MHS Resources: Manitoba Bricks and Blocks: Bricks

This is a list of companies involved in brick-making in Manitoba.

Location	Company	Operating Period	Distinctive Features
Altamont	Snowdon and Company	c1904-c1905
Asessippi	Gill Brickworks	1893-1902
Balmoral	Balmoral Brick Company	1905-1926	Pale yellow colour with “B B Co” in the frog
Beausejour	Manitoba Pressed Brick Company	1904-1916	MPBCo in the frog
Birds Hill	Birds Hill Sandstone Brick Company	1912-1920	White, red, buff, and chocolate brick colours
Brandon	Brandon Brick and Lumber Company	1900-1910
	Brandon Brick Works	1882-1899
	Brandon Sandstone Brick Company	1910-1917
	Edrans-Brandon Pressed Brick Company	1905-?
	Lang Yard	c1883-1889
	McDiarmid and Clark	c1912
	McVicar Yard	1880s
	National Brick Company	1911
	Robinson and Bell Yard	1911-1912	Greenish-buff colour
	Silicate Brick Company	c1912
Brookdale	Brookdale Brick and Tile Company	1904-c1929	Red or white colour
	Johnson (Johnston) Yard	1904-?
Carberry	McVicar Yard	c1890-1891
Carman	Canada Tile and Fireproofing Company	1912-1916
	Carman Brick Yards	c1900-1908
	Dominion Pressed Brick Company	1905
	Elliott and McCormick Yard	1897-c1900
Clearwater	Argue and McIntyre Yard	1898-1901
Crystal City	Tisdale Yard	1901-1903
Cypress River	Foster and Company	1907-1908	White or salmon colour
	Pioneer Brick Yard	1896-1904
Darlingford	Darlingford Brick Company	1882-c1883	Pink colour
	Darlingford Brick and Tile Company	1910-1915
	Whalen’s Brick and Tile	1900-1902
Deleau	Joseph Nannon [Nonan, Noonan]	1892-1899
Deloraine	Deloraine Brick Yard	1896-1910	WRD in frog
	McGarvey and Laird	1899	Dull gray in colour
Dominion City	Dominion City Brick Company	1883-1884	Light red in colour
Douglas	Riverside Brick Yard	1904-1905	Red in colour
Edrans	Edrans-Brandon Dry Prest Brick Company / National Clay Products Company	1905-c1939
Emerson	Emerson Brick Yard	1878-1883	Cream-coloured
	Douglas Yard	1882-?
	Crookston Yard	1880s
	Ferguson Yard	c1879
Gilbert Plains	A. Snyder and Company / Gilbert Plains Brick Company / M. Snyder and Sons	1907-1914, 1919-1929	Reddish or buff-coloured
	Eastment Brothers Yard	1902-1910	White in colour
	Rowlett Yard	1905-1910
Gladstone	Wilson Yard	1898-1900s	White in colour
Grandview	Sinnott Yard	1904-c1908
Hamiota	Guttridge Yard	1895
Hartney	Hartney Brick and Delft Company	1898-1920	White in colour
	Payne Yard	1895-1901	Reddish and white in colour
Holland	Dagg and Mawhinney Yard	1894-1904	Light red in colour
Kenville-Durban	Thomas Yard	1899-1904	White in colour with “F T” in the frog
Killarney	Church Yard	1896-1901	Red in colour
Lac du Bonnet	Lac du Bonnet Brick Company	?	Creme, pink
	Lac du Bonnet Mining, Developing and Manufacturing Company	1898-1919	Red, pink, buff, and white in colour
La Riviere	Press Brick and Tile Company / Phoenix Brick Works	1902-1914	Salmon to dark red in colour
Lavenham	Dykeman Yard	1907-1919	Red in colour
Learys	Boyne Valley Brick Works Company	1901-1905
	Dominion Pressed Brick Company	1905-1910
	Learys Brick Company	1910-1917, 1947-1953
MacGregor	Maclean [McLean] Yard	1899-?
Melita	Melita Lumber and Manufacturing Company / Melita Brick and Tile Company	1905-1910	Bright red in colour
Millwood	Myers Yard	1904-1909
Minitonas	Rutherford and Pogue Yard	1905-1907
Minnedosa	Minnedosa Brick Company	1882-c1888
	Fairbairn Yard	1895-1897
Morden	McGregor Yard	1887-1909	Dark in colour
Morris	Russell Yard / Russell and Gaillie Yard	1875-1880
	Waight Brothers	1880-1882
	Morris Brick Manufacturing Company / Western Brick Company	1907-1921	Cream in colour; MORRIS (backward or forward S) in frog
Neepawa	Currie Yard	1888-1898	White or pink in colour
	Neepawa Brick Company	1905-c1915	Red-brown in colour; NBC (backwards N) in frog
Nelson	Nelsonville Brick Yard / Nelsonville Brick and Tile Company	1880-1882
Newdale	Newdale Brick Yard	1903-1904	Yellowish-red to dark red in colour
