This brick building on Winnipeg Avenue in Winnipeg was constructed in 1914 by Alberta-based contractor James C. Cahoon as a chapel for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons). The first service was held on 31 May 1914. When completed, it had seating space for 200 people, a baptismal font, and living quarters for missionaries in the basement. Stained glass windows over its main entrance depicted the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Dedicated on 30 August 1914, it became the first LDS meeting house in Canada outside of Alberta.
By the 1950s, the building had become too small to meet the needs of a growing congregation so, in 1958, they moved to a newly constructed church at 505 Academy Road.
The former Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (May 2025)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90523, W97.16808
denoted by symbol on the map above
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 285/1914, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Mormons of Winnipeg dedicate new chapel,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 June 1958, page 9.
Manitoba by Raymond M. Shirritt-Beaumont, Chapter 12 in Canadian Mormons: History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints edited by Roy A. Prete and Carma T. Prete, 2017, pages 329-360.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by Michael Veith and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 May 2025
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