

Mosaic, MHS

Fort Street

Named for the Hudson’s Bay Company trading post Fort Garry which, in turn, was named for Nicholas Garry (c1782-1856), a director of the company; see also Carlton, Edmonton, Ellice, Garry, Qu’Appelle, York

before 1908

MHS

Fortier Avenue

Named for early resident Jean Fortier (1854-1931)

 

39

Fortune Street

Named for businessman Mark Fortune, who lost his life in the sinking of RMS Titanic; see also Borebank Street

 

MHS

Foster Street

J. B. Rudnyckyj suggested the street is named for pioneer James Foster; the basis for this conclusion is unclear, as Fraser, who homesteaded near Manitou, appeared not to have a connection with Winnipeg warranting commemoration

1903

Mosaic, MHS

Fowler Street

Named for Winnipeg Mayor Frank Oliver Fowler

 

Harry Shave

Franklin Bay

Named for explorer John Franklin (1786-1847), whose expeditions tried but ultimately failed to find a North West Passage through Arctic Canada

 

Mosaic

Frances Street

According to historian Harry Shave, named “after the daughter of a prominent citizen”

before 1908

Harry Shave

Frederic Avenue

Renamed to Taylor Avenue in March 1959

 

40

Freedman Crescent

Named for judge Samuel Freedman, former Chancellor of the University of Manitoba

 

Mosaic

French Street

Named for George Arthur French (1841-1921), first commissioner of the North West Mounted Police, precursor to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

 

Mosaic

Frog Plain Avenue

Formerly Bell Street

1963

14

Furby Street

Formerly Margaretta Street (part)

1874

MHS

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Gaboury Place

Named for pioneer Marie-Anne Gaboury; see also Lagimodiere Boulevard

1956

Mosaic

Gagnon Street

Named for Ernest Gagnon (1884-1954), assistant city clerk of St. Boniface (1911), city clerk (1918-1933), manager of St. Boniface Hospital (1934-1951); formerly Langevin Street

1963

Mosaic, 14

Gallagher Avenue

Named for pioneer Patrick Gallagher, who homesteaded on the present William Avenue (1880), later becoming a well-known meat merchant

1903

Mosaic

Galloway Street

Named for pioneer farmer John Galloway, who owned land in the vicinity of this street

1881

Mosaic

Galt Avenue

Renamed from Robert Avenue in March 1959

1959

40

Gareau Street

Named for the Gareau brothers, who were realtors in St. Boniface between 1910 and 1925

1912

Mosaic

Garfield Street

Named for American president James Abram Garfield (1831-1881)

1882

Mosaic

Garrioch Avenue

Named for cleric Alfred Campbell Garrioch

1950

Mosaic

Garry Street

Named for the Hudson’s Bay Company trading post Fort Garry which, in turn, was named for Nicholas Garry (c1782-1856), a director of the company; see also Carlton, Edmonton, Ellice, Fort, Qu’Appelle, York

before 1908

MHS

Garton Avenue

Named for pioneer Cannon J. Garton (1855-1936)

1959

Mosaic

Garwood Avenue

Named for Mrs. Garwood Lewis, wife of J. A. Lewis, who was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1920; formerly Wood Avenue

1893

Mosaic

Gateway Road

Renamed from Wolfe Street in March 1959

1959

40

Gauvin Street

Named for Antoine Gauvin, Mayor of St. Boniface in 1906

 

Mosaic

Gendreau Avenue

Named for physician and coroner L. S. Gendreau (1869-1939), who served as treasurer of the St. Norbert school board from 1905 to 1937

 

Mosaic

George Avenue

Named for George Logan, son of Alexander Logan; see also Alexander Avenue and Logan Avenue

1898

Mosaic

George Barone Bay

Named for sculptor George Barone

 

MHS

George Lawrence Bay

Named for bagpiper George Lawrence

 

MHS

George Suttie Bay

Named for municipal official George Nordland Suttie

 

MHS

Gerard Street

Historian Harry Shave suggests the street was named for Manitoba Premier Marc Amable Girard, with a misspelling; an alternate version given by J. B. Rudnyckyj is that it commemorates Max Gerard, first Manitoba provincial treasurer (1870)

1881

Harry Shave

Gertie Street

According to historian Harry Shave, named “after the daughter of a prominent citizen.” Rudnyckyj suggests it commemorates The Gertie H, a small steamboat on the Assiniboine and Red Rivers that was named for Gertie Hall, daughter of its owner

before 1908

Harry Shave

Gertrude Avenue

Named for a daughter, who died in childhood, of businessman Arthur Wellington Ross

before 1908

Harry Shave

Gilbert Avenue

Named for physician Thomas Walter Gilbert

1962

Mosaic

Gillson Street

Named for Albert Henry Stewart Gillson, President of the University of Manitoba from 1948 to 1954

 

Mosaic

Giroux Street

Named for cleric Louis Raymond Giroux (1841-1911), director of St. Boniface College (1869)

1909

Mosaic

Gladstone Street

Named for William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), who served as British Prime Minister from 1868 to 1874, 1880 to 1885, 1886 to 1892, and 1892 to 1894; see also Disraeli Street and Morley Avenue

1882

Mosaic, 50

Glendale Avenue

Renamed to Pelly Avenue in March 1959

 

40

Ed Golding

Named for community activist Ed Golding

 

MHS

Gomez Street

Named for William Gomez da Fonseca; see also Higgins Avenue

before 1908

MHS

Good Street

Named for physician James Wilford Good

1882

Mosaic

Goodyear Avenue

Named for Charles Goodyear (1852-1943), who owned a general store in Transcona in 1910, performed with Buffalo Bill in his Wild West Show

1959

Mosaic

Gordon Avenue

Named for livestock dealer and politician James Thomas Gordon

1906

Mosaic

Gorham Street

Named for Walter Gorham (1868-1952), secretary-treasurer of St. Paul from 1911 to 1916, secretary-treasurer of East St. Paul from 1916 to 1923

 

Mosaic

Gosford Avenue

Named for Archibald Acheson, Second Earl of Gosford (1776-1849), governor-in-chief of British North America from 1835 to 1838

 

Mosaic

Goswell Road

Named for builder Egvard A. Goswell (1883-1971), who promoted the Kirkfield Memorial Park

 

Mosaic

Goulding Street

Named for pioneer Walter Llewellyn Goulding

1910

Mosaic

Goulet Street

Named for Maxime Goulet, employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company, a member of the provincial legislative assembly (1878) and cabinet minister in 1880

1891

Mosaic

Gowler Road

Named for pioneers of the Headingley area Oliver Gowler and wife Mary Gowler (1812-1866)

 

Mosaic

Graham Avenue

Named for fur trader James Allan Graham

before 1908

Mosaic

Grandin Street

Named for cleric Vital Justin Grandin; see also Bishop Grandin Boulevard and St. Vital Road

before 1908

Mosaic

Grant Avenue

Probably named for Cuthbert James Grant. The original street was quite short, from Oak to Waterloo Streets; in 1896, it was extended west to Lindsay Street, then to Lanark Street in 1910, to Cambridge by 1916, and to Kenaston Boulevard by 1929; between 1952 and 1957, it was widened and extended east, reaching Pembina Highway in the mid 1960s; see also Semple Avenue and Seven Oaks Avenue

1881

Mosaic, Harry Shave, MHS

Granville Street

Named for George Levenson-Gower Granville (1815-1891), secretary of state for colonies, 1868-1870 and 1886, secretary of foreign affairs, 1870-1874 and 1880-1885

1882

Mosaic

Grassie Boulevard

Named for real estate investor William Grassie

 

Mosaic

Greenway Crescent

Named for Manitoba Premier Thomas Greenway

 

Mosaic

Greenwood Place

Named for farmer Greenwood Briercliffe; formerly Boyce Street

 

MHS

Grenfell Boulevard

Named for Wilfred Grenfell (1865-1940), an English Protestant medical missionary to Labrador and Newfoundland in the early 1900s; formerly Granville Boulevard

 

MHS

Grey Street

Named for Albert Henry George Grey (1851-1917), Governor-General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, whose donation of a cup for football is recognized by the Grey Cup; other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard; formerly Minto Street

1906

Mosaic

Grierson Avenue

Named for Elizabeth Grierson (1894-1984) who owned the land on which the street was subsequently developed; formerly St. Georges Avenue

1959

MHS

Grosvenor Avenue

Named for A. G. Grosvenor, an early merchant in Winnipeg (1876); a portion was renamed from Haskins Avenue in March 1959

1909 (renamed 1913)

Mosaic

Grove Street

J. B. Rudnyckyj suggested the street was named for author Frederick Philip Grove; this is improbable because the street was named before Grove came to prominence

before 1908

Mosaic, MHS

Guay Street

Named for Abraham Guay

 

Mosaic

Guelph Street

Named for a town in Ontario 59 miles west of Toronto, founded in 1827 by John Gault and named by him in honor of the British royal family; formerly Victoria Street

before 1908

Harry Shave

Guilbault Street

Named for contractor and alderman Joseph Edouard Zepherin Guilbault

1912

Mosaic

Guy Savoie Drive

Named for businessman Guy Marcel Savoie

 

MHS

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Haddow Street

Named for municipal official John Haddow

 

Mosaic

Haggart Avenue

Named for lawyer Alexander Haggart

 

MHS

Haig Avenue

Named for Earl Douglas Haig (1861-1928), a British military commander during the First World War

 

Mosaic

Hall Road

Named for lawyer Gavin Allan Hall

 

Mosaic

Hallet Street

Named for William Hallet (1811-1872), acknowledged leader of the English Plainsmen

before 1908

Mosaic

Halliday Bay

Named for Douce C. Halliday, mayor of St. Boniface in 1934, who died in office

 

Mosaic

Ham Street

Named for journalist George Henry Ham

 

Mosaic

Hamel Avenue

Named for Ovid Hamel who owned and farmed the land through which this street now passes

 

Mosaic

Hamelin Street

Named for politician Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)

 

Mosaic

Hamilton Avenue

Named for Winnipeg Mayor Charles Edward Hamilton

 

Mosaic

Hamilton Place

Renamed to Bredin Drive in 1913

 

MHS

Haney Street

Named for Michael John Haney (1854-1927), the civil engineer who was in charge of laying the Canadian Pacific Railway line through the Fraser River canyon, from 1883 to 1885

 

Mosaic

Hansford Road

Named for St. Boniface Mayor Edwin Arnold Hansford (1953-1954) and alderman (1932-1945)

1971

Mosaic

Hargrave Street

Named for Joseph James Hargrave; formerly Charlotte Street

before 1908

Harry Shave

Harkness Street

Named for Peter Harkness, first alderman of the City of Winnipeg

1883

4

Harmon Avenue

Named for fur trader Daniel William Harmon

 

Mosaic

Harold Street

Renamed to Duncan Street in March 1959

 

40

Harriet Street

According to historian Harry Shave, named “after the daughter of a prominent citizen,” believed by Vince Leah to be Harriet Jane Barber Graham (1863-1962), daughter of Edmund Lorenzo Barber

before 1908

Harry Shave, 48

Harris Boulevard

Named for Alanson Harris (1816-1894), the first farm implements agent on the prairies, in 1879

 

Mosaic

Harrow Street

Named for a town 11 miles northwest of London, England; formerly Amelia Street, Louise Street, Mitchell Street

 

Harry Shave

Harstone Road

Named for fuel dealer Frederick Stevenson Harstone

 

MHS

Hart Avenue

Named for cleric Thomas Hart; formerly Stewart Avenue

1904

Mosaic

Harvard Avenue

Named for Harvard University; other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, McGill Avenue, Mount Allison Bay, Oxford Street, Purdue Bay, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Selwyn Place, Yale Avenue, and others

 

MHS

Haskins Avenue

This road that ran westward from Cambridge Street was renamed to Grosvenor Avenue in March 1959

 

40

Haultain Crescent

Named for Frederick William Gordon Haultain (1857-1942), early Commissioner of the North West Territories

 

Mosaic

Hay Street

Named for politician Edward Henry George Gunter Hay

 

