MHS Archives: Manitoba Organizations

Manitoba OrganizationsLink to:
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This is a collection of short histories of some Manitoba organizations researched by the Manitoba Historical Society, some of which have received our Centennial Organization Award.

Centennial Organizations

The MHS Centennial Organization Award is for non-profit and not-for-profit groups that have operated continuously in Manitoba for 100 years or more. Further information on this program is available here.

Organization

Year founded

L’Alliance Francais du Manitoba

1916

Assiniboine School

1923

Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors

1881

Association of Manitoba Municipalities

1905

Bannatyne School

1911

Brandon Club

1896

Brandon University

1899

Brandon YWCA

1907

Brant Consolidated School No. 1703

1914

CAA Manitoba

1904

The Canadian Club of Winnipeg

1904

Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors

1913

Carman Health Auxiliary

1904

Cathedral Church of St. John

1820

Chapman School

1915

Child & Family Services of Western Manitoba

1899

Christmas Cheer Board of Winnipeg

1919

Le Club Belge (Belgian Club)

1905

Convalescent Home of Winnipeg

1903

Cornish Library

1915

Council of Winnipeg Women

1894

Crescent Fort Rouge United Church

1883

Deer Lodge Centre

1916

Elks Lodge No. 10

1913

Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba (Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba)

1919

Faraday School

1922

Grace Hospital

1904

Grand Lodge of Manitoba AF & AM

1875

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

1900

Immaculate Heart of Mary School

1905

Kelvin High School

1912

Kiwanis Club of Winnipeg

1917

Linwood School

1914

Lord Roberts School

1911

Manitoba 4-H Clubs

1913

Manitoba Association of Optometrists

1909

Manitoba Beekeepers Association

1903

Manitoba Curling Association / Manitoba Ladies Curling Association / Curl Manitoba

1888

Manitoba Motorcycle Club

1907

Manitoba School Boards Association (Manitoba Association of School Trustees)

1907

Manitoba Women’s Institute

1910

North West Commercial Travellers’ Association of Canada

1882

Parish Church of Saint Michael and All Angels

1904

Pine Ridge Golf Club

1912

Polish Fraternal Aid Society of St. John Cantius

1917

Portage Collegiate Institute

1895

Portage Health Auxiliary

late 1880s

Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba

1882

Rotary Club of Winnipeg

1910

St. Andrew’s Society of Winnipeg

1871

St. Demetrius Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church

1904

St. John’s Lawn Bowling Club

1904

St. John’s Library

1915

St. John’s College School / Ravenscourt School / St. John’s-Ravenscourt School

1820

St. Mary’s Academy

1869

St. Matthew’s Cathedral

1882

St. Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church

1899

St. Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church

1918

St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church

1901

St. Paul’s Anglican Church

1898

Sanatorium Board of Manitoba / Lung Association of Manitoba

1904

Sprague Community Cemetery

1914

Starbuck United Church

1886

Sturgeon Creek United Church

1908

Treherne Agricultural Society

1900

Ukrainian Catholic Parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

1906

University of Manitoba

1877

University of Winnipeg

1871

University Women’s Club of Winnipeg

1909

Villa Rosa

1898

Village of Winnipegosis

1915

Virden and Communities Chamber of Commerce

1916

Virden and District Health Auxiliary

1906

Wellington Elementary School

1898

Westminster United Church

1892

Whiteshell Baptist Church

1902

Winnipeg Art Gallery

1912

Winnipeg Board of Trade / Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce

1873

The Winnipeg Foundation

1921

Winnipeg Humane Society

1894

Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir

1923

Winnipeg Press Club

1887

Winnipeg Sketch Club

1914

The Women’s Canadian Club of Winnipeg

1907

Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg

1894

Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA)

1919

Military Units

Manitoba 44th Battalion

27th “City of Winnipeg” Battalion

78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers)

Other Organizations

Aberdeen, Banff and Kincardine Shires Association of Winnipeg

Adanac Club

Agassiz School Division No. 13

Agricultural Societies

Air Training Command No. 2

Ancient Free & Accepted Masons (AF & AM)

Ancient Order of Foresters

Ancient Order of United Workmen

Antler River School Division No. 43

Archdiocese of Winnipeg

Armstrong Municipal School District No. 1842

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

Assiniboine Curling Club

Assiniboine Golf Club

Assiniboine Historical Society

Assiniboine Lawn Bowling Club

Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club

Assiniboine North School Division No. 2

Assiniboine South School Division No. 3

Association for Manitoba Archives

Balmoral Hall

Beautiful Plains School Division No. 31

Birch River Municipal School District No. 1502

Birdtail River School Division No. 38

Blackstone Club

Border Land School Division

Boundary School District No. 16

Boundary Commission NWMP Trail Association / Boundary Trail Heritage Region

Brandon Board of Trade / Brandon Chamber of Commerce

Brandon School Division

Brandon Vocational Training Centre / Manitoba Vocational Training Centre / Assiniboine Community College

