MHS Resources: History in Winnipeg Streets

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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
Navin Road	Named (with a misspelling) for farmer Thomas Naven (1858-1947)		MHS, 43
Navy Way	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