Mosaic

Hayes Street

Named for the Hayes Island Post, second trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company, established by Charles Bayly in 1672-1673 at the mouth of the Moose River on James Bay

 

Mosaic

Headmaster Row

Named for headmasters of the nearby Knowles Centre

 

MHS

Hearne Avenue

Named for explorer Samuel Hearne (1745-1792)

 

Mosaic

Rue Hebert

Named for businessman Joseph Pierre Hébert (1853-1934)

 

MHS

Hector Avenue

Named for the sailing ship Hector which brought the first Scottish immigrants to Nova Scotia in 1773; formerly Hetherington Avenue

 

Mosaic

Henday Bay

Named for explorer Anthony Henday who was sent by the Hudson’s Bay Company into the continental interior in 1754, becoming the first white man to see the Canadian Rockies

 

Mosaic

Henderson Highway

Named for automotive pioneer Samuel Robert Henderson; formerly Kelvin Street, East Kildonan Road

 

Note 1

Henry Avenue

Possibly named for William Alexander Henry (1816-1888), Father of Canadian Confederation and judge of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1875 to 1888

before 1908

Mosaic

Hervo Street

Named for Mathurin Hervo (1880-1852), who immigrated to Winnipeg from France in 1900, served as alderman in Fort Garry in the 1940s

 

Mosaic

Hespeler Avenue

Named for William Hespeler

1906

Harry Shave

Higgins Avenue

Named for pioneer merchant John Higgins; formerly Victoria Avenue

1876

21

Hill Street

Named for railwayman James Jerome Hill; see also Hill Street, Shaughnessy Street, Stephen Street and Van Horne Street

 

Mosaic

Hillhouse Road

Named for lawyer Thomas Paterson Hillhouse

 

Mosaic

Hind Avenue

Named for explorer Henry Youle Hind

 

Mosaic

Hindley Avenue

Named for Elizabeth Hindley, wife of Thomas Berry

 

Mosaic

Hoban Street

Named for Irish immigrant James Patrick Hoban (1887-1957) who worked for the Municipality of Brooklands; formerly Herbert Street

1964

Mosaic, 53

Hoddinott Road

Named for early settler Edwin Hoddinott; the original road led to his farm (1883)

 

Mosaic

Holt Drive

Named for Herbert Samuel Holt (1856-1941), financier, superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1883 to 1884, contractor 1884 to 1892, and banker 1902 to 1941

 

Mosaic

Home Street

Named for Manitoba sheriff Robert Henry Home

 

Mosaic

Honeyman Avenue

Named for lawyer Egbert Douglas Honeyman, Winnipeg alderman from 1929 to 1939; formerly part of Broadway

1967

Mosaic

Hopwood Drive

Named for businessman Warren Jackson “Jack” Hopwood

 

41

Hosmer Boulevard

Named for Edward Arthur Christopher Hosmer; formerly Park Row West

 

MHS, Mosaic

Howard Avenue

Named for politician Thomas Howard

 

Mosaic

Howden Road

 

 

MHS

Howe Avenue

Named for Nova Scotia journalist and politician Joseph Howe (1804-1873)

 

Mosaic

Hudson Street

Named for explorer Henry Hudson (?-1611)

 

Mosaic

Hugo Street

Named for John Hugo Ross, early real estate developer who lost his life in the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, son of businessman Arthur Wellington Ross

before 1908

Harry Shave, Winnipeg Free Press 16 February 1965

Humboldt Avenue

Named for German explorer and scientist Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)

 

Mosaic

Hunt Avenue

Named for lawyer and writer Frank Larned Hunt

1959

Mosaic

Hunter Street

Renamed to McKenzie Street in 1894

 

MHS

Huntington Drive

Named for lawyer and politician Lucius Seth Huntington (1827-1886)

 

Mosaic

Huntleigh Street

Formerly Vicar Street

 

MHS

Hurst Way

Named for engineer William Donald Hurst

 

MHS

Husky Avenue

Formerly Watt Avenue

1963

14

Hutchings Street

Named for businessman Elisha Frederick Hutchings

 

Mosaic

Hutton Street

Formerly Arlington Street

1963

14

Hyde Street

Formerly Highland Street

1964

53

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Ian Place

Named for Ian Barry, son of North Kildonan councillor Charles Barry

 

Mosaic

Ingersoll Street

Named for Major Thomas Ingersoll, father of Laura Secord, who fought in the War of 1812

1881

Mosaic

Inglis Street

Named for physician Maxwell Stevenson Inglis

 

MHS

Inkster Boulevard

J. B. Rudnyckyj says the street is named for John Inkster, whereas historian Harry Shave believes it is named for sheriff Colin Inkster; formerly Sharp Boulevard

1903

Harry Shave, Mosaic

Irene Street

Formerly Maud Street

1882 (renamed 1893)

Mosaic

Isabel Street

Named for Isabella Ross, daughter of HBC employee and historian Alexander Ross; formerly Prairie Street

1874 (renamed 1893)

Harry Shave

Isbister Street

Named for lawyer and educator Alexander Kennedy Isbister

 

Mosaic

Isbister Place

Renamed to Webb Place in March 1959

 

40

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Jack Blick Avenue

Named for Jack Oliver Blick; formerly Rapelje Avenue

2010

9

Jack Hawthorn Bay

Named for Knowles Centre Superintendent Jack Hawthorn

 

MHS

Jack Kolt Place

Named for John A. Kolt

 

MHS

Jackman Road

Formerly James Road

1963

14

Jackson Avenue

Named for physician Frederick Jackson, renamed from Mason Avenue in March 1959

 

Mosaic, 40

Jacques Avenue

Formerly Shaughnessy Avenue

1963

14

James Street

Named for journalist James Ross

before 1908

Harry Shave

Jamison Avenue

Named for Winnipeg Mayor Richard Willis Jameson

 

Mosaic

Jarvis Street

Named for Edward Worrell Jarvis

1881

Mosaic

Jefferson Avenue

Formerly Randolph Avenue

 

18

Jessie Avenue

Named for the wife of businessman Arthur Wellington Ross

1882

Harry Shave

John Black Avenue

Named for cleric and educator John Black

 

Mosaic

John Bruce Road

Formerly Bruce Road

1963

14

John Hirsch Place

Named for John Steven Hirsch

 

MHS

Johnson Avenue

Named for Red River recorder Francis Godschall Johnson; formerly Jackson Avenue

1906

Mosaic, 45

Jolliett Crescent

Named for French Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet (1645-1700)

 

Mosaic

Jones Street

Named for cleric David T. Jones; formerly Norman Street

 

Harry Shave, Mosaic

Joy Street

Formerly Gordon Street

1963

14

Juba Street

Named for Daniel Juba, Mayor of Brooklands in the 1950s; formerly Eric Street

 

MHS

Jubilee Avenue

Commemorates the 60th anniversary (Diamond Jubilee) of the reign of Queen Victoria, in 1897

 

Mosaic

Jubinville Bay

Named for Monseigneur Jubinville, parish priest in St. Boniface from 1917 to 1940

 

Mosaic

Juno Street

According to historian Harry Shave, named “after the daughter of a prominent citizen”

before 1908

Harry Shave

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Kane Avenue

Named for artist Paul Kane

 

Mosaic

Kapelus Drive

Named for West St. Paul municipal councilor Teofil Kapelus (1903-1999)

 

MHS

Karen Street

Named for Karen Quiring, daughter of the street’s developer; see also Quiring Bay and Elaine Place

 

Mosaic

Kate Street

According to historian Harry Shave, named “after the daughter of a prominent citizen”

before 1908

Harry Shave

Kavanagh Street

Named for cleric Francois Kavanagh

 

Mosaic

Kay Crescent

Named for W. Kay, alderman in St. James-Assiniboia from 1958 to 1972

 

Mosaic

Keating Avenue

Named for pioneer geologist H. Keating

 

Mosaic

Keenleyside Street

Named for lawyer William Keenleyside, employed by the Swift Canadian Company in 1912

1906

Mosaic

Keewatin Street

Formerly Dundas Street

 

MHS

Keith Road

Named for fur trader George Keith

 

Mosaic

Keith Black Bay

Named for Knowles Centre Superintendent Keith Black

 

MHS

Kelsey Avenue

Named for explorer Henry Kelsey (1670-1728)

 

Mosaic

Kelvin Boulevard

Named for English physicist and mathematician William Thomson Kelvin (1824-1907); formerly Birds Hill Road

1909

Mosaic

Kenaston Boulevard

Named for Frederick Eugene Kenaston who was President of the Tuxedo Park Company which developed the Tuxedo part of Winnipeg

1907

MHS

Kennedy Street

Named for Winnipeg Mayor William Nassau Kennedy

1881

Harry Shave

Kenny Street

Named for W. Kenny, alderman of St. Boniface from 1911 to 1914, and from 1916 to 1919

 

Mosaic

Kern Drive

Formerly Crescent Road

1963

14

Kildonan Drive

Formerly East Kildonan River Drive

?

15

Kilkenny Drive

Formerly Killarney Avenue, Killarney Street

1963

14

Kilmer Avenue

Named for American journalist and poet Alfred Joyce Kilmer (1866-1918)

 

Mosaic

Kimberly Avenue

Formerly Melrose Avenue

1963

14

King Street

Named for cleric John Mark King

1881

Mosaic

Kingsbury Avenue

Formerly Kildonan Avenue

1959

15

Kingsford Avenue

Named for engineer William Kingsford (1819-1898), who was employed as a civic engineer on the Hudson Bay Railway

 

Mosaic

Kingsway

Formerly Colquhoun Street, Ethel Street

 

MHS

Kirkfield Street

Named for the birthplace of entrepreneur William Mackenzie, whose son Roderick John Mackenzie developed the area of Kirkfield Park in which this street is located

 

Mosaic

Kirton Avenue

Formerly Wellington Avenue

1963

14

Kisil Bay

Named for Stephan A. Kisil, an early East Kildonan storekeeper and one of the founders of Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church

 

Mosaic

Kitson Street

Named for businessman Norman Wolfred Kittson

before 1908

Mosaic

Knowles Avenue

Named for William Alfred “Wilfred” Knowles, namesake of the Knowles School for Boys (Knowles Centre) at the junction of Henderson Highway and Knowles Avenue; see also Wilfred Knowles Bay; formerly Henderson Avenue

1963

Mosaic, 14

Knudsen Street

Probably named for carpenter Thorwald Knudsen who built houses on the street

c1904

MHS

Kushner Crescent

Named for municipal official Chaim Nachman Kushner

 

MHS

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Lachance Street

Formerly Beliveau Street

1963

14

Lagimodiere Boulevard

Named for pioneer Jean Baptiste Lagimodière; see also Gaboury Place

1971

Mosaic

Laidlaw Boulevard

Named for lawyer and municipal councillor Thomas Walter Laidlaw

 

49

Laird Street

Formerly Osborne Street

1963

14

Lambert Street

Named for physician Joseph Honore Octave Lambert

 

Mosaic

Lamont Boulevard

Named for grain industry executive Cecil Alexander Ralph Lamont; formerly Hertford Boulevard

 

MHS

Lamontagne Road

Formerly St. Joseph Road

1963

14

Lanark Street

Named for Lanark, the county town of Lanarkshire, Scotland; see also Renfrew Street

1910

Harry Shave

Rue Landry

Named for Quebec judge Pierre Amand Landry (1846-1916)

 

Mosaic

Rue Langevin

Named for cleric Louis Philippe Adelard Langevin

 

MHS

Langside Street

Named for James A. Lang; formerly Ness Street

1874

Harry Shave

Lansdowne Avenue

Named for Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, the Fifth Marquis of Lansdowne (1845-1927), who served as Governor General of Canada from 1883 to 1888. Other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard

1903

Harry Shave

Larche Avenue

Named for Second World War Flight Sergeant Joseph Armand Larche (1918-1942)

 

23

Rue Lariviere

Named for politician Alphonse Alfred Clement LaRivière

 

Mosaic

Larsen Avenue

Named for municipal official Walter Peter Larsen; formerly Montrose Avenue

1963

Mosaic, 14

Lauder Avenue

Named for a pioneering Bird’s Hill storekeeper who made bread using local flour, in the 1870s

