Winnipeg History

US Railway Connection

Mar 30, 1878

Connects Minnesota to Winnipeg

Canadian Railway West

Mar 30, 1881

Winnipeg becomes part of the Canadian national railway system connecting East and West

Stakeholders - British/Canadian

Mar 30, 1890

Massive immigration - Slavic, Jewish, Ukrainian, etc.

Mar 30, 1900

A decade of intense growth

Population pressures mounting

Mar 30, 1910

Winnipeg goes from 40,000 - 155,000 in ten years

Panama Canal Opens

Mar 30, 1914

Winnipeg General Strike

Mar 30, 1919

The 1919 General Strike takes place

Flood

Mar 30, 1950

Living on an old lake bed isn't easy

Metropolitan Corporation est.

Mar 31, 1960

Land use map of Winnipeg 1960

Unicity

Jan 1, 1972

Core Area Initiative

May 13, 1981