This one-storey brick building on Selkirk Avenue in Winnipeg, measuring 18 feet by 70 feet, was originally occupied by grocer Israel Badner who lived in an attached residence at the rear. In 1937, baker Morris Gunn, his wife Florence, and their children moved in and started the first Kosher bakery in western Canada. Gunn’s Bakery is still operated by family members although the building has been heavily renovated from its original appearance.
Badner’s Grocery (no date)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Jewish Historical Society Collection #2843
Gunn’s Grocery (October 2022)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91249, W97.13478
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Morris Gunn (?-1973)
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
“Bakery had humble beginnings,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 August 1991, page 39.
“Gunn’s Bakery serves new chapter,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 January 2019, page 9.
“The Gunn’s Bakery story,” The Endowment Book of Life.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 April 2023
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