 

Mosaic

Rue Laurier

Named for Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919)

 

Mosaic

Laval Drive

Named for Laval Drive; other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, McGill Avenue, Mount Allison Bay, Oxford Street, Purdue Bay, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Selwyn Place, Yale Avenue, and others

 

Mosaic

Lavallee Avenue

Named for community activist Louis Lavallee and other members of the Lavallee family

 

26

Leacock Avenue

Named for humorist and educator Stephen B. Leacock (1869-1944)

 

Mosaic

Lee Boulevard

Named for Richard Lee, long-time resident of Fort Garry; formerly Lancashire Boulevard

 

Mosaic

Leger Crescent

Named for Jules Léger (1913-1980), who served as Governor General of Canada from 1973 to 1978; other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard

 

MHS

Leighton Avenue

Named for Thomas Henry Leighton (1864-1924), an early market gardener in East Kildonan

 

Mosaic, 38, 52

Leila Avenue

Named for Leila Neil, neighbor to developer Robert N. Lower; see Lowery Bay

 

Mosaic

Lendrum Street

Possibly named for lawyer and politician Lendrum McMeans; see Canora Street

before 1908

MHS

Lennox Street

Named for boot and shoe merchant George Gilmour Lennox

 

Mosaic

Lenore Street

Named for Lenore McMeans, daughter of lawyer and politician Lendrum McMeans; see McMeans Avenue

 

Mosaic, 6

Leon Bell Drive

Named for musician and pharmacist Leon Bell

 

20

Leo Novak Street

Renamed from Albany Street in March 1959 to commemorate a young medical technician who died rescuing two boys from the Assiniboine River on 23 March 1958

 

40

Lepine Avenue

Named for Metis leader Ambroise Dydime Lepine; formerly Provencher Avenue

1963

Mosaic, 14

Leslie Avenue

Named for soldier, merchant and politician James Leslie (1786-1873)

1907

Mosaic

Levis Street

Named for Francois Gaston Duc de Levis (1720-1787), who succeeded Marquis de Montcalm at Quebec, 1759

1881

Mosaic

Lewis Street

Named for American judge Abner Lewis; formerly Lark Street

1882 (renamed 1893)

4

Library Place

Formerly Wallace Road

1963

14

Lilac Street

Formerly Lillie Street

renamed 1898

Harry Shave

Lily Street

Believed by Vince Leah to be named for Lillie (Lily) Barber Sparrow (1870-1959), daughter of Edmund Lorenzo Barber

 

48

Lindsay Street

Named for the family name of the Earls of Crawford who were chiefs of the Scottish Lindsay clan

1906

Harry Shave

Linwood Street

Named for William Linwood, early public works inspector in St. James

 

Mosaic

Lipton Street

Named for British tea merchant Thomas Lipton (1850-1931)

1903

Mosaic

Lisgar Avenue

Named for John Young, Baron of Lisgar (1807-1876), who was Governor-General of Canada from 1869 to 1872; other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard

before 1908

Mosaic

Lismer Crescent

Named for Canadian painter Arthur Lismer (1885-1969)

 

Mosaic

Lizzie Street

Formerly Montefiore Street

 

MHS

Lock Street

Formerly Louis Street

 

MHS

Lockston Avenue

Renamed from Roblin Avenue in March 1959

1959

40

Lockwood Street

Formerly Fisher Street

 

MHS

Logan Avenue

Named for Robert Logan. According to Mary Hislop, the street was named for Winnipeg Mayor Alexander Logan; see also Alexander Avenue

1872

Harry Shave

Lombard Avenue

 

1898

MHS

Lombardy Avenue

Formerly Lorse Avenue

1893

50

London Street

Renamed from Wallace Street in March 1959

1959

40

Lord Avenue

Named for John Keast Lord (1818-1872), soldier and member of the Boundary Commission that mapped the border between Canada and the USA

 

Mosaic

Lorette Avenue

Formerly Lorne Avenue

 

MHS

Lorne Avenue

Named for John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the Duke of Argyll, also known as the Marquis of Lorne, son-in-law to Queen Victoria, who served as Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883; see also Argyle Street, Louise Street and Princess Street; other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard

1881

Harry Shave

Loudoun Road

Formerly University Street

1960s

MHS

Rue Louis Riel

Named for Louis Riel, whose actions led to the formation of Manitoba, in 1870

 

Mosaic

Louise Street

Named for Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria and wife to the Marquis of Lorne; see also Argyle Street, Lorne Avenue and Princess Street; renamed to Martha Street in March 1959

1874

Harry Shave

Lowery Bay

Named for Robert N. Lowery, an early 1900s developer in East Kildonan; see Leila Avenue

 

Mosaic

Lusted Street

Named for carriage maker Thomas Lusted

1876

Mosaic

Luxton Avenue

Named for William Fisher Luxton; formerly Athole Avenue

1882 (renamed 1915)

Harry Shave

Lydia Street

According to historian Harry Shave, named “after the daughter of a prominent citizen”

1873

Harry Shave

Lyle Street

Formerly Berlin Street, the name was changed in the early days of the First World War due to anti-German sentiment of its residents

1914

Mosaic

Lynn Avenue

Renamed to Coulter Avenue in March 1959

 

40

Lyon Street

Named by land developer Geoffrey Hitzler Walton for his wife’s family, who had arrived in Manitoba in the early 1880s

 

7

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Macaulay Crescent

Named for Angus Macaulay, Secretary-Treasurer of North Kildonan from 1945 to 1962

1967

Mosaic

Macdonald Avenue

There are two versions for this street name; J. B. Rudnyckyj claims it is named for Canadian prime minister John A. Macdonald (1815-1891) whereas historian Harry Shave says it commemorates cleric Robert Macdonald

1873

Harry Shave, Mosaic

Machray Avenue

Named for cleric Robert Machray; formerly Charlotte Avenue

1876

Harry Shave, 21

Macklin Avenue

Named for early newspaperman Edward Hamilton Macklin; see also Dafoe Road, McCurdy Street, Payne Street and Richardson Avenue

 

Vince Leah

Mager Drive

Named for Victor Mager, first Mayor of St. Vital

 

Mosaic

Magnus Avenue

Named for farmer Magnus Brown

1894

Harry Shave, Mosaic

Manley Avenue

Named for George H. Manley, chief accountant in the Winnipeg comptroller’s office; formerly Newall Avenue

1966

Mosaic

Maple Street

Named for the maple trees growing along its course, planted there by the Logan and Fonseca families; formerly Maple Avenue

1876, 1893

Harry Shave, Mosaic, 50

Marion Street

Named for Roger Marion, reeve of St. Boniface in 1888, and 1889 to 1890

 

Mosaic

Market Street

The street that once ran past the Winnipeg market near City Hall; formerly Alexander Street

1876 (renamed 1898)

Mosaic, 21

Marshall Bay

Named for University of Manitoba educator Edgar Kenny Marshall

 

Mosaic

Martha Street

Named for Mary Logan; formerly Mary Street

1893

Mosaic

Martin Avenue

Named for surveyor Alphonse Fortunat Martin

before 1908

Mosaic

Paul Martin Drive

Named for municipal official Paul Emile Martin

 

MHS

Maryland Street

Originally Boundary Street because it was the western boundary of Winnipeg; formerly Boundary Street

1874 (renamed 1891)

Harry Shave

Mason Avenue

Renamed to Jackson Avenue in March 1959

 

40

Mathers Avenue

Named for judge Thomas Graham Mathers

1898

Mosaic, MHS

Matheson Avenue

Named for cleric Alexander Matheson; formerly Armetta Avenue

 

Mosaic

Mawson Street

Formerly Sinclair Street

1963

14

May Street

Formerly Margaret Street

1876

21

Maybank Drive

Named for politician Ralph Maybank

 

MHS

Mayfair Place

Formerly Elswood Place, named for judge Albert Elswood Richards

 

MHS

McAdam Avenue

Formerly Dunfra Avenue, McArthur Avenue

 

MHS

McArthur Street

Named for banker Duncan McArthur

1882

Mosaic

McBeth Street

Named for pioneer Alexander McBeth

 

Mosaic

McCalman Avenue

Named for early school inspector H. D. McCalman

1906

Mosaic

McCreary Road

Named for Winnipeg Mayor William Forsythe McCreary

 

Mosaic

McCurdy Street

Named for pioneer newspaperman Wesley McCurdy; see also Dafoe Road, Macklin Avenue, Payne Street and Richardson Avenue

 

Mosaic

McDermot Avenue

Named for businessman Andrew McDermot; formerly Owen Avenue

1873

Harry Shave

McDougall Street

Named for lawyer William McDougall

 

Mosaic

McFarlane Street

Formerly King Street

1876

21

McGee Street

Named for journalist and politician D’Arcy McGee (1825-1868); formerly Portland Street

1893

Mosaic

McGill Avenue

Named for McGill University; other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, Mount Allison Bay, Oxford Street, Purdue Bay, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Selwyn Place, Yale Avenue, and others

 

Mosaic

McGillivray Boulevard

Named for provincial highway commissioner Archibald McGillivray; formerly Macdonald Road

1965

MHS

McGregor Street

Named for Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor James Duncan McGregor

1874

Mosaic

McIntosh Avenue

Named for market gardener Thomas McIntosh (1833-1913), on whose property the street was laid

1904

Mosaic

McIvor Avenue

Named for James McIvor, one of the first school teachers in Kildonan

 

Mosaic

McKay Avenue

There are two alternate explanations of the name; according to J. B. Rudnyckyj, the street commemorates Angus McKay, who arrived at the Red River Settlement in 1813; another possibility is that it recognizes early politician Angus McKay

 

Mosaic

McKelvey Street

Named for Howard McKelvey (1909-?), alderman for Winnipeg ward 2 from 1947 to 1958; renamed from Thompson Street in March 1959

1959

Mosaic, 40

McKenzie Street

Named for lawyer Frederick McKenzie; renamed from Hunter Street in 1894

1881 (renamed 1894)

Mosaic

McLean Street

Named for Daniel McLean

1882

Mosaic

McLeod Avenue

Named for pioneer Donald McLeod, whose original cabin site was at the intersection of McLeod and Henderson Highway

 

Mosaic

McMeans Avenue

Named for lawyer and politician Lendrum McMeans; see also Lenore Street and Lendrum Street

 

Mosaic

McMicken Street

Named for Winnipeg Mayor Alexander McMicken

1876

Harry Shave

McMillan Avenue

Named for Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor Daniel Hunter McMillan

before 1908

Mosaic

McNaughton Avenue

Named for Canadian Lieutenant General A. G. L. McNaughton (1887-?); see also Montgomery Avenue and Wavell Avenue

1942

Mosaic

McNichol Street

Named for Andrew Robert McNichol

1912

Mosaic

McNulty Crescent

Named for physician Patrick Herman McNulty, who once had a home in the area

 

MHS

McPhail Street

Mosaic suggests it was named for Alexander James McPhail, President of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool from 1924 to 1931; alternatively, it may commemorate local realtor Wildrick Kenneth McPhail

1906

McPhillips Street

Named for land surveyor George McPhillips; the street was formerly the two mile limit of the Selkirk Settlers’ lots, which started at the Red River and extended from it for four miles; the first two miles were reserved for buildings and residential pursuits; beyond the limit was pasture land

1876

Harry Shave

McQuaker Drive

Named for W. M. McQuaker, owner of property west of the Odd Fellows Home, who resided on this street

 

Mosaic

McTavish Street

Named for William McTavish (?-1870), governor of Rupert’s Land when it was transferred to Canada, 1870

1872

Mosaic

McWilliam Avenue

See Pacific Avenue

1881

Mosaic

Meade Street

Named for Rollin Pierce Meade, editor of The Nor’Wester newspaper when Louis Riel siezed it, 1869

1876

Mosaic

Memorial Boulevard

The street that passes Winnipeg’s Cenotaph commemorating the dead of the First World War

1926

MHS

Rue Messier

Named for Catholic cleric Father Messier (?-1880), who assisted Archibishop Tache in the funeral mass of Louis Riel

 

Mosaic

Mickle Avenue

Named for lawyer Charles Julius Mickle

 

Mosaic

Middle Gate

The street name commemorates the gates that were erected at its entrance; see also East Gate and West Gate; formerly Central Avenue

1910

MHS

Midland Street

Named for the Midland Railway tracks which ran close to this street

1911

Mosaic

Midmar Avenue

Named for a pioneer family of the Brooklands area

 

Mosaic

Midwinter Avenue

Named for Charles Midwinter; formerly Vaudreuil Avenue

 

MHS

Mighton Avenue

Named for early landowner Samuel Mighton

1905

Mosaic

Miller Road

Named for James Andrew Miller

 

Mosaic

Milton Street

Apparently named for William Milton, proprietor of Milton’s Bakery in the 1920s

1881

Mosaic

Minto Street

Named for Governor-General of Canada Gilbert John Elliott Murray, Fourth Earl of Minto (1845-1914); other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard; formerly John Street (1878-1883), Thomas Street (1883-1904)

1904

Mosaic

Moir Avenue

Named for educator James Hilton Moir, who in the 1930s was Principal of East Kildonan Collegiate (now Lord Wolseley School)

 

Mosaic

Mollard Road

Named for Mrs. Alfred Mollard, who at 93 years of age was the oldest resident when the street was named for her

1964

Free Press, 26 December 1964.

