List of trolleybus systems in Canada

This is a list of trolleybus systems in Canada by Province. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.

Contents 1 Alberta 2 British Columbia 3 Manitoba 4 Nova Scotia 5 Ontario 6 Quebec 7 Saskatchewan 8 See also 9 Notes 10 Sources 10.1 Books and periodicals 10.2 References 11 Further reading 12 External links

Alberta

Name of System (current or last)	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Calgary Transit System	Calgary	