Historic Sites of Manitoba: All Saints Anglican Church (521 Broadway, Winnipeg)

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This Anglican church at the northwest corner of the intersection of Broadway and Osborne Street in Winnipeg replaced a predecessor church by the same name, which had been constructed slightly to the east in 1883. When city plans called for the northward extension of Osborne through the existing church, the building was demolished and construction of the replacement commenced in mid-1926, on a design by the architectural firm of Northwood and Chivers. A cornerstone was laid at a ceremony on 25 September 1926 and dedication of the new building occurred on 23 December 1926.

An attached Parish Hall at the west end of the church, designed by architects Frank Norlande Ruttan and George Stewart, was constructed in 1964 by the Surety Construction Company. It was torn down in 2018 to make way for the West Broadway Commons, a free-standing, 12-storey, 110-unit housing project with 56 affordable units. The structure was built as a joint venture between the church and the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation 2.0.

The church became a municipally-designated historic building in 2017.

Rectors

Period	Rectors
1883	William Cyprian Pinkham (1844-1928)
1884	John Benwell Seaman
1884	C. A. Lane
1885-1886	H. H. Barber
1887-1892	H. A. Tudor
1893-1899	F. V. Baker
1900-1904	F. B. Smith
1905-1913	Francis Cooke Heathcote (1868-1961)
1913-1925	Walter Muckleston Loucks (1869-?)
1925-1932	H. R. Ragg
1933-1939	William Askey (1889-1949)
1939-1942	R. S. K. Seeley
1943-1949	William Askey (1889-1949)
1949	D. Pierce-Jones
1950	S. E. Rider
1950-1958	J. Blewett
1959-1964	R. F. Shepherd
1965	B. G. M. Wood
1966-1967	R. D. F. Kimmitt
1968-1972	E. Bays
1973	James Ernest “Jim” Setter (1930-1990)
1974-1975	E. Bays
1976-1981	James Ernest “Jim” Setter (1930-1990)
1982-1988	J. J. T. Johnstone
1989	J. R. Brown
1990-1997	J. Holmen
1998-2009	J. Draper
2010-2011	P. Johnson
2012-2014	E. Laldin
2015-2020	B. Neumann

Photos & Coordinates

The original All Saints Anglican Church, demolished around 1925 (no date) Source: Archives of Manitoba (MHS 1979 Photo Exhibit) All Saints Anglican Church (April 2015) Source: Gordon Goldsborough All Saints Anglican Church (October 2021) Source: George Penner Interior of All Saints Anglican Church (September 2015) Source: George Penner Interior of All Saints Anglican Church (July 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88572, W97.15023 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Sources:

“Canon Askey, wife die in road crash,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 June 1949, page 1.

The Churches of Early Winnipeg by James B. Hartman, Manitoba History 45, Spring/Summer 2003.

521 Broadway, All Saints Anglican Church, Winnipeg Historical Buildings and Resources Committee, July 2017.

We thank Christy Cherwinski, John Webb, Sandi Mielitz, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 May 2023

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