Molson Street

Originally Elmwood Street, renamed in March 1959 for F. W. Molson (1860-1929), early director of the Canadian Pacific Railway

1959

Mosaic, 40

Monck Avenue

Named for Charles Stanley Monck, Fourth Viscount Monck (1819-1894), who was Governor-General of Canada from 1867 to 1868; other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard

 

MHS

Moncton Avenue

Named for General Robert Moncton, who served with General James Wolfe, and died on the Plains of Abraham, 1759; see also Montcalm Crescent

 

Mosaic

Montcalm Street

Renamed to Archibald Street in March 1959

 

40

Montcalm Crescent

Named for General Louis Joseph de Montcalm (1712-1759), who defended Quebec against the English, dying on the Plains of Abraham, 1759; see also Moncton Avenue

 

Mosaic

Montgomery Avenue

Named for British military commander Bernard Law Montgomery, First Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-?)

1948

Mosaic

Montrose Street

Named for David Lindsay, Duke of Montrose, Fifth Earl of Crawford (1440-1495)

1906

Mosaic

Moore Avenue

Named for Canadian labour leader Thomas Moore (1878-1946)

1944

Mosaic

Morier Avenue

Named for Oscar Morier, an early 20th century resident of St. Vital

 

Mosaic

Morley Avenue

Named for Arthur Willans Morley; formerly Gladstone Street

1893

Mosaic, 50

Moroz Street

Named for brothers who were casualities in the Second World War: Flying Officer Hrykory “Harry” Moroz (1917-1944) and Trooper Michael ”Mike” Moroz (1916-1942)

 

23, MHS

Morrison Street

Named for municipal official Robert Farthing Morrison

 

MHS

Mountain Avenue

Honours the first Anglican Bishop to visit Western Canada, George Jehoshaphat Mountain (1789-1863), in 1844

 

Harry Shave, Manitoba Pageant, The Cradle of Winnipeg History, Volume 3, Number 1, September 1957

Mount Allison Bay

Named for Mount Allison University; other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, McGill Avenue, Oxford Street, Purdue Bay, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Selwyn Place, Yale Avenue, and others

 

Mosaic

Mount Royal Road

Named for a property near this street owned by Donald Alexander Smith (Lord Strathcona)

 

Mosaic

Mowat Road

Named for fur trader Edward Mowat

1961

Mosaic

Muir Road

Named for businessman Robert Muir

1966

Mosaic

Mulvey Avenue

Named for Stewart Mulvey; formerly Mary Avenue

1893

Harry Shave

Municipal Road

Street is located on land donated by Archibald Pritchard in the late 1800s

 

Mosaic

Munroe Avenue

Named for George Fraser Munroe, long-time lawyer and secretary for the municipality of Kildonan

 

Mosaic

Murdock Road

Named for Nova Scotia historian and politician Beamish Murdock (1800-1876); formerly Lorette Road

1959

Mosaic

Murray Avenue

Named for Donald Murray, who arrived with Selkirk settlers in 1815; renamed to Dyson Avenue in March 1959

1892

Mosaic

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Nairn Avenue

Named for Stephen Nairn; formerly Lemoine Avenue

1906

MHS

Nathaniel Street

Formerly Boyd Street

 

MHS

Nanton Boulevard

Named for banker Augustus Meredith Nanton; formerly Pipe Boulevard

 

MHS

Nassau Street

Formerly Llewellyn Street, Henry Street (1873)

1908

MHS

Named (with a misspelling) for farmer Thomas Naven (1858-1947)

 

MHS, 43

This is a former block of Smith Street north from Assiniboine Avenue to Broadway, commemorating HMCS Chippawa along its length

1985

24

Neil Place

The street runs through land brought in 1841 by Neil Campbell from the Hudson’s Bay Company

 

Mosaic, MHS

Nemy Crescent

Named for lawyer Morton H. Nemy (1925-?)

 

Mosaic

Nesbitt Bay

Named for financier Arthur James Nesbitt (1875-?)

 

Mosaic

Ness Avenue

Named for the Ness family, likely Frank Ness, an early settler in this area of Winnipeg; family members Garnett Valentine Ness (?-1915) and V. W. Ness were veterans in the First World War

1898

Mosaic, MHS

Netley Avenue

Formerly Selkirk Avenue

1893

50

Newman Avenue

Named for English cleric John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

 

Mosaic

Newton Avenue

Rudnyckyj suggested the street was named for businessman Charles Henry Newton but Vince Leah, in his history of West Kildonan, indicated it was named for Josiah Newton, who in the early 1920s lived at the corner of Main Street and Newton; formerly Plessis Street

1881 (renamed 1906)

Mosaic

Niagara Street

Commemorates the 1812 battle of Queenston Heights, fought by General Isaac Brock, near Niagara Falls, Ontario; see also Brock Street and Queenston Street

1906

Mosaic

Nicklin Street

Named for Winnipeg Blue Bomber football player Jeff Albert Nicklin (1914-1940), who was killed in action during the Second World War

1959

Mosaic, MHS

Nicollet Avenue

Named for explorer Jean Nicolet (1598-1642)

 

Mosaic

Nightingale Road

Alleged to be named for Donald A. Nightingale, councillor in East Kildonan from 1962 to 1963, and 1969 to 1970

 

Mosaic

Niverville Avenue

Named for explorer Joseph Claude Boucher, Chevalier de Niverville (1715-1804)

 

Mosaic

Nixon Street

Named for Winnipeg alderman Thomas Nixon

 

MHS

Norquay Street

Named for Manitoba Premier John Norquay

before 1908

MHS

Norris Road

Named for Manitoba Premier Tobias Crawford Norris

1971

Mosaic

Notre Dame Avenue

Named for a Roman Catholic girls’ school which once occupied a site on the street until it moved to a new location on Academy Road

1891

Harry Shave

Notre Dame Avenue East

Renamed to Pioneer Avenue in March 1959

 

40

Nye Avenue

Named for the Nye family that settled in the Middlechurch area; formerly Marjorie Street

1963

Mosaic, 14

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Oak Street

Formerly Oak Avenue

1893

50

Oakwood Avenue

Formerly Parkview Avenue

 

MHS

Oakwood Place

Renamed to Riverview Place in March 1959

 

40

Oberlin Road

Named for Oberlin College. Other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, McGill Avenue, Oxford Street, Purdue Bay, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Selwyn Place, Yale Avenue, and others

 

Mosaic

Oddy Street

Named for Crispin Oddy, Mayor of Brooklands when it was a rural municipality; formerly Don Street

1959

Mosaic

Oliver Avenue

Formerly Boyle Avenue

1963

14

Olivia Street

According to historian Harry Shave, named “after the daughter of a prominent citizen”

before 1908

Harry Shave

O’Meara Street

Named for cleric James Dallas O’Meara

 

Harry Shave

Ormiston Road

Named for William Ormiston, alderman in St. Boniface from 1947 to 1952

 

Mosaic

Osborne Street

Named for soldier William Osborne Smith; formerly Pembina Street

before 1908

Harry Shave

Oxford Street

Named for Oxford University; other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, McGill Avenue, Purdue Bay, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Selwyn Place, Yale Avenue, and others; formerly Oxford Avenue

1882, 1893

Mosaic, 50

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Pacific Avenue

The street was originally named McWilliam Avenue for a person who represented a Toronto firm, purchasing a land parcel extending from the north side of the Ross estate; the name was changed due to confusion with nearby William Avenue; present name probably commemorates the nearby switching yards of the Canadian Pacific Railway

1881 (renamed 1892)

Mosaic, MHS

Palk Road

Named for Lawrence Palk, former comptroller of the Winnipeg Electric Company; renamed from Park Road in March 1959

1959

Mosaic, 40

Palliser Avenue

Named for explorer John Palliser

 

Mosaic

Palmer Street

Named for politician George Hastings Palmer

 

Mosaic

Palmerston Avenue

Named for Henry John Temple, Third Viscount of Palmerston (1784-1865), British Prime Minister from 1855 to 1858, and 1859 to 1865; formerly Ida Avenue

1915

Mosaic

Pandora Avenue

Formerly Nairn Avenue

1963

14

Panet Road

Named for Quebec cleric Bernard C. Panet (1753-1833)

1909

Mosaic

Parent Street

Named for politician Jacques Parent

1882

Mosaic

Park Road

Renamed to Palk Road in March 1959

 

40

Park Street

Renamed to Bridge Street in March 1959

 

40

Park Lane Avenue

Formerly Vopni Avenue

1982

MHS

Parker Avenue

Named for journalist Elizabeth Fulton Parker, who assisted in founding of the YWCA in Winnipeg, the Women’s Canadian Club, and the Alpine Club of Canada

1882

Mosaic

Parkin Avenue

Named for municipal official Arnold Parkin.

 

MHS

Parnell Avenue

Named for Winnipeg Mayor Edward Parnell; renamed from Raymond Avenue in March 1959

1959

Mosaic, 40

Parr Street

Formerly Comloden Street

 

MHS

Partridge Avenue

Named for market gardener Edmund Partridge

 

Harry Shave

Paterson Street

Named for Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor James Colebrooke Patterson

 

Mosaic

Patrick Street

Possibly named for cattle dealer and meat packer Patrick Burns (1856-1937); see also Burns Road; formerly Annie Street

1876

Mosaic, 21

Paulley Drive

Named for politician Andrew Russell Paulley

 

Mosaic

Payne Street

Named for Walter Frederick Payne, member of the East Kildonan school board, 1925 to 1925 and journalist at the Winnipeg Free Press. See also Dafoe Road, Macklin Avenue, McCurdy Street and Richardson Avenue

 

Mosaic, Leah

Peake Avenue

Named for 1960s provincial health inspector Dr. Henry Peake; formerly Maple Avenue

1959

Mosaic

Pearl Street

According to historian Harry Shave, named “after the daughter of a prominent citizen”; formerly Penelope Street

 

Harry Shave

Peary Crescent

Named for American explorer Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920)

 

Mosaic

Peguis Drive

Named for Saulteaux chief Peguis

 

MHS

Pelly Avenue

Renamed from Glendale Avenue in March 1959

1959

40

Peltier Avenue

Formerly Sargent Avenue

1963

14

Pembina Highway

Named for Fort Pembina established in North Dakota (then unorganized territory of the United States) in 1801; a trail from Winnipeg leading to the fort became this street

before 1908

Harry Shave

Pennefather Bay

Named for physician John Pyne Pennefather; formerly James Street

1963

Mosaic, 14

Penrose Place

Named for pioneer photographer James Penrose

 

Mosaic

Pentland Street

Named for pioneer Thomas Harry Pentland

 

Mosaic

Philip Lee Drive

Named for Lieutenant Governor Philip S. Lee

 

