Old Kildonan is the northernmost
city ward
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of
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...
. Before the ''
City of Winnipeg Act
The amalgamation of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was the municipal incorporation of the old City of Winnipeg, 11 surrounding municipalities, and the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Metro) into a one Unified City of Winnipeg, or Unicity.
Th ...
'' of 1972, it was an independent
unincorporated municipality called the Municipality of Old Kildonan; prior to that, from 1914, it was a subdivision of the
Rural Municipality of Kildonan
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.
It is bounded by the north limit of the City of Winnipeg on the north; by the
CP Winnipeg Beach railway, slightly past
McPhillips Street
Route 180 (locally known as McPhillips Street) is a major arterial road and city route in northwestern Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It runs from Route 57 (Notre Dame Avenue) to Emes Avenue (Winnipeg city limits) near the Perimeter Highway, wher ...
, on the east; Brookside Boulevard (
Winnipeg Route 90
Route 90 is a major north-south arterial route in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It begins at the South Perimeter Highway (PTH 100) and ends at the city's northwest limit, where it continues north as PTH 7. Route 90 is designated as the city's air ...
) on the west; and by Inkster Boulevard (
Route 23) on the south.
The ward falls within the
community area of
Seven Oaks and is served by the
Seven Oaks School Division
Seven Oaks School Division is a school division in the north-west area of Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. Established in July 1959, it takes in the neighbourhoods of West Kildonan, Garden City, the Maples, Riverbend, Amber Trails, West St. Paul, ...
.
Its population was 47,155 as of the
2016 census.
Geography
Old Kildonan is the northernmost city ward in Winnipeg, stretching to the city's north perimeter.
Directly to its north is the
Rural Municipality of West St. Paul
West St. Paul is a rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. It lies adjacent to the north side of Winnipeg, and directly west of the Red River. It is part of the Winnipeg Metro Region, and had a population of 5,368 at the 2016 census.
It conta ...
, with the
RM of East St. Paul to its northeast. To its east, it is bounded by the
CP Winnipeg Beach railway (with a sliver reaching farther to
Main Street) past
McPhillips Street
Route 180 (locally known as McPhillips Street) is a major arterial road and city route in northwestern Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It runs from Route 57 (Notre Dame Avenue) to Emes Avenue (Winnipeg city limits) near the Perimeter Highway, wher ...
, sitting adjacent to the
North Kildonan
North Kildonan is a city ward in northern Winnipeg, and a former municipality in Manitoba, Canada. Its population was of 2016 was 44,664.
History
What is now North Kildonan was originally part of the Rural Municipality of Kildonan. In 1914, the ...
ward; to its west by Brookside Boulevard (
Winnipeg Route 90
Route 90 is a major north-south arterial route in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It begins at the South Perimeter Highway (PTH 100) and ends at the city's northwest limit, where it continues north as PTH 7. Route 90 is designated as the city's air ...
); to its south/southwest by Inkster Boulevard (
Route 23), adjacent to the
Point Douglas
Point Douglas is a provincial electoral district in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is named for a part of the city that is surrounded by a bend in the Red River. The riding covers the neighbourhoods of William Whyte, Dufferin Industrial, Nort ...
ward; and to its southeast by the Mynarski ward.
The ward includes such neighbourhoods as
Garden City, The Maples, Amber Trail, Leila-Mcphillips Triangle, Leila North, Templeton-Sinclair, North Inkster Industrial,
West Kildonan
West Kildonan is a residential suburb within the Old Kildonan and Mynarski city wards of Winnipeg, Manitoba, lying on the west side of the Red River, and immediately north of the old City of Winnipeg in the north-central part of the city.
It ...
Industrial, Rosser-Old Kildonan, and Mandalay West.
History
Old Kildonan was originally part of the
Rural Municipality of Kildonan
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in
Manitoba
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, from 1914 until 1921.
The Parish of Kildonan was founded in 1812 by the Scottish philanthropist
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
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People
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* Thomas (name)
* Thomas (surname)
* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the Ap ...
, who named it ''Kildonan'' in 1817 for the
Strath of Kildonan in
Sutherlandshire,
Scotland
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, from where many of the early settlers had come.
