A complex of red brick buildings and five large concrete silos (three of which built in 1962, and the other two sometime later) on Hervo Street, in the Fort Garry area of Winnipeg, was constructed betwee 1939 and 1940 by the firm of Carter-Halls-Aldinger, with structural steel from Dominion Bridge, as a sugar manufacturing plant of the Manitoba Sugar Company.
Closed in early 1997, the site is now occupied by several other businesses.
Manitoba Sugar Company plant under construction (1940)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 5 October 1940, page 26.
Manitoba Sugar Company plant under construction (1940)
Source: Growing Sugar in Manitoba, 1940-1990.
Aerial view of the Manitoba Sugar Company plant (circa 1961)
Source: Manitoba Sugar Beet Bulletin, Spring 1962.
Manitoba Sugar Company plant (1942)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Winnipeg - Buildings - Business - Manitoba Sugar Co 2
The former Manitoba Sugar Company plant and storage silos (November 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Manitoba Sugar Company plant and storage silos (November 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Five concrete silos formerly used for storing processed white sugar, the three at left being constructed in early 1962 (November 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Rear of the former Manitoba Sugar Company building (November 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Former Manitoba Sugar Company building (March 2021)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Location (lat/long): N49.82617, W97.15917
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Carter-Halls-Aldinger / Commonwealth Construction Company
Manitoba Business: Dominion Bridge Company
Manitoba Business: Manitoba Sugar Company
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Abandoned Manitoba
“Structural steel for the new Manitoba Sugar Company was erected by the Dominion Bridge Company,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 October 1940, page 26.
“1962 in review,” Manitoba Sugar Beet Bulletin, Volume 19, May 1963. [Manitoba Legislative Library]
Growing Sugar in Manitoba, 1940-1990 by Susan Hiebert for the Manitoba Sugar Beet Producers’ Association, 1990. [Manitoba Legislative Library, HD9114.C2.M3 Hie]
“Sugar plant, trade killed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 January 1997, page 1.
We thank Rose Kuzina and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 February 2024
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