MHS

Picardy Place

Named for Picardy Confectionary Shop which had headquarters in this area; renamed from St. James Place in March 1959

1959

Mosaic, 40

Pike Crescent

Named for G. J. Pike, school trustee (1928-31) and councillor (1932-34) in East Kildonan

 

Mosaic

Pilgrim Avenue

Named for Ernest Pilgrim (1886-?), early Winnipeg interior decorator, circa 1906

 

Mosaic

Pioneer Avenue

Commemorates early Winnipeg pioneers who arrived by boats that docked at the foot of nearby Water Avenue; renamed from Notre Dame Avenue East in March 1959

1959

MHS

Playter Street

Formerly Hamilton Street

1963

14

Plessis Road

Named for cleric Joseph Octave Plessis (1763-1825)

before 1908

Mosaic

Plinguet Street

Unknown

 

MHS

Point Douglas Avenue

Named for an area of Winnipeg which, in turn, was named for Thomas Douglas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk, who brought settlers to the Red River area in 1812; see also Douglas Avenue and Selkirk Avenue

 

MHS

Polson Avenue

Named for farmer Hugh Polson

1882

Harry Shave

Poole Crescent

Formerly Shelley Crescent; named for surveyor John Poole, who immigrated from England in 1911

1963

Mosaic, 14

Poplarwood Avenue

Named for poplar trees that are abundant in the area; formerly Hack Avenue

1924

25

Portage Avenue

Named because it was the road to the town of Portage la Prairie, west of Winnipeg

 

MHS

Powell Street

Named for Lord Baden Powell (1857-1941), founder of the Boy Scout movement

1882

Mosaic

Prevette Street

Named for Cyril Prevette, East Kildonan school trustee from 1949 to 1950

 

Mosaic

Prince Street

Named for aboriginal guide William Prince (?-1918)

1874

Mosaic

Prince Edward Street

Formerly Edward Street

 

MHS

Prince Rupert Avenue

Named for Prince Rupert, the first governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company; see also Rupert Avenue and Rupertsland Avenue

 

Mosaic

Princess Street

Named for Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria and wife to the Marquis of Lorne; see also Argyle Street, Lorne Avenue and Louise Street

1881

Harry Shave

Principal Bay

Named for principals of the nearby Knowles Centre

 

MHS

Pritchard Avenue

Named for early settler John Pritchard

1875

Harry Shave

Prosper Street

Named for Belgian immigrant Prosper Gevaert (1877-1957), who helped to organize the Club Belge; was a St. Boniface alderman (1922-1925)

 

Mosaic

Provencher Boulevard

Named for cleric Joseph Norbert Provencher

before 1908

Mosaic

Pulford Street

Named for Winnipeg alderman Alfred Henry Pulford, renamed from Royal Street in March 1959

1881 (renamed 1959)

Harry Shave, 40

Purdue Bay

Named for Purdue University; other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, McGill Avenue, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Selwyn Place, Yale Avenue, and others

 

Mosaic

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Qu’Appelle Avenue

Named for the Hudson’s Bay Company trading post Fort Qu’Appelle, located in what is now eastern Saskatchewan; see also Carlton, Edmonton, Ellice, Fort, Garry, York

before 1908

MHS

Queen Street

It was alleged by Mosaic to be named for Winnipeg Mayor John Queen but the name existed before Queen came to prominence

before 1912

MHS

Queenston Street

Commemorates the 1812 battle of Queenston Heights, fought by General Isaac Brock, near Niagara Falls, Ontario; see also Brock Street and Niagara Street

1906

Mosaic

Quiring Bay

Named for developer Frank Quiring (1925-2006); see also Karen Street and Elaine Place

 

Mosaic

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Rachel Street

Rachel Street was established from Point Douglas Avenue [now the CPR tracks] going north; it was combined with Annabella in 1908 but the Annabella name was restored in 1913

1873

28

Radford Street

Formerly Ball Street, Bromhead Street, Madeline Street

 

MHS

Raleigh Street

Named for dentist John Patrick Raleigh, who owned river lots near the start of this street in the early 1900s

1906

Mosaic

Ralph Campbell Road

Named for D. Ralph Campbell, who served as President of the University of Manitoba from 1976 to 1981

 

MHS

Raquette Street

Formerly River Street

1963

14

Ravelston Avenue

Formerly Westgate Avenue

1963

14

Raymond Avenue

Renamed to Parnell Avenue in March 1959

 

40

Redfern Road

Named for Henry Fredrik Redfern, who lived in the area and was a school board member in the early 1900s

 

Mosaic

Redwood Avenue

Mary Hislop said it was named for Alfred Boyd who, “in the early days he had a store on the Red river bank which the Indians named Redwood on account of the color it was painted”; Harry Shave clarified that the log store building had a red roof which gave the name

 

Harry Shave, Manitoba Pageant, The Cradle of Winnipeg History, Volume 3, Number 1, September 1957

Regent Avenue

Formerly Nairn Avenue

1963

14

Reichert Street

Named for Antony Reichert, an early settler in the North Kildonan area of Winnipeg

 

Mosaic

Renfrew Street

Named for Renfrew, the county town of Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland; see also Lanark Street

1907

Harry Shave

Renwick Avenue

Formerly Sunnyside Avenue

1963

14

Reynolds Bay

According to J. B. Rudnyckyj, said to be named for "an early settler"

 

Mosaic

Rice Road

Named for Rice University; other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, McGill Avenue, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Selwyn Place, Yale Avenue, and others

 

MHS

Richardson Avenue

Named for newspaperman Robert Lorne Richardson; see also Dafoe Road, Macklin Avenue, McCurdy Street and Payne Street

 

Mosaic

Riddle Avenue

Formerly Classic Avenue

 

MHS

Riel Avenue

Named for Louis Riel, whose efforts in 1870 culminated in the formation of the province of Manitoba

 

MHS

Riley Crescent

Name for Fort Garry municipal official John Herbert Riley

 

10

Risbey Crescent

Named for Thomas E. Risbey, an early settler in this area of Winnipeg

 

Mosaic

Ritchie Street

Named for David Ritchie, Winnipeg alderman for Ward 5 (1902-1903)

1966

Mosaic

Rue Ritchot

Named for cleric Joseph-Noel Ritchot

 

Mosaic

River Avenue

Formerly Water Avenue

1876

21

Riverton Avenue

Formerly Gurney Avenue, Jasper Avenue, Georgina Avenue

 

MHS

Riverview Place

Renamed from Oakwood Place in March 1959

1959

40

Dr. Jose Rizal Way

Renamed for Filipino independence icon Dr. Jose P. Rizal (1861-1896); formerly Kenaston Street (north from Santa Fe Drive)

2007

30

Rizzuto Bay

Named for Transcona councillor Phil Rizzuto

 

MHS

Robert Avenue

Renamed to Galt Avenue in March 1959

 

40

Robertson Street

Named for cleric James Robertson

1882

Mosaic

Robinson Street

Named for merchant Thomas D. Robinson

before 1908

Mosaic

Roblin Avenue

Renamed to Lockston Avenue in March 1959

 

40

Roblin Boulevard

Named for Manitoba Premier Rodmond Palen Roblin

 

MHS

Robson Street

Named for Second World War Wishart Robson; formerly Queen Street

before 1908

Mosaic, 23

Roch Street

According to historian Harry Shave, it commemorates E. Roch, who purchased four acres of property in its vicinity, in 1894; an alternative in Mosaic says it is named for William G. P. Roch, an East Kildonan landowner who lived in Saskatchewan

1904

Harry Shave

Rockman Street

Formerly Rockwood Street, Rockwood Place

1963

14

Rockwood Street

Named for a village 8 miles northeast of Guelph, Ontario, birthplace of railway tycoon James Jerome Hill, and once known for its famous Rockwood Academy

before 1908

Harry Shave

Roman Street

Formerly Clair Street

1963

14

Roosevelt Place

Named for American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)

 

Mosaic

Rorie Street

Named for Rorie Bannatyne, presumably a relative of early pioneer Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne

1874

Mosaic

Rose Avenue

First named Ross Avenue (October 1881) then renamed Rosser in commemoration of CPR engineer Thomas L. Rosser (February 1903) then subsequently to Rose, to avoid confusion with streets of same name

 

Harry Shave

Rosewarne Avenue

Named for William Rosewarne, a contractor in the St. Vital area of Winnipeg in the early 1900s

 

Mosaic

Roslyn Road

Formerly Garnet Road

1873

MHS

Ross Avenue

Named for Hudson’s Bay Company employee and historian Alexander Ross (1783-1856) and his family. See also William Avenue

before 1908

Harry Shave

Rosser Avenue

Named for Thomas L. Rosser (1836-1910), Chief Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway; later renamed Warsaw Avenue

 

MHS

Rossmere Crescent

Named for Rossmere, the residence of early pioneers Malcolm and Roderick Ross

 

Mosaic

Rouge Road

Formerly Ferry Road

1963

Mosaic, 14

Roux Avenue

Changed to Sherwood Place

1940

47

Rover Avenue

Formerly Minnie Street, Regent Avenue

1881

MHS

Rowand Avenue

Named for John Rowand, who built the estate of Donald Alexander Smith (Lord Strathcona) in west Winnipeg

 

Mosaic

Royal Street

Renamed to Pulford Street in March 1959

 

40

Ruby Street

Named for Ruby Henderson, daughter of real estate developer James Belfry Henderson

 

6

Rupert Avenue

Named for Prince Rupert, first governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company; see also Prince Rupert Avenue and Rupertsland Avenue; formerly R Street

1872 (renamed 1898)

Mosaic

Rupertsland Avenue

Named for the area given in 1670 to the Hudson’s Bay Company

 

Mosaic

Rutherford Street

Formerly Buchanan Street, it was renamed in 1959 for pioneering lumberman Thomas Rutherford

1959

40, MHS

Ryan Street

Named for Winnipeg mayor Thomas Ryan (1849-?)

 

Mosaic

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

St. Cross Street

Named for an early girls’ school in the area; formerly Mac Street

 

Harry Shave

St. James Place

Renamed to Picardy Place in March 1959

 

40

St. James Street

Formerly St. James Avenue

1893

50

St. John’s Avenue

Named for nearby St. John’s Cathedral, which was named in 1853 by Bishop David Anderson

1881

Harry Shave

St. Mary Avenue

Named for St. Mary’s Church established in 1869 in a cottage owned by William Drever, later purchased by the Roman Catholic church under Archbishop Tache. In 1873, the Hudson’s Bay Company gave land to the church to construct a more permanent structure, completed in 1875

1881

Harry Shave

St. Matthews Avenue

Commemorates St. Matthew’s Anglican Church at the corner of this street and Maryland Street; formerly Livinia Street, Livinia Avenue

1881 (renamed 1893, 1913)

2, 50

St. Vital Road

J. B. Rudnyckyj suggested it was named for cleric Vital Justin Grandin; see also Grandin Street and Bishop Grandin Boulevard

 

Mosaic

Salter Street

Named for Mrs. George B. Salter of Port Hope, Ontario, an aunt of lumberman Theodore Arthur Burrows

before 1908

Prominent, Winnipeg Free Press 27 January 1973

Sanderson Avenue

Named for John Sutherland Sanderson, first person to file for a farm in Manitoba, on 1 July 1872

1906

Mosaic

Sanford Street

Named for politician H. E. Sanford, member of the Canadian Senate from 1887 to 1899, director of the Portage and Westbourne Railway, now part of the Canadian Pacific Railway; formerly Windsor Street

1913

Mosaic

Sanford Fleming Road

Named for Sandford Fleming (1827-1915). Note that, for reasons known, the name is misspelled on the street name

 

MHS

Sansome Avenue

Named for municipal official Joseph Henry Sansome; formerly Tache Avenue

1963

Mosaic, 14

Saul Miller Drive

Named for politician Saul Alecs Miller

 

MHS

Saunderson Street

Named for Hugh Hamilton Saunderson, who served as President of the University of Manitoba from 1954 to 1970

 

MHS

Schultz Street

Named for Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor John Christian Schultz

1872

Mosaic

Scotia Street

Named by Lord Selkirk settlers (1812) in memory of their Scottish homeland; formerly Scott Street

1893

Mosaic

Scotland Avenue

Formerly Scott Avenue

 

MHS

Scott Street

Named for soldier Thomas Scott, protagonist of Louis Riel; formerly Joseph Street

1875 (renamed 1913)

Mosaic

Seel Avenue

Named for municipal official Donald Seel

?

