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This three-storey brick building on Aberdeen Avenue in Winnipeg was designed by local architect Raymond Marwood-Elton Carey and built in 1918 as a Nurses' Residence for the Winnipeg Children’s Hospital. The structure measured 49 feet wide and 139 feet long and cost around $90,000 to complete. The building was officially opened by Premier T. C. Norris during a nursing graduation ceremony on 17 December 1918.
In the mid-1950s, the building, along with the surrounding hospital site, was acquired by the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (Ukrainian Catholic Church) following construction of the new Children’s Hospital (opened 2 December 1956) on the expanded grounds of the Winnipeg General Hospital. The former Children’s Hospital site was acquired for $250,000 and the hospital building was converted into the Holy Family Personal Care Home, currently Holy Family Home. The Nurses’ Residence was converted into a school for girls, operating as The Immaculate Heart of Mary Academy. It opened officially on 26 May 1957 and operated until 1963. It was relocated to the new quarters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary School (IHMS), formerly St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic School at 650 Flora Avenue. Two years later, the Academy ceased to exist and the IHMS changes its curricula to accommodate kindergarten to grade eight.
The structure was then turned into a residence for the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate.
Period
Principal
1957-1958
Sister Bernarda Chrunik SSMI
1958-1961
Sister Claudia Popowich SSMI
1961-1963
Sister Ruth Yakimishyn SSMI
No information.
Children’s Hospital Nurses’ Residence (1920) by Lewis B. Foote
Source: Health Sciences Centre Archives & Museum
The former Children’s Hospital Nurses’ Residence (September 2015)
Source: Nathan Kramer
The former Children’s Hospital Nurses’ Residence (September 2015)
Source: Nathan Kramer
The former Children’s Hospital Nurses’ Residence (April 2018)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91579, W97.12871
denoted by symbol on the map above
“To erect new Nurses' Home,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 May 1918, page 5.
“Norris opens Nurses' Home,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 December 1918, page 19.
“Secure $50,000 for Nurses' Home at Children's Hospital,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 February 1919, page 7.
“Ask public to support annual hospital bazaar,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 November 1920, page 40.
“Children's Hospital: a haven for aged?” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 November 1955, page 3.
Holy Family Home. Booklet and Program for Official Opening, Winnipeg, 1957.
“Nothing but the best for sick children,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 December 1958, page 50.
“Opening ceremonies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 December 1956, page 50.
“Ukrainians launch home for aged here,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 May 1957, page 3.
“UCWL Reception is planned Wednesday for scholar fund,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 September 1958, page 18.
“Tea proceeds slated for Academy library,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 September 1960, page 20.
“[Photo caption], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 December 1960, page 26.
“2,000 watch opening,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 April 1963, page 7.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Holy Family Home: The First 50 Years by Stella M. Hryniuk, Winnipeg: Holy Family Home, Inc., 2007, 108 pages.
The Spirit is Strong: St. Nicholas/Immaculate Heart of Mary School 100th Anniversary 1905-2005. Winnipeg: Immaculate Heart of Mary School 100th Anniversary Committee, 2013, 126 pages.
We thank Jordan Makichuk and June Dutka for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 30 October 2025
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