Oak Lake	Cook Yard	1892
	Marion Yard	1892-1900	White in colour
Pilot Mound	Snowball Yard / Dearlove Yard	1881-c1890, 1897-c1912	Buff or red in colour
Portage la Prairie	Alsip Brick and Tile Company	c1945-c1972
	A. Snyder and Company	c1907-c1930
	Pinto Coal and Brick Company	c1909
	Portage Brick Yards / Portage la Prairie Brickyard Company / Stephens Brick Company	1881-c1893, 1899-1908, 1908-1928	White to bright pink to red in colour
	Portage la Prairie Brick and Tile Company	1911-1916
	Snyder Brothers	c1904-1907
	Snyder Brick Yards	1930-1945
Rapid City	Rapid City Brick Works	1900-c1914
	Rapid City Works	1885-1890
	Saskatchewan Brick and Pottery Works	c1882-c1890
	Sinclair and Company	c1881
Russell	Edel Yard	c1900-c1904
St. Alphonse	Fecteau Yard	c1887-c1890
St. Boniface	Canadian Enamel Concrete Brick and Tile Company	1912-1914
Selkirk	Al Building Brick	c1894
	Winnipeg Building and Supply Company	1882
Shoal Lake	Shoal Lake Cement Block and Pressed Brick Works	1905-c1907
Sidney	Alsip Brick, Tile and Lumber Company	c1928-1957
	Sidney Brick and Clay Works Limited	c1919-c1927
	Sidney Brick and Tile Company	1909-c1920
	Sidney Brick Works	c1883-c1910
Somerset	Somerset Brick Company	c1904-c1913
	Somerset Brick Yard	1901-1910
Souris	Payne & Withers	?	SOURIS in frog
Stony Mountain	Kelly Brothers Yard	1882-c1884
	McDonald/Holley Yard	c1882
Strathclair	Marney Brick Company	1903-c1904
Swan River	Swan River Clay Products	1952-1953
The Pas	The Pas Clay Products, Mining and Development Company	c1914
Virden	Manitoba Clays and Building Supplies	1920-1923
	Saul and Irish	1893-1902
	Sherif and Neden	1890
	Virden Brick and Tile Company	1904-1915
Wawanesa	Britton's Brick Yard	c1880
Whitemouth	John Gunn and Company	c1920
	Wardrop Brick and Tile Company	c1914-1945	DMW in frog
	Whitemouth Brick Company	c1917-c1922
Whitewater	Whitewater Brick Manufacturing Company	1894-c1896
Winnipeg	Alsip Brick Tile and Lumber Company	?
	Alsip Sandstone Brick Company	1911-1912	White, red, buff, and chocolate brick colours
	Birds Hill Sandstone Brick Company	1912-1920	White, red, buff, and chocolate brick colours
	Canadian Petrified Brick and Stone Company	1904-c1910
	Excelsior Coal Company	?
	Gate City Brick Works	1910-1915
	Pinto Coal and Brick Company	1909-?
	Reliance (Deutschmann) Yard	1918
	Standard Brick and Tile Company	1904-1909
	Winnipeg Brick and Tile Manufacturing Company	1882-?
	Winnipeg Brick Company	1914-1923, 1924-1935	Red, buff, slate, and white; WB in frog
	Winnipeg Brick and Fuel Company	1923-1924	Red, buff, slate, and white
	Winnipeg Sandstone Brick Company	1910-1914	Red, buff, slate, and white
	Wood’s Brick Company	1920-c1925	White, red, buff, and chocolate brick colours

Sources:

Manitoba Brickmakers by Hugh Henry, Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, 1992.

Manitoba Brick Yards by Randy Rostecki, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch Report, May 2010.

We thank Nathan Kramer and Donald Burroughs for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 June 2023

Manitoba Bricks and Blocks A history of the manufacture of bricks and concrete blocks in Manitoba, based on research by Randy Rostecki for the Manitoba Historic Resources Branch and supplemented by information compiled by Gordon Goldsborough of the Manitoba Historical Society. . Bricks | Blocks | People | Glossary We thank Hugh Arklie, Gordon McDiarmid, and Heather Bertnick for their help in the development of this online guide. Financial support of the Thomas Sill Foundation is gratefully acknowledged. Additional information was provided by Ina Bramadat, David Butterfield, Neil Christoffersen, Frank Korvemaker, Ed Ledohowski, Ken Storie, Lynette Stow, and Tracey Winthrop-Meyers. © 2010-2020 Randy Rostecki, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch, Gordon Goldsborough, and Manitoba Historical Society. All rights reserved.