MHS

Seier Bay

Named for Gerhard W. Seier, owner of property and surroundings

1959

Mosaic

Selkirk Avenue

Named for Thomas Douglas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk; see also Douglas Avenue and Point Douglas Avenue

1883

Harry Shave

Selwyn Place

Named for Selwyn College at Cambridge University; other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, McGill Avenue, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Yale Avenue, and others

1903

Mosaic

Semple Avenue

Named for fur trader Robert Semple; see also Seven Oaks Avenue and Grant Avenue

1903

Mosaic

Semple Street

Renamed to Cochrane Street in 1959

 

40

Setter Street

Named for pioneer and fur trader Andrew Setter

 

Mosaic

Seven Oaks Avenue

Named for the 1816 Seven Oaks Battle between colonists from Lord Selkirk’s settlement, led by Robert Semple, and Metis under Cuthbert James Grant; see also Grant Avenue and Semple Avenue; formerly Kenilworth Avenue

 

Mosaic

Shaftesbury Boulevard

Named for Anthony Ashley Cooper (1801-1885), Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, who in 1842 introduced laws that freed women and children from working in coal mines.

 

22

Shaughnessy Street

Named for Thomas George, First Baron of Shaughnessy (1853-1923), a member of the group which built the Canadian Pacific Railway into Winnipeg in 1881, and President of the company from 1899 to 1918. See also Hill Street, Stephen Street and Van Horne Street

1903

Mosaic

Shelley Crescent

Renamed to Poole Crescent in 1963

 

Mosaic, 14

Sheppard Street

Named for soldier William Sheppard

1882

Mosaic

Sherbourne Street

Formerly Sherbourne Avenue

1893

50

Sherbrook Street

Named originally for James Mulligan who operated a ferry across the Assiniboine River at about the place where the Misericordia Hospital is located today; renamed 14th Street South in 1891, back to Mulligan in 1893, and to Sherbrook in 1897; formerly Mulligan Street, Nena Street, Quelch Street

1874

Harry Shave

Sherman Street

Named for banker and poet Francis Joseph Sherman (1871-1926)

 

Mosaic

Sherwood Place

Formerly Roux Avenue, this street is believed to be named for Canadian soldier and diplomat Sherwood Lett (1895-1964)

 

47

Shore Street

Formerly Shore Avenue

1893

50

Sidebottom Drive

Named for real estate salesman Tom Sidebottom

 

MHS

Simonite Street

Named for Winnipeg alderman Charles Edward Simonite, of the firm Argue & Simonite Company; formerly Beaumont Street

1965

Mosaic

Simpson Avenue

Named for pioneer Robert Simpson, who established a market garden in East Kildonan

 

Mosaic

Sinclair Street

Named for early land surveyor Duncan Sinclair; formerly Ewart Street

1874

Harry Shave

Slater Avenue

Named for Harry Slater, early settler on property where the street is now located in North Kildonan

 

Mosaic

Sly Drive

Named for dry goods merchant and postmaster Thomas Sly (1878-1963), who was a West Kildonan alderman in the 1930s

 

Mosaic

Smart Street

Named for politician James Smart, a member of the Greenway government of 1881

1881

Mosaic

Smith Street

Named for Donald Alexander Smith, an official of the Hudson’s Bay Company

1882

Mosaic

Snow Street

Named for grain commissioner Matthew Snow; formerly Thurso Street

1959

Mosaic

Softley Road

Named for educator and municipal official Harry Lorne “King” Softley

 

MHS

Somerset Avenue

Named for educator John Beaufort Somerset

 

Mosaic

Southall Drive

Named for school board secretary-treasurer Barbara Southall and members of her family

 

13

Sparling Avenue

Formerly Roseberry Avenue

 

MHS

Spence Street

Named for James Spence; formerly Carey Street

1893

Harry Shave

Sprague Street

Named for Alice Wilhelmina Hawkins Sprague

1919

Mosaic, MHS

Sprite Street

Formerly Smith Street

1963

14

Spruce Street

Formerly Hallet Street

1882 (renamed 1893)

MHS, 50

Stack Street

Named for athlete Frank Stack

 

MHS

Stafford Street

Named for Sir Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford (1301-1372); see also Wentworth Street

before 1908

Harry Shave

Stalker Bay

Named for William Stalker, a foreman of public works in North Kildonan in the early 1900s

 

Mosaic

Stanier Street

Named for Charles E. Stanier (1870-1949), employee of the National Trust Company from 1905 to 1935

1906

Mosaic

Stanley Street

Named for Frederick Arthur, First Baron of Stanley of Preston (1841-1908), who served as Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893; in 1893, he donated the Stanley Cup for hockey; other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Tweedsmuir Road, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard; formerly Machray Street

1893

Mosaic

Star Street

Formerly Paisley Street

1963

14

Stardust Avenue

Formerly Hartford Avenue

1963

14

Stephen Street

Probably named for George Stephen (1829-1921), a member of the syndicate which built the Canadian Pacific Railway into Winnipeg in 1881. See also Hill Street, Shaughnessy Street and Van Horne Street

1881

MHS

Sterling Lyon Parkway

Named for Manitoba politician Sterling Rufus Lyon

 

MHS

Stevenson Road

Named for early commercial pilot Frederick Joseph Stevenson, for whom the Winnipeg International Airport was formerly named Stevenson Aerodrome

 

Mosaic

Stewart Street

Named for James Stewart, an employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company; renamed Warnock Street in March 1959

 

Mosaic, 40

Stewart Street

This street in the Assiniboia area was named for Alexander Mitchell Stewart, who owned four sections of land where the street is now located

 

MHS

Stiles Street

Named for clothier Henry Brougham Stiles

1905

Mosaic

Stillwell Street

Named for Henry Stillwell (1878-1960), who arrived in Winnipeg in 1910, forming the Stillwell Upholstering Company

 

Mosaic

Storie Road

Named for Thomas Storie, an early settler in Old Kildonan who owned land in the early 1900s; formerly Churchill Road

1963

Mosaic, 14

Stornoway Street

Formerly Glen Avenue

1963

14

Stovel Street

Named for pioneering printers in the Stovel family, among whom was Gordon Stovel

1959

Mosaic

Stradbrook Avenue

Named for Stradbrook Hall in Ireland, the family home of Annie Pim, wife of a Mr. Jones, the land owner who gave the street its name; formerly Maria Avenue, Spadina Avenue (part)

1913

Mosaic

Strathcona Street

Named for businessman Donald Alexander Smith, also known as Lord Strathcona

1904

Mosaic

Strathmillan Road

Named because it was midway between the estate of Lord Strathcona and property at Sturgeon Creek owned by a McMillan

 

Mosaic

Stuart Avenue

Named for fur trader John Stuart (1779-1847)

 

Mosaic

Sturgeon Road

Formerly Victoria Street

1963

14

Sutherland Avenue

Named for politician Alexander M. Sutherland; formerly Hill Avenue

1872

Mosaic

Swailes Avenue

Named for politician Donovan Swailes; formerly Marion Avenue

1963

14, 16

Symington Road

Named for lawyer Herbert James Symington; formerly Selkirk Road

1963

Mosaic, 14

Syndicate Street

Probably named for the syndicate of businessmen who built the Canadian Pacific Railway, which arrived in Winnipeg in 1881

1881

MHS

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Tache Avenue

Named for cleric Alexandre-Antonin Taché

before 1908

Harry Shave

Taggart Street

Named for James T. Taggart, a councillor in Transcona from the 1920s to 1940s; formerly Second Street

1959

Mosaic

Tait Avenue

Named for William Auld Tait

 

Mosaic

Talbot Avenue

Named for Alice Talbot, first principal of Talbot School, 1891; she became the wife of Archbishop Matheson; formerly Carter Street, Central Street, Elmwood Street, Regent Avenue, Renton Street, Taylor Street

1906

Mosaic

Tallman Street

Named for the pioneering Tallman family of the Rosser area; formerly Laurence Street

1906 (renamed 1966)

Mosaic

Tanner Street

Named for the pioneering Tanner family of West Kildonan, of which Charles Tanner was Reeve from 1920 to 1923

 

Mosaic

Taylor Avenue

Named for Winnipeg Mayor Thomas William Taylor; formerly Frederic Avenue

1898 (renamed March 1959)

Harry Shave, 40

Tecumseh Street

Named for aboriginal warrior Tecumseh (1768-1813) who fought on behalf of British forces during the War of 1812; formerly Silvia Street, Monkman Street

1877 (renamed before 1908)

Harry Shave

Telfer Street

Named for Reverend D. H. Telfer, pastor of St. James Methodist Church in the 1920s

 

Mosaic

Templeton Avenue

Named for pioneer William Templeton, owner of land that is now the Kildonan Golf Course

 

Mosaic

Rue Thibault

Named for priest Jean Baptiste Thibault

before 1908

Mosaic

Thom Avenue

Named for recorder Adam Thom; formerly Thompson Avenue

1963

Mosaic, 14

Thomas Avenue

Named for fur trader and surgeon Thomas Thomas (1766-1828), who served the Hudson’s Bay Company at York Factory

1957

Mosaic

Thomas Street

See Minto Street

1883

MHS

Thompson Drive

Named for veterinarian Samuel Jacob Thompson

 

Mosaic

Thompson Street

Renamed to McKelvey Street in March 1959

 

40

Timlick Street

Formerly Telfer Street

1963

14

Tod Drive

Named for the family of Peter Tod, Scottish immigrants who settled in the St. Vital area, 1878, becoming prominent market gardeners

 

Mosaic

Toshak Street

Formerly McLean Street

1963

14

Troy Avenue

Formerly St. Johns Avenue

 

MHS

Turenne Street

Named for municipal official Joseph Turenne; formerly Leslie Street

1963

Mosaic, 14

Turnbull Drive

Named for local farmer Thomas Turnbull

 

MHS

Turner Avenue

Named for Philip Turner, the first full-time surveyor for the Hudson’s Bay Company

 

Mosaic

Tuxedo Avenue

Formerly Fourth Avenue, Van Horne Avenue, Pipe Boulevard

 

MHS

Tweedsmuir Road

Named for John Buchan, First Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940), who served as Governor General of Canada from 1935 to 1940. Other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Vanier Drive, and Vincent Massey Boulevard

 

MHS

Tylehurst Street

Formerly Centre Street

 

MHS

Tyndall Avenue

Named for British scientist John Tyndall (1820-1893), who is also commemorated by a type of stone quarried in Manitoba (Tyndall stone) that is used widely in local buildings

1962

Mosaic

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Union Avenue

Crosses Brazier, Roch, and Watt Streets named for Albert Brazier, E. Roch, and James Watt, respectively, each of whom purchased 4 acres of land in the vicinity, in 1894

before 1908

Harry Shave

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Valde Avenue

Named for Second World War Pilot Officer Victor Lewis Valde

 

23

Valour Road

Renamed to honor three residents of the street who won the Victoria Cross for bravery during the First World War: Robert Shankland, Leo Clarke, and Fred Hall; formerly Pine Street, Ross Street

1925 (renamed 1945)

Mosaic

Vandal Street

Formerly River Street

1963

14

Van Horne Street

Named for railwayman William Cornelius Van Horne; see also Hill Street, Shaughnessy Street, Stephen Street and Van Horne Street; formerly Van Horne Avenue

1903

Mosaic

Vanier Drive

Named for Georges-Philéas Vanier (1888-1967), who served as Governor General of Canada from 1959 to 1967; other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, and Vincent Massey Boulevard

 

MHS

Vaughan Street

Named for land surveyor Josephus Wyatt Vaughan

1881

Harry Shave

Victor Street

Formerly Maple Street

 