Brandon Wheat Kings

Breezy Bend Country Club

Brooklands School District No. 1440

Bruxelles Brass Band

Burntwood Curling Club

Bushey School District No. 1651

Caledonian Curling Club

Canadian Army Dental Corps (CADC)

Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC)

Canadian Institute of International Affairs / Canadian International Council

Canadian Order of Foresters

Canukeena Club

Carman Curling Club / Carman Golf Club / Carman Golf and Curling Club

Charleswood Curling Club

Civic Curling Club

Civic Caledonian Curling Club

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba

Commercial Club of Winnipeg / Carleton Club

Communist Party of Canada (Manitoba Branch)

Concordia Club

Conservative Party / Progressive Conservative Party

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)

Canadian Pacific Railway Curling Club / Victoria Curling Club

Dauphin Ochre School Division No. 33

Deer Lodge Curling Club

Delta Waterfowl Foundation

Diocese of Rupert’s Land

Duck Mountain School Division No. 34

Ducks Unlimited Canada

East St. Paul Curling Club

Eaton Curling Club

Elmhurst Golf Club / Alcrest Golf Club / Charleswood Golf Club

Elmhurst Golf and Country Club

Elmwood Curling Club

Evergreen School Division No. 22

Flin Flon School District No. 2228 / Flin Flon School Division No. 46

Fort Garry Curling Club

Fort Garry School Division No. 5

Fort La Bosse School Division No. 41

Fort Rouge Curling Club

Fort Whyte Nature Centre [FortWhyte Alive]

Fraternal Order of Eagles

Glendale Golf and Country Club

Grain Exchange Curling Club

Granite Curling Club

Gray Academy of Jewish Education

Greater Winnipeg Sanitary District

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Grey Nuns

Gyro Club of Winnipeg

Hanover School Division

Heather Curling Club

Henboden School District No. 520

Homestead School District No. 1581

Hoof and Horn Club

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire / IODE Canada

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba / Chartered Professional Accountants Manitoba

Interlake School Division No. 21

Intermountain School Division No. 36

International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo

Jewish Radical School

Joseph Zuken Memorial Association

The Junior League of Winnipeg

Kelsey School Division No. 45

Keystone Agricultural Producers

Kinsmen Club of Winnipeg

Knights of Columbus

Knights of Pythias

Knowles Home for Boys / Knowles School for Boys / Knowles Centre

Lakeshore School Division No. 23

Lakewood Country Club

Law Society of Manitoba

Liberal Party

The Lord Selkirk Association of Rupert's Land

Lord Selkirk School Division

Louis Riel School Division

Louisa Loeb Permit Teachers of Manitoba

Loyal Orange Association of Manitoba / Grand Orange Lodge of Manitoba

Sir Hugh John Macdonald Memorial Hostel / Macdonald Youth Services / The Link

Manitoba Archaeological Society

Manitoba Arts Council

Manitoba Association of Architects

Manitoba Association of Landscape Architects

Manitoba Association of Parent Councils

Manitoba Bar Association

Manitoba Centennial Corporation

Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

Manitoba Chambers of Commerce

Manitoba Club

Manitoba Dairy Association

Manitoba Dental Association

Manitoba Educational Association

Manitoba Elks Association

Manitoba Federation of Agriculture / Manitoba Federation of Agriculture and Co-operation

Manitoba Federation of Game and Fish Associations / Manitoba Wildlife Federation

Manitoba Film Censor Board / Manitoba Film Classification Board

Manitoba Forestry Association

Manitoba Game Association / Manitoba Game and Fish Association / Greater Winnipeg Game and Fish Association / Winnipeg Game and Fish Association

Manitoba Genealogical Society

Manitoba Golf Association / Manitoba Ladies Golf Association / Golf Manitoba

Manitoba Good Roads Association

Manitoba Grain Growers Association / United Farmers of Manitoba / Progressive Party of Manitoba

Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation / Manitoba Habitat Conservancy

Manitoba Heritage Federation

Manitoba Horticultural Association

Manitoba Hospital Service Association / Manitoba Medical Service / Manitoba Blue Cross

Manitoba Hotel Association

Manitoba Institute of Agrologists

Manitoba Medical Associatio / Doctors Manitoba

Manitoba Metis Federation

Manitoba Museum

Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association / College of Pharmacists of Manitoba

