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32-615: It is bounded by the Red River on the east; the north limit of Kildonan Golf Course, Main Street , Seaforth Avenue, the Canadian Pacific Railway Winnipeg Beach Subdivision, and Templeton Avenue on the north; McPhillips Street on the west; and Carruthers Avenue, McGregor Street, and the lane between McAdam and Smithfield Avenues on the south. It is notably home to Kildonan Park , West Kildonan Collegiate , and

64-498: A Roman Catholic parish located in the northernmost section of St. Vital. It was originally a trail that led from the parish south to the United States border at Emerson along the east side of the Red River. In rural Manitoba, St. Mary's Road is now incorporated into Provincial Roads 200 and 246 . A short section of Main Street was renamed Queen Elizabeth Way to commemorate the 2002 Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to

96-562: A rural municipality , called the Rural Municipality of St. Boniface. After the Town of Saint Boniface was formed in 1883, the RM continued operating as its own government, and was renamed to the Rural Municipality of St. Vital in 1903 to avoid confusion. From 1891, the municipality underwent a series of boundary changes, wherein it was reduced to the east and extended in the west and south. In 1912,

128-516: A francophone background until 1910. The anglophone population grew throughout this period, however: in 1912, Richard Wilson was elected as St. Vital's first anglophone reeve, and after 1913, Council business was conducted in English. The municipal government became more pro-business after this period, and supported municipal expansion. From 1920 to 1958, St. Vital was part of the provincial electoral division of St. Boniface . In 1923, St. Vital adopted

160-585: A photo published in the 1 May 1950 edition of Life magazine. In 1960, St. Vital became part of the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg , achieving city status soon after on 9 June 1962 with the passing of An Act to provide a Charter for the City of St. Vital . The city became involved in a school controversy in 1963–64, when six francophone families took their children out of school to protest bus fees for parochial school students. The matter

192-508: Is similar in size to St. Vital Park but more recently established; and Guay Park in north St. Vital, which contains a war memorial erected in honour of St. Vital residents killed in the two World Wars and in Korea. A system of linear parks along the Seine River was under development on the east side of the suburb. St. Vital Outdoor Pool was opened in 1967 as a Winnipeg Centennial project, and

224-734: The Louis Riel School Division ; the exceptions are two schools for francophones in south St. Vital operated by the Division Scolaire Franco-Manitobaine . There are also two parochial schools administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Boniface , and a number of private schools. The only major health care facility in St. Vital is St. Amant, located on River Road in the Minnetonka neighbourhood. It

256-832: The Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League while the Winnipeg Freeze play in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League . The Winnipeg Saints of the MJHL played out of St. Vital from 2000–2012. Maple Grove Park is home to the St. Vital Mustangs Football Club and Manitoba's largest rugby complex. St. Vital Outdoor Pool was opened in 1967 as a Winnipeg Centennial project, and was renovated on 30 June 2016. Upon reopening there, due to increased demand beyond allowable capacity, several swimmers were turned away. Most public schools in St. Vital are operated by

288-523: The Portage and Main corner, which is today the heart of the city. Upper Fort Garry was eventually demolished by the city in order to straighten the southern portion of Main Street and realign it to its current configuration. The north gate, the sole surviving piece of Upper Fort Garry, stands near the corner of Broadway and Main. St. Mary's Road is named after St. Mary's Parish ( Ste. Marie Paroisse in French),

320-675: The Richardson Building , and 360 Main (formerly the Commodities Exchange tower). Main Street is one of the oldest routes in the Winnipeg region. It originated as the trail between Lower Fort Garry and the various settlements huddled around the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers . Its intersection with the Portage Trail near Upper Fort Garry (now downtown Winnipeg) spawned

352-593: The St. Vital Museum , housed in the former residence of the St. Vital Police and Fire Departments; St. Vital Centre , a major regional shopping centre that opened in October 1979; and the National Historic Site of Riel House , consisting in the home of the family of Métis leader Louis Riel , restored to its 1886 condition. Its parks include St. Vital Park , one of Winnipeg's largest city parks; Maple Grove Park , which

