CharleswoodManitoba Communities: Charleswood (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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The basis for the name of this municipality is unclear. Some sources indicate it was named by people from St. Charles, the area across the Assiniboine River, who crossed to cut wood here. It has also been suggested the name was given in commemoration of Charles Kelly, the only one of five sons of early settler Patrick H. Kelly who remained in the area and developed building lots in it.

Present Status

City of Winnipeg (1 January 1972)

Incorporation History

Rural Municipality of Charleswood (15 February 1913)
Amalgamation of Assiniboia, Brooklands, Charleswood, East Kildonan, Fort Garry, North Kildonan, Old Kildonan, St. Boniface, St. James, St. Vital, Transcona, Tuxedo, West Kildonan, and Winnipeg (1 January 1972)

Land Area (square km)

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Population

Year

Total

1901

450

1911

701

1921

869

1931

1226

1941

1934

1951

3680

1956

4982

1961

6243

1966

7373

1971

12180

Reeves / Mayors

Term

Reeve / Mayor

1913

George Thomas Chapman (1861-1940)

1914-1916

William Cyrenius Hall (1862-1920)

1916-1926

George Thomas Chapman (1861-1940)

1926-1928

Thomas McKnight (1873-1939)

1928-1930

Frank Allen Sparrow (1878-1967)

1930-1931

Thomas McKnight (1873-1939)

1931-1932

George Thomas Chapman (1861-1940)

1932-1935

Thomas McKnight (1873-1939)

1935-1945

Arnold Parkin (1891-1948)

1945-1953

John Holmes Cathcart (1892-1959)

1953-1955

James Fraser Moore Cox (1913-1999)

1955-1959

John Holmes Cathcart (1892-1959)

1959-1963

Cyril Frederick Hayward (c1897-1974)

1963-1965

Jan K. “John” Hilgenga (1906-1992)

1965-1971

Arthur Thomas Moug (1926-2003)

1972

Merged into Winnipeg

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Charleswood Municipal Hall / Charleswood Community Museum (5006 Roblin Boulevard, Winnipeg)

Sources:

Manitoba Gazette, 1913-1971. Manitoba Legislative Library.

An Act to Amend The Municipal Boundaries Act, Statutes of Manitoba, 3 George V, 1913, Chapter 41, page 133.

“Charleswood’s isolation charms people,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1971, page 22.

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

We thank Cyril Doherty and Jill Paskewitz for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 November 2022