There, in 1851, the first
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...
in
western Canada
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was established.
The area was administered by the
Council of Assiniboia
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until the
creation of the Province of Manitoba in 1870. Following the signing of
Treaty 1
''Treaty 1'' (also known as the "Stone Fort Treaty") is an agreement established on August 3, 1871, between the Imperial Crown of Great Britain and Ireland and the Anishinabe and Swampy Cree nations. The first of a series of treaties called the ...
with the
Chippewa (
Anishinabe
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) and
Cree
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First Nations in 1871, settlement increased in the region and the process of municipal development had accelerated.
In 1875, Kildonan became one of the districts of the
Red River Colony
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,
and originally rivalled
Fort Garry
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in the Winnipeg area. In 1876, the community was
incorporated as the Municipality of Kildonan and St. James, later becoming the Rural Municipality of Kildonan in 1880/1881.
From 1875 to 1914, Kildonan covered a large area on both sides of the
Red River, just north of the original City of Winnipeg. In 1914, the Kildonan area was divided: the area east of the river became the
RM of East Kildonan, and the area west of the river became the
RM of West Kildonan.
West Kildonan at that time included the area of current-day Old Kildonan. However, because West Kildonan had been developed as a
residential suburb
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of Winnipeg, and wanted expensive urban services, while Old Kildonan remained primarily
rural
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, and still had the rural farming character of the "Old" Parish of Kildonan, the two areas (along with
North Kildonan
North Kildonan is a city ward in northern Winnipeg, and a former municipality in Manitoba, Canada. Its population was of 2016 was 44,664.
History
What is now North Kildonan was originally part of the Rural Municipality of Kildonan. In 1914, the ...
) divided into separate municipalities on 1 July 1921. After the division of the area, the first elected
reeve of Old Kildonan was Robert Toshack, with Councillor H. J. Seymour elected by
acclamation
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in June 1921.
The area did not see substantial development until the late 1960s with the construction of
The Maples subdivision, and even today contains substantial undeveloped areas and a number of farms.
Following the ''
City of Winnipeg Act
The amalgamation of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was the municipal incorporation of the old City of Winnipeg, 11 surrounding municipalities, and the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Metro) into a one Unified City of Winnipeg, or Unicity.
Th ...
'' of 1972, Old Kildonan was amalgamated into the
City of Winnipeg along with the other Kildonans and several other municipalities.
Past reeves
Prior to its 1972 amalgamation, Old Kildonan was led by the following elected
reeves
Reeves may refer to:
People
* Reeves (surname)
* B. Reeves Eason (1886–1956), American director, actor and screenwriter
* Reeves Nelson (born 1991), American basketball player
Places
;Ireland
* Reeves, County Kildare, townland in County K ...
:
Demographics and crime
The ward falls within the
community area of
Seven Oaks and is served by the
Seven Oaks School Division
Seven Oaks School Division is a school division in the north-west area of Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. Established in July 1959, it takes in the neighbourhoods of West Kildonan, Garden City, the Maples, Riverbend, Amber Trails, West St. Paul, ...
.
Its population was 39,358 as of the
2011 census, growing to 47,155 as of the
2016 census.
In 2017, to help balance ward populations, Winnipeg's Wards Boundaries Commission moved two neighbourhoods from Old Kildonan to
North Kildonan
North Kildonan is a city ward in northern Winnipeg, and a former municipality in Manitoba, Canada. Its population was of 2016 was 44,664.
History
What is now North Kildonan was originally part of the Rural Municipality of Kildonan. In 1914, the ...
: Riverbend and Rivergrove.
In 2018, from the first of January to September 28, 364 crimes were reported from the area to police, compared to 303 during the same period the previous year—marking a 20% increase. In both periods, the most frequently reported crime was
motor vehicle theft
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: 114 incidents in the 2018 period, compared to 82 from January to September 2017—a 39% increase.
See also
*
List of rural municipalities in Manitoba
A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Under the province's ''Municipal Act'' of 1997, an area must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a density of less than to incorporate ...
References
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