MHS

Victoria Grove

Formerly Centre Avenue (1912-c1961)

 

 

Victoria Street

Renamed to Westbrook Street in March 1959

 

40

Vincent Street

Named for Anglican priest Thomas Vincent (1835-?). See also Vine Street

1906

Mosaic

Vincent Massey Boulevard

Named for Charles Vincent Massey (1887-1967), who served as Governor General of Canada from 1952 to 1959. Other Winnipeg street commemorating Governors General include Aberdeen Avenue, Athlone Drive, Byng Place, Devonshire Drive, Dufferin Avenue, Grey Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Leger Crescent, Lisgar Avenue, Lorne Avenue, Minto Street, Monck Avenue, Stanley Street, Tweedsmuir Road, and Vanier Drive

 

MHS

Vine Street

This street running north from Logan Avenue was renamed from Vincent Street sometime before 1914

 

MHS

Vopni Avenue

Named for Icelandic immigrant Jon Jonnson Vopni until 1982 when it was renamed Park Lane Avenue

 

Mosaic

Vulcan Avenue

Named for the Vulcan Iron Works that purchased 27 acres of land in the vicinity in 1961

 

MHS

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Wagner Street

Named for surveyor William Wagner

1964

Mosaic

Walden Crescent

Formerly Rosedale Crescent

1963

14

Walker Avenue

Possibly named for theatre owner Corliss Powers Walker; formerly Merrion Avenue

1883

Mosaic

Wallace Street

Renamed to London Street in March 1959

 

40

Walnut Street

Formerly Walnut Avenue

1893

50

Warde Road

Named for soldier Leo Warde (1888-1971), who had a long record of service in Winnipeg

 

Mosaic

Wardlaw Avenue

Named for judge Thomas Wardlaw Taylor; formerly Kennedy Avenue, Wardlow Avenue

1893 (renamed 1906)

Harry Shave

Warnock Street

Named for animal activist Sally Warnock, renamed from Stewart Street in 1959

1959

Vince Leah (Winnipeg Tribune 20 Feb 1959), 40

Warsaw Avenue

Formerly named Ross Avenue for businessman Arthur Wellington Ross, changed to Rosser Avenue to avoid confusion with Ross Avenue; probably commemorating CPR engineer Thomas Lafayette Rosser, subsequently renamed to Warsaw

1913

MHS

Water Street

Early street to Red River where boats docked; see also Pioneer Avenue; renamed William Stephenson Way in 2009; formerly Schultz Street

1876

21

Waterloo Street

Formerly Waterloo Avenue

1893

50

Watt Street

Named for James Watt, who purchased four acres of land in its vicinity, in 1894. An alternate version given by Mosaic is that it commemorates local landowner Walter L. Watt

1904

Harry Shave

Waugh Road

Mosaic stated it was named for Winnipeg mayor Richard Deans Waugh but it actually commemorates his brother, East St. Paul municipal official William Waugh.

 

36

Wavell Avenue

Named for British military commander Archibald Percival, First Earl of Wavell (1883-1950). See also Montgomery Avenue and McNaughton Avenue

1948

Mosaic

Waverley Street

Named for Waverley novels by Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832); formerly Waverley Avenue

1882 (renamed 1893)

Mosaic, 50

Weatherdon Avenue

Formerly Gladstone Avenue

 

MHS

Webb Place

Named for Winnipeg Mayor Ralph Humphreys Webb; renamed from Isbister Place in March 1959

1959

Harry Shave, 40

Wellesley Avenue

Formerly Wellington Avenue

1893

50

Wellington Avenue

Named for Winnipeg Mayor Alexander McMicken; formerly McMicken Street, Wellington Street

1881 (renamed 1893)

Mosaic, 50

Wellington Crescent

Named for businessman Arthur Wellington Ross; formerly Crescent Road, Laurel Street, Wellington Street, Assiniboine Drive (March 1959)

before 1908 (renamed March 1959)

MHS, 40

Wentworth Street

Named for Thomas Wentworth (1593-1641) who was given the title Earl of Stafford by Henry VIII; see also Stafford Street

1882

Harry Shave

Wenzel Street

Named for Herman Wenzel (1868-1944), who worked as part of a supply depot during the 1885 Northwest Rebellion, later farmed at Springfield

1965

Mosaic

Westbrook Street

Named for Winnipeg mayor Henry Shaver Wesbrook, renamed from Victoria Street in March 1959

1959

Mosaic, 40

West Gate

The street name commemorates the gates that were erected at its entrance; see also East Gate and Middle Gate; formerly Assiniboine Avenue

1910

MHS

Westminster Avenue

Formerly Buell Avenue

1910

MHS

Wharton Boulevard

Named for educator Charles W. Wharton.

 

Mosaic

Whellams Lane

Named for municipal official Herbert Creasey Whellams; formerly Ferry Lane

1963

Mosaic, 14

Whicker Street

Named for local municipal and school officials James William Whicker (1878-1949) and his son George Whicker (1911-2007)

 

15

Whitehall Avenue

Eliminated and replaced by Mostyn Place

1955

54

Whiteway Road

Named for teacher and MP Dean W. Whiteway

c1978

11

Whyte Avenue

Named for railwayman William Whyte

 

Mosaic

Widlake Street

Named for Second World War Trooper Tom Huntington Widlake

 

23

Wiginton Street

Named for alderman Jack Lester Wiginton

1967

Mosaic

Wilfred Knowles Bay

See Knowles Avenue

 

MHS

Wilkes Avenue

Named for Charles R. Wilkes

after 1910

Mosaic, MHS

William Avenue

Named for postmaster William Ross, son of Alexander Ross; see also Ross Avenue and McWilliam Avenue

1893

Harry Shave

William Dixon Bay

Named for Knowles Centre Superintendent Rev. William Dixon

 

MHS

William Gibson Bay

Named for community activist William Hector Gibson

 

MHS

William Newton Avenue

Named for businessman and city councillor William Newton.

 

37

William Stephenson Way

Named for war hero William Stephenson; formerly Water Avenue

Renamed November 2009

5

Willow Avenue

Formerly College Place

1908 (renamed 1913)

Harry Shave

Wilmot Place

Named for New Brunswick Lieutenant-Governor (1868-1873) Lemuel Allan Wilmot, whose family later moved to Winnipeg; formerly Betourney

1901

Mosaic

Wilson Street

Named for Winnipeg Mayor Horace Wilson

 

Harry Shave

Wilton Street

Named for an English town dating to 8th century

 

Harry Shave

Winslow Drive

Named for municipal official Arthur Alvin Winslow

 

17

Winston Road

Formerly Sutherland Street

 

MHS

Wolfe Street

Renamed to Gateway Road in March 1959

 

40

Wolseley Avenue

Name for soldier Garnet Joseph Wolseley; formerly Bath Street, Ethel Street, Ida Street, Keller Street

1905

MHS

Wood Street

Named for judge Edmund Burke Wood

1874 (named in June 1884)

4

Woodlands Crescent

Formerly Woodlands Boulevard, Victoria Boulevard

1963

14

Woodward Avenue

Named for Charles Woodward (1852-1937), founder of the Woodward department stores of western Canada, and cattle dealer in Manitoba, 1882

1882

Mosaic

Wright Street

Named for founding Winnipeg School Board member Archibald Francis Wright

 

Mosaic

Street name

Notes

Year created

Source(s)

Yale Avenue

Named for Yale University; other Winnipeg streets commemorating academic institutions include Bishops Lane, Cambridge Street, Harvard Avenue, Laval Drive, Macalester Bay, McGill Avenue, Mount Allison Bay, Oxford Street, Purdue Bay, Rutgers Bay, Ryerson Avenue, Selwyn Place, Yale Avenue, and others

 

MHS

York Avenue

Named for the Hudson’s Bay Company trading post York Factory on Hudson Bay; a portion of the avenue was formerly called University Place because it was near the University of Manitoba’s Science Building that once stood where Memorial Park is now situated. See also Carlton, Edmonton, Ellice, Fort, Garry, Qu’Appelle

1881

Harry Shave

Young Street

Named for cleric George Young

1893

Harry Shave

Youville Street

Named for Sister L’Esperance Youville of Charity Grey Nuns, first teacher in a school established by Archbishop Tache

before 1908

Mosaic

Yukon Avenue

Renamed from Alberta Avenue in March 1959

 

40

Winnipeg Street Numbering (1891-1893)

On 31 March 1891, the Winnipeg city council hurriedly passed a bylaw, despite objections from such prominent Winnipeggers as George Bryce, to change the names of most streets west of Main Street, giving them sequential numbers. Streets east of Main Street remained unchanged.

A majority of residents did not like the numbered streets. Businesses ignored the new names and continued to use the older ones. Newspapers frequently gave addresses using both systems. In June 1893, three mailmen addressed the city council to argue in favour of restoring the original names. One letter carrier said that, of 216 letters and cards that he delivered, only five were addressed to streets designated by number; the rest contained the old names.

A bylaw passed on 16 October 1893 mostly reinstated the original names with a few exceptions. Some streets whose names had not been popular were renamed. There was an attempt to eliminate duplicate names and the new system of always calling north-south streets as Avenues and east-west ones as Streets was maintained.

The following table provides the pre-1891 names, street numbers, and post-1893 names. [50]

Post-1893 Name

Street Number (1891-1893)

Pre-1891 Name

Adelaide Street

4th Street North

Adelaide Street

Agnes Street

17th Street South

?

Aikins Street

8th Street North

Aikins Street

Albert Street

1st Street North

Albert Street

Alexander Avenue

7th Avenue North

Alexander Street

Alfred Avenue

22nd Avenue North

Alfred Street

Anderson Avenue

29th Avenue North

Anderson Street

Andrews Street

14th Street North

Andrews Street

Arlington Street

23rd Street South

?

Assiniboine Avenue

10th Avenue South

Assiniboine Street

Athol Avenue

36th Avenue North

Athol Street

Atlantic Avenue

34th Avenue North

Crawford Avenue

Balmoral Street

9th Street South

Balmoral Street

Bannatyne Avenue

2nd Avenue North

Bannatyne Street

Bannerman Avenue

33rd Avenue North

Bannerman Street

Beaconsfield Street

20th Street North

?

Beverly Street

20th Street South

?

Boyd Avenue

25th Avenue North

Boyd Street

Brant Street

22nd Street North

?

Broadway

9th Avenue South

Broadway

Brown Street

22nd Street North

?

Burrows Avenue

22nd Avenue North

Burrows Street

Bushnell Street

11th Street North

?

Carlton Street

6th Street South

Carlton Street

Charles Street

6th Street North

Charles Street

Charlotte Street

5th Street North

Charlotte Street

Church Avenue

30th Avenue North

Church Street

College Avenue

26th Avenue North

?

Corydon Avenue

17th Avenue South

Corydon Street

Cumberland Avenue

1st Avenue South

Cumberland Street

Derby Street

4th Street North

?

Donald Street

4th Street South

Donald Street

Dudley Avenue

23rd Avenue South

?

Dufferin Avenue

14th Avenue North

Dufferin Street

Edmonton Street

7th Street South

Edmonton Street

Elgin Avenue

4th Avenue North

Jemima Street

Ellen Street

6th Street North

Ellen Street

Ellice Avenue

4th Avenue South

Ellice Street

Emily Street

17th Street North

?

Fleet Avenue

21st Avenue South

Fleet Street

Flora Avenue

16th Avenue North

Laura Street

Fonseca Avenue

10th Avenue North

Fonseca Street

Fort Street

1st Street South

Fort Street

Fountain Street

6th Street North

Fountain Street

Furby Street

13th Street South

Furby Street

Garry Street

2nd Street South

Garry Street

Garwood Avenue

22nd Avenue South

?

Gertie Street

7th Street North

Gertie Street

Gertrude Avenue

15th Avenue South

Gertrude Street

Graham Avenue

6th Avenue South

Graham Street

Gunnell Street

12th Street North

?

Gwendoline Street

13th Street North

Gwendoline Street

Hargrave Street

5th Street South

Hargrave Street

Harriet Street

8th Street North

Harriet Street

Henry Avenue

9th Avenue North

Common Street

Higgins Avenue

10th Avenue North

Higgins Street

Home Street

22nd Street South

?