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384-491: The Trans-Canada Highway ), Nova Vista, Warde Avenue, Beliveau Road, Meadowood Avenue, and Dunkirk Drive (and its southerly extension, Dakota Street). With the exception of a significant (though diminishing) semi-rural district in the south, St. Vital is almost entirely residential and has never been home to significant industrial or commercial enterprises, other than retail shops. Among the area's main attractions are

416-485: The single transferable voting system for its municipal elections, using this system until 1972. Between 1925 and 1927, the municipality lost its mandate to govern, when the Winnipeg Suburban Municipal Board stepped in due to financial difficulties. Moreover, with less than 10,000 people in the area, the municipality faced bankruptcy in 1926, as municipal growth outstripped tax revenues . Control of

448-633: The CPR tracks was developed beginning in the late 1950s. The R.M.'s municipal hall was located at 1760 Main Street. In January 1961 the Rural Municipality of West Kildonan asked the Province to designate it as a City. At the time the R.M. had a total tax assessment of C$ 15 million with a population of 19,000 citizens. Final approval by the Manitoba Legislature was given in April 1961 for the R.M. of West Kildonan and

480-517: The Jewish community have become increasingly popular. Winnipeg Route 52 Route 52 is a major north-south arterial route in Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada. It comprises all of Main Street, Queen Elizabeth Way, and St. Mary's Road. Route 52 begins at the south Perimeter Highway (Manitoba Highway 100) and along St. Mary's Road as the northern continuation of Manitoba Provincial Road 200 . It follows

512-482: The RM continued operating as its own government, and was renamed to the Rural Municipality of St. Vital in 1903 to avoid confusion. In 1960, it became part of the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg , achieving city status soon after in 1962 until the Winnipeg merger. As a city ward, St. Vital is represented by a member of Winnipeg City Council . With slightly different boundaries, it also comprises

544-586: The Town of Transcona to formally become cities via minor amendments to their respective municipal and provincial Acts. The first council meeting operating as the City of West Kildonan took place on April 25, 1961. Prior to 1972, it was the independent City of West Kildonan . Today, it is a popular suburb of the City of Winnipeg. Early on, West Kildonan attracted many people from Winnipeg's working class North End who became more affluent beginning after World War I , but who wished to remain close to their roots. To this day,

576-521: The Winnipeg neighbourhood clusters of St. Vital North and St. Vital South . The community was established by francophone settlers in 1822, and is the second-oldest permanent settlement in Manitoba after Kildonan . This community was named St. Vital by Archbishop Taché in 1860, in honour of the patron saint of his colleague, Father Vital-Justin Grandin . The community became established in 1880 as

608-482: The area has a large Eastern European population. This area, along with nearby Garden City are home to large portions of Winnipeg's Jewish population. Historically, the West Kildonan and Garden City areas have been two of Canada's largest Jewish neighbourhoods. Synagogues , Hebrew educational programming, Kosher supermarkets and Jewish cemeteries are common throughout the area. In recent years condominiums catering to

640-471: The city crest. Prior to its amalgamation into Winnipeg in 1972, St. Vital was led by a reeve or mayor . St. Vital remained a strongly francophone community in the early decades after Manitoba's incorporation as a Canadian province in 1870, with every reeve and councillor being of a francophone background until 1910. St. Vital's population increased from only 1,800 at the end of World War I to 11,000 in 1933. By 1951, 63% of St. Vital's population

672-472: The city. From south to north. The entire route is in Winnipeg . St. Vital, Winnipeg St. Vital ( French : Saint-Vital ) is a ward and neighbourhood of Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada . Located in the south-central part of the city, it is bounded on the north by Carrière Avenue; on the south by the northern limit of the Rural Municipality of Ritchot ; on the west by the Red River ; and on

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704-711: The community on the west side of the Red River separated to form the RM of Fort Garry ; in 1914, a large tract of land was annexed to the City of St. Boniface and land annexed from the RM of Ritchot . It was bounded on the west and east by the Red and Seine Rivers, Carriere Avenue on the north and Grande Pointe on the south. The municipality included parts of the Parishes of St. Boniface, St. Vital, and St. Norbert . The original Parish of St. Vital existed in present-day St. Vital in addition to much of Fort Garry , another present-day suburb on

