Manitoba Business: Sutherland Construction Company

This Winnipeg-based general construction company was operated by John Sutherland and his sons John Nicholson Sutherland and George McIvor Sutherland. It appears the company was dissolved in late 1929 or early 1930.

Some of the Manitoba buildings that the firm constructed:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Fire Hall No. 12

1055 Dorchester Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

 

Fire Hall No. 13

410 Cathedral Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

 

Nanton Block

391 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (1985)

Carlton Building

354 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

 

Vulcan Iron Works (addition)

105 Maple Street North, Winnipeg

1912

Destroyed by fire (4 July 2023)

Isaac Brock School

1265 Barratt Avenue, Winnipeg

1913-1914

 

Ellice Block

468 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg

1914

 

King Edward School No. 2

825 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

Demolished (1977)

Curry Building

233 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1915

 

Lord Kitchener School

1490 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg

1915

 

Lord Wolseley School

939 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg

1915

 

Salisbury School No. 1

795 Prince Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg

1915

Demolished (1987)

Carlton Building (renovation)

354 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1916

 

Stanley Brock Building

145 Market Avenue, Winnipeg

1916

 

St. George's Anglican Church

168 Wilton Street, Winnipeg

1916

Demolished (1957)

Willys-Overland Building

686 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1916

 

Stovel Block (restoration)

245 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg

1916-1917

 

Alaska Bedding Warehouse

129 Gomez Street North, Winnipeg

1917

 

Anna Gibson School

77 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg

1919

Demolished (2005)

Jewish Orphanage

133 Matheson Avenue East, Winnipeg

1919-1920

Demolished (1962)

Alaska Bedding Warehouse (addition)

129 Gomez Street North, Winnipeg

1920

 

Champlain School

Machray Avenue, Winnipeg

1920

Demolished (1991)

General Wolfe School

Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg

1920

Demolished (1977)

Manitoba Cold Storage Warehouse (addition)

151 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg

1920

Destroyed by fire (2004)

Margaret Scott School

825 Alfred Avenue, Winnipeg

1920

Demolished (1990)

Montcalm School

120 Tecumseh Street, Winnipeg

1920

 

Salisbury School No. 2

795 Prince Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg

1920-1921

Demolished (2002)

Sir John Franklin School

386 Beaverbrook Street, Winnipeg

1921

 

Starland Theatre

626 Main Street, Winnipeg

1921

Demolished (2008)

Wolseley School

511 Clifton Street, Winnipeg

1921

 

Faraday School

405 Parr Street, Winnipeg

1922

 

Grosvenor School

1045 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg

1922

 

City Dray Garage

276 Rupert Street, Winnipeg

1923

Demolished (?)

St. Joseph’s Hospital (expansion)

421 Pritchard Avenue, Winnipeg

1926

 

Wallingford Press Building

303 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg

1926

 

Salvation Army Cadet College

1091 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1926-1927

Demolished (?)

First Presbyterian Church

61 Picardy Place, Winnipeg

1927

 

Cumberland Court (alterations)

365 Cumberland Avenue, Winnipeg

1928

 

Vulcan Iron Works (addition)

105 Maple Street North, Winnipeg

1929

Destroyed by fire (4 July 2023)

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: John Sutherland (1860-1943)

Sources:

“Building permits,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 July 1911, page 16.

“School contract let,” Manitoba Free Press, 1 April 1914, page 22.

“Contract awarded for Curry Block,” Manitoba Free Press, 21 April 1915, page 9.

“Sutherland Construction Co., Ltd.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 September 1915, page 150.

“New St. George’s church,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 September 1916, page 23.

“Two big garages are being built,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 October 1916, page 8.

“Building contracts let,” Manitoba Free Press, 16 June 1917, page 6.

“New Starland to startle public,” Manitoba Free Press, 3 September 1921, page 33.

“Special meeting of school board awards two contracts,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 May 1922, page 8.

“Permits for 14 homes taken within weeks,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 April 1923, page 6.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

“Building permits in city growing daily,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 April 1926, page 4.

“City and district,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 October 1926, page 4.

“Work start on Salvation Army Training Home,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 October 1926, page 6.

“Permit for the construction,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 November 1926, page 18.

“Work starts on construction of Cadet College,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 March 1927, page 5.

“Building for 1928 total 1,450; 450 dwellings,” Manitoba Free Press, 16 June 1928, page 16.

“Construction work in progress in Winnipeg,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 April 1929, page 32.

“Temple facade to get new life,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 July 1985.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 March 2024