Isabel Street

9th Street North

Isabel Street

Jarvis Avenue

13th Avenue North

Jarvis Street

Jessie Avenue

18th Avenue South

?

Juno Street

10th Street North

?

Kate Street

11th Street North

?

Kennedy Street

8th Street South

Kennedy Street

King Street

2nd Street North

King Street

Langside Street

12th Street South

Langside Street

Laura Street

7th Street North

Laura Street

Lizzie Street

5th Street North

Lizzie Street

Logan Avenue

8th Avenue North

Logan Street

Lorette Avenue

24th Avenue South

?

Lulu Street

16th Street North

?

Lydia Street

12th Street North

?

Machray Avenue

31st Avenue North

Machray Street

Magnus Avenue

21st Avenue North

Magnus Street

Main Street

Main Street

Main Street

Manitoba Avenue

19th Avenue North

Manitoba Street

Margaretta Street

13th Street North

Margaretta Street

Maria Avenue

13th Avenue South

Maria Street

Maryland Street

15th Street South

Boundary Street

Maud Street

26th Street North

?

Mayfair Avenue

11th Avenue South

?

McDermot Avenue

1st Avenue North

McDermott Street

McGee Street

16th Street South

?

McGregor Street

16th Street North

?

McKenzie Street

18th Street North

?

McMillan Avenue

16th Avenue South

?

Monkman Street

20th Street North

?

Morris Street

21st Street North

?

Mountain Avenue

27th Avenue North

Mountain Street

Mulligan Street

14th Street South

?

Mulvey Avenue

20th Avenue South

?

Nellie Avenue

4th Avenue South

Nellie Street

Nena Street

14th Street North

Nena Street

Ness Street

12th Street South

Ness Street

Nora Street

18th Street North

?

Notre Dame Avenue

Central Avenue

Notre Dame Street

Olivia Street

15th Street North

Olivia Street

Pacific Avenue

6th Avenue North

McWilliam Street

Park Street

10th Street North

?

Parr Street

20th Street North

?

Patrick Street

8th Street North

Patrick Street

Paulin Street

4th Street North

?

Pearl Street

16th Street North

?

Penelope Street

16th Street North

?

Point Douglas Avenue

11th Avenue North

Point Douglas Street

Polson Avenue

35th Avenue North

Polson Street

Portage Avenue

Portage Avenue

Portage Avenue

Powers Street

12th Street North

?

Prince Street

30th Street North

?

Princess Street

3rd Street North

Princess Street

Pritchard Avenue

18th Avenue North

Pritchard Street

Qu'Appelle Avenue

3rd Avenue South

Qu'Appelle Street

Queen Street

26th Street North

?

Redwood Avenue

24th Avenue North

Redwood Street

Rietta Street

17th Street North

?

River Avenue

12th Avenue South

River Avenue

Robinson Street

7th Street North

Robinson Street

Ross Avenue

5th Avenue North

Ross Street

Rosser Avenue

19th Avenue South

?

Salter Street

10th Street North

?

Sargent Avenue

2nd Avenue South

?

Schultz Street

5th Street North

?

Scotland Avenue

25th Avenue South

?

Selkirk Avenue

17th Avenue North

Selkirk Street

Simcoe Street

21st Street South

?

Sinclair Street

24th Street North

?

Smith Street

3rd Street South

Smith Street

Spence Street

10th Street South

Carey Street, Spence Street

Spencer Street

18th Street North

?

St. John ?

32nd Avenue North

St. John Street

St. John's Avenue

28th Avenue North

St. John's Street

St. Mary Avenue

7th Avenue South

St. Mary's Street

Stanley Street

4th Street North

?

Stella Avenue

15th Avenue North

Stella Street

Sutherland Avenue

12th Avenue North

Sutherland Street

Tecumseh Street

20th Street North

?

Toronto Street

19th Street South

?

Victor Street

18th Street South

Victoria Avenue, Maple Street

Wardlow Avenue

14th Avenue South

Wardlow Street

William Avenue

3rd Avenue North

William Street

Xante Street

24th Street North

?

York Avenue

8th Avenue South

York Street

Young Street

11th Street South

Coolican Street, Young Street

See also:

The Cradle of Winnipeg History by Harry Shave
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 3, Number 1, September 1957

History Lives in Point Douglas Street Names by Lillian Gibbons
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 4, Number 3, April 1959

First Avenue North, Winnipeg by Charles Edward Parker
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 10, Number 3, Spring 1965

Winnipeg streets in the 1911 Canada census

Old street maps of Winnipeg

Sources:

Mosaic of Winnipeg Street Names

Compiled by J. B. Rudnyckyj, published in 1974 by the Canadian Institute of Onomastic Sciences (now the Canadian Society for the Study of Names)

Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba

This collection of biographies of Manitobans was compiled by the Canadian Publicity Company, and published at Winnipeg in 1925. Most of those featured in the book were living at that time, so no information on death dates was provided. Where possible, these have been added to this online version.

Online version 2007, Manitoba Historical Society.

The Streets of Winnipeg
by Mary Hislop, Winnipeg, 1912

“Streets named after prominent newspapermen” by Vince Leah, Winnipeg Free Press, 30 July 1989.

1. Minutes of the Manitoba Good Roads Association meeting on 23 February 1928 recorded that “a delegation from the Session of the Congregation of the John Black Memorial Church, composed of Rev. Hugh R. Robertson and W. J. Harrison, was heard suggesting that the East Kildonan Road from the beginning of Kelvin Street through the various Municipalities through which it passes be renamed “Henderson Highway” in honor of the late Mr. S. R. Henderson, President of the Manitoba Good Roads Association since its inception, in commemoration of the valuable services rendered towards improving the highways of the Province and his contribution to the welfare of the community in which he labored so long, faithfull and well.”

2. “Winnipeg street is named for Anglican church” by Harry Shave, Winnipeg Free Press, 29 April 1967.

3. “Point Douglas milled oats, lumber for city’s shakers” by Vince Leah, Winnipeg Free Press, 24 March 1991.

4. “Little streets named for big men” by Harry Shave, Winnipeg Free Press, 20 March 1965.

5. “It’s now William ... William Stephenson Way”, Winnipeg Free Press, 14 November 2009, page B5.

6. “J. B. Henderson is dead after long career in west”, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 October 1934, page 11.

7. Obituary (H. R. Lyon), Winnipeg Free Press, 24 January 1969, page 31.

8. The name of Carriere Avenue, formerly Third Avenue, was changed under By-law No. 3664/84 adopted by Winnipeg City Council on 14 December 1983. We thank Bart Carr for clarifying the birth and death years for Carriere.

9. “Street to be renamed after CJOB founder”, Winnipeg Free Press, 4 December 2010, page A7.

10. We Watch the Waves by Susan Riley, Great Plains Publications, 2007, page 161.

11. Information provided by Kevin A. Miller, 20 December 2012.

12. We thank Cynthia McMullin for a correction to this information, which formerly identified Donald Munroe as a daughter of George F. Munroe when, in fact, she was a daughter of Donald Munroe.

13. West of the River: The Story of West Kildonan by Vince Leah, 1972.

14. “The Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg, Street Name Changes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 April 1963, page 52.

15. “Kildonan story told,” by Vince Leah, Winnipeg Free Press Weekly, South Edition, 24 June 1990, page 14. Nathan Kramer

16. Nathan Kramer, personal communication, 3 June 2014.

17. Nathan Kramer, personal communication, 15 June 2014.

18. Nathan Kramer, personal communication, 20 June 2014. “Streets named after Partridge, Farlinger families” by Vince Leah, Winnipeg Free Press Weekly, 3 September 1989, page 14.

19. Allan Whicker, personal communication, 6 August 2014. Obituary W. J. Whicker, Winnipeg Free Press, 28 July 1949. Death registration James William Whicker, British Columbia Vital Statistics. Obituary George Whicker, Winnipeg Free Press, 17 March 2007.

20. Nathan Kramer, personal communication, 6 September 2014.

21. Ten Years in Winnipeg by Alexander Begg & Walter Nursey, Winnipeg, 1879, pages 142-143.

22. “Some Tuxedo street trivia” by Vince Leah, Winnipeg Free Press, 20 August 1989, page 100.

23. “Museum creates virtual exhibit,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 November 2003, page N9. Second World War Service Files, Library and Archives of Canada.

24. “The Smith of Smith Street Navy Way,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 August 1986, page 6.

25. “No referendum on electric franchise in St. Vital [Hack Avenue, Poplarwood Avenue],” Manitoba Free Press, 1 March 1924, page 3.

26. Nathan Kramer, personal communication, 2 May 2015.

27. Nathan Kramer, personal communication, 12 July 2015. “Park heals old wounds,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 September 2002, page A3. “Take notice that [William R. Clement Parkway],” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 August 2010, page B5.

28. Nathan Kramer, personal communication, 15 July 2015. “Proposed changes in street names,” Manitoba Free Press, 29 January 1913, page 7. “Again! Rachel's nose out of joint,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 March 1952, page 3. “City fathers sound knell for Rachel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 April 1952, page 15. “Committee gets unemployed bid,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 April 1952, page 3.

29. “Military Memorials recognize sacrifice of Transcona heroes [Bates Avenue]” by Lori Nichols, Transcona Views, November 2002 [Vol. 16, No. 11], pages 1 & 4.

30. By-Law No. 165/2007, [Dr. Jose Rizal Way], City of Winnipeg Clerks Decision Making Information System.

31. A Prairie Girl’s Life: The Story of the Reverend Edna Lenora Perry by Edna Lenora Perry, 2014. [Winnipeg Public Library]

32. Email communication, Steven Barker, 26 November 2009.

33. Email communication, Carrie Chochinov, 2 July 2010.

34. Email communication, Shawn Kennedy, 21 August 2010.

35. Email communication, Herb R. Cox, 2 April 2011.

36. Email communication, Frances Waugh Howard, 13 May 2011.

37. Email communication, Nathan Kramer, 15 October 2017. “Name change okayed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 August 1974, page 3. and “The City of Winnipeg re By-Law No. 888/75 notice of street name changes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 May 1975, page 87.

38. North East Winnipeg Area History: Elmwood, East Kildonan, North Kildonan, Volume 2, 2018, page 155.

39. North East Winnipeg Area History: Elmwood, East Kildonan, North Kildonan, Volume 2, 2018, page 177.

40. “City of Winnipeg, notice street name changes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 March 1959, page 4. “Q - Who is Leo Novak,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 September 1966. “Notice street name changes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 March 1959, page 35.

41. Email communication, John Perrin, 1 April 2019.

42. Email communication, Josh Peters, 20 April 2020.

43. Obituary [Thomas Naven], Winnipeg Tribune, 13 March 1947, page 25. “The resurrection of Navin, Manitoba” by Christian Cassidy, Winnipeg Real Estate News, 15 November 2019.

44. Email communication, Laverne Dalgleish, 28 July 2020.

45. “Goodbye Jackson Ave.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 March 1950, page 30.

46. “Rush hour parking ban on Grosvenor proposed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 March 1950, page 3. “Jackson Ave. renamed Corydon,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 March 1950, page 19.

47. Email communication, Linda Pearn, 9 August 2021.

48. “Know your Metro street names” by Vince Leah, Winnipeg Tribune, 14 February 1970.

49. “Schools named for local men as ties with Britain loosen” by Vince Leah, Winnipeg Tribune, 14 February 1970.

50. “What is your street now?,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 October 1893, page 5.

51. Obituary [Allenby Kitchener Ballendine], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 August 2009.

52. “Thos. Leighton called by death,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 October 1924.

53. “Notice street name changes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 January 1964, page 55.

54. “City plans closing half of Whitehall,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 September 1955, page 3.

55. We thank Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Library of Manitoba) for providing this information.

We thank Alistair Brown, Jim Burns, Bart Carr, Christian Cassidy, Cheryl Girard, Gordon Kapelus, Karen Morrow, Allan Whicker, and Cliff Hodgins for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 24 September 2023