Manitoba Progressive Party

Manitoba Record Society

Manitoba Scientific and Historical Society / Manitoba Historical Society

Manitoba School for the Deaf

Manitoba Society of Artists

Manitoba Soil Science Society

Manitoba Sugar Beet Producers’ Association

Manitoba Teachers’ Federation / Manitoba Teachers’ Society

Manitoba War Brides Association

Manitoba Water Council

Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association / Manitoba Community Newspapers Association

Manitoba Women’s Institutes

Manitoba Yacht Club / Royal Manitoba Yacht Club

Maple Leaf Curling Club

Martin’s Heights School District No. 16

Marymound

Mentors’ Club of Winnipeg

Midland School Division No. 25

Morden Curling Club

Morris-Macdonald School Division No. 19

Motor Country Club

Mountain School Division No. 28

Mystery Lake School District

Natural History Society of Manitoba / Manitoba Naturalists Society / Nature Manitoba

New Democratic Party (NDP)

Niakwa Country Club

North Springfield School District No. 38

Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival

Norwood School Division No. 8

Old Timers’ Association of Manitoba

Outlook Club of Winnipeg

Parkland Ukrainian Pioneer Association

Patrons of Industry

Pelly Trail School Division No. 37

Pembina Curling Club

Pembina Trails School Division

Pembina Valley School Division No. 27

I. L. Peretz School / I. L. Peretz Folk School

Photographers’ Association of Western Canada

Pine Creek School Division No. 30

Political Equality League

Portage Country Club

Portage la Prairie School Division No. 24

Red River College

Red River Exhibition Association

Red River School Division No. 17

River East School Division No. 9 / River East Transcona School Division

Riverview Health Centre

Rolling River School Division No. 39

Royal Templars of Temperance

Royal Winnipeg Ballet

St. Andrew’s College

St. Boniface College / Université de Saint-Boniface

St. Boniface Golf Club

St. Boniface Historical Society / La Société historique de Saint-Boniface)

St. Boniface School Division No. 4

St. Charles Country Club

St. David’s Society of Winnipeg

St. James - Assiniboia School Division

St. John’s College

St. Johns Curling Club

St. Paul’s College

St. Vital Curling Club

St. Vital School Division No. 6

Salvation Army

Sanatorium Board of Manitoba / Manitoba Lung Association

Scientific Club of Winnipeg

Seine River School Division No. 14

Seven Oaks School Division No. 10

Social Credit Party

Sons of England Benefit Society

Souris Valley School Division No. 42

Southwood Golf and Country Club

Stanley School Division No. 26 / Garden Valley School Division No. 26

Strathcona Curling Club

Swan Valley School Division No. 35

Telephones Curling Club

Terminal Curling Club

Thistle Curling Club

Tiger Hills School Division No. 29

Transcona School District

Transcona-Springfield School Division No. 12

Turtle Mountain School Division No. 44

Turtle River School Division No. 32

University of Manitoba Students’ Union

University Women’s Club of Portage la Prairie

Valour Road Curling Club

Vegetable Growers’ Association of Manitoba

Victoria Hockey Club

Virden Wellview Golf Club

Western Canada Fire Underwriters Association

Western School Division No. 47

West Kildonan Curling Club

White Horse Plain School Division No. 20

Wildewood Club

Willow School District No. 1229

Winnipeg Architecture Foundation

Winnipeg Builders’ Exchange / Winnipeg Construction Association

Winnipeg Executives Association (WEA)

Winnipeg Housing Rehabilitation Corporation

Winnipeg Little Theatre / Theatre 77 / Manitoba Theatre Centre / Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre

Winnipeg Canoe Club

Winnipeg Dairymen’s Association / Excelsior Dairy Society / Greater Winnipeg Excelsior Dairymen’s Association

Winnipeg Enterprises Corporation

Winnipeg Falcons

Winnipeg Football Club / Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Winnipeg Golf Club / Norwood Golf Club

Winnipeg Grain Exchange

Winnipeg Horticultural Society

Winnipeg Lawn Tennis Club

Winnipeg Philatelic Society

Winnipeg Real Estate Board / WinnipegREALTORS Association / Winnipeg Regional Real Estate Board

Winnipeg Robert Burns Club

Winnipeg Rowing Club

Winnipeg School of Art

Winnipeg School Division

Winnipeg Sketch Club

Winnipeg Stock Exchange

Winnipeg Swimming Club

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Winnipeg Toilers Basketball Club

Winnipeg Winter Club

Winnipegosis Historical Society

Women’s Christian Temperance Union

York School District No. 1783

Committees

Lake Manitoba Regulation Review Advisory Committee

See Also:

MHS Resources: Manitoba Businesses

Sources:

We thank Nathan Kramer, Dan Furlan, Rick Mutton, and Ted Fransen for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 November 2024