The Imperial Oil Company Limited was incorporated under the Canadian Joint Stock Companies Act on 8 September 1880, initially holding a capital stock value of $250,000. Its capital stock was increased to one million (December 1898), six million (July 1907), and 15 million (February 1913), and its operations expanded throughout Canada. Within Manitoba, the firm began operating at Winnipeg in 1881 and applied for a provincial licence under the Foreign Corporations Act (of Manitoba) in June 1913. In September 1919, the company formally simplified its name from The Imperial Oil Company Limited to Imperial Oil Limited.
Some of its buildings in Manitoba included:
City
Building
Location
Year
Status
Brandon
15 Rosser Avenue East
1921
Demolished (early 2005)
940 Princess Avenue
1929
Pilot Mound
109 Railway Avenue North
1918
Demolished (late 1980s)
Winnipeg
Allen's Garage and Service Station
1370 Main Street
1928
Demolished (?)
Elmwood Garage and Service Station
1 Hespeler Avenue
1919
955 Alexander Avenue
1910
379 Broadway
1961
Imperial Oil Service Station
566 Osborne Street
1929
Demolished (?)
Imperial Oil Service Station
445 River Avenue / 56 Osborne Street
1930
Demolished (1966)
500 William Avenue
1923
Demolished (?)
960 Logan Avenue
1918
Destroyed by fire (6 August 2023)
260 Kennedy Street
1931
Demolished (1930s)
589 St. Mary’s Road
1925
Demolished (?)
“City and provincial [I. Waterman ...],” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 7 June 1881, page 1.
“Imperial Oil Co.” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 3 January 1882, page 2.
Orders-In-Council (EC 0003B), Order-in-Council #17343 & #35455, GR1530, Archives of Manitoba.
Companies Office corporation documents (CCA 0059), 40I - The Imperial Oil Company Limited, GR6427, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 22 November 2025