736-561: The current boundaries in 1921. West Kildonan is one of Winnipeg's earliest residential suburbs. The areas east of the CPR Winnipeg Beach tracks and south of Hartford Avenue were substantially developed by the 1910s and 1920s. West of the tracks, the Garden City neighbourhood was developed in the 1950s and 1960s, as was the area north of Hartford Avenue east of the tracks. The Garden Park community located north of Leila Avenue and west of

768-513: The east by the Seine River , except for the part lying south of the Perimeter Highway , which extends east across the Seine to the boundary of the RM of Springfield . The population as of the 2016 census was 67,580. Merging with Winnipeg in 1972, St. Vital was established in 1880 as a rural municipality , called the RM of St. Boniface . After the Town of Saint Boniface was formed in 1883,

800-666: The east side of the Red River to the Norwood Bridge , it crosses the river and becomes Queen Elizabeth Way. It continues to the Main Street Bridge over the Assiniboine River , where it enters downtown and becomes Main Street. After passing through downtown, it runs along the west bank of the Red River to its northern terminus at the Winnipeg city limits, just south of the north Perimeter Highway (Manitoba Highway 101), and becomes Manitoba Highway 9 . Route 52 passes through

832-400: The former West Kildonan North Stars . The Battle of Seven Oaks was fought in what is now West Kildonan in 1816. The area was part of the original Municipality of Kildonan , which was established in 1876. Kildonan was divided in eastern and western halves in 1914 and the more heavily developed areas of West Kildonan separated from areas which remained primarily rural (Old Kildonan) to assume

864-490: The municipality was assumed by the provincial government's Municipal and Public Utilities Board for one year. In 1950, the district was seriously affected by the Red River flood , with the entire developed area of St. Vital being under water at one point. The neighbourhoods of Kingston Crescent and Elm Park were the hardest hit. The fire hall in Elm Park was protected with sandbags and sheltered dozens of evacuees, as shown in

896-581: The suburbs of West Kildonan , the North End , Downtown , Fort Rouge , St. Boniface , and St. Vital . The section between Broadway and St. Anne's Road is part of Manitoba Highway 1 , the Trans-Canada Highway . Many of Winnipeg's most prominent buildings and institutions are located along Main Street, including City Hall, the Centennial Concert Hall , the Manitoba Museum , Union Station ,

928-431: The west side of the Red River. It began in 1861 when Bishop Taché, on the east side of the Red River, built a small schoolhouse inside which a small chapel was built. The parish was home to many French-speaking settlers, particularly Métis . St. Vital remained a strongly francophone community in the early decades after Manitoba's incorporation as a Canadian province in 1870, with every reeve and councillor being of

960-713: Was of British background, and the francophone population had fallen to under 13%. As of 2006, 17.4% of residents of St. Vital speak either both English and French or French only, while 82% speak English only and 0.6% speak neither English nor French. St. Vital includes many working- and middle-class neighbourhoods. Among them are Alpine Place, Elm Park , Glenwood , Lavalee, Norberry, St. George, Varennes , Worthington, Kingston Crescent, Minnetonka (also known as Riel), Pulberry, Victoria Crescent, Vista, St. Vital Centre, Sage Creek, Meadowood, Royalwood, and Fraipont. Major streets in St. Vital include St. Mary's Road , St. Anne's Road , Abinojii Mikanah , Fermor Avenue (part of

992-598: Was renovated on 30 June 2016. Upon reopening there, due to increased demand beyond allowable capacity, several swimmers were turned away. St. Vital is also home to Winnipeg’s only Francophone outdoor market Jardins St-Léon Gardens . The St. Vital area contains a number of community centres, including the St. Vital Centennial Arena and the Dakota Community Centre, which includes the Jonathan Toews Sportsplex. The St. Vital Victorias are members of

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1024-461: Was resolved following a 3-month standoff. In 1972, the City of St. Vital and several other municipalities merged with Winnipeg as part of the Unicity project laid out in the 1971 City of Winnipeg Act , whereupon it became a ward of the city and moved to first-past-the-post voting . Some residents were reluctant to amalgamate with Winnipeg, and the former municipal government held a mock burial of

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