Historic Sites of Manitoba: Monarch Life Building / Workers Compensation Building (333 Broadway, Winnipeg)
This six-storey building on Broadway in Winnipeg was designed by the architectural firm of Smith Carter Searle and Associates and constructed between 1960 and 1961 for the Monarch Life Assurance Company. In its lobby is a brass plaque listing employees of the firm who served in military forces during the Second World War, including those who were killed.
Occupied by the Workers Compensation Building since 1999, extensive renovations between 2011 and 2013 were recognized with a Conservation Award from Heritage Winnipeg. It became a municipally-designated historic building in 2021.

Aerial view of the Monarch Life Building (1960s)
Source: Planning, Property & Development, City of Winnipeg
, #0160.

Postcard view of the Monarch Life Building (1960s)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2019-0089

Workers Compensation Building (May 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Workers Compensation Building (February 2021)
Source: George Penner

Commemorative plaque in the lobby of the Workers Compensation Building (May 2017)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Site Location (lat/long): N49.88749, W97.14240 denoted by symbol on the map above |
Second World War Casualities
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Charles Geoffrey Bradshaw |
Veterans Guard of Canada |
Lieutenant Colonel |
13 August 1891 |
18 February 1946 |
Harold Alexander Coutts |
171 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
30 November 1913 |
7 March 1945 |
Ian Bruce Croll |
21 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Lieutenant |
17 March 1910 |
15 June 1944 |
See also:
Manitoba Business: Monarch Life Assurance Company
Manitoba Business: Smith Carter and Katelnikoff / Smith Carter Architects and Engineers / Architecture49
Sources:
“Broadway due for new buildings,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 February 1960, page 37.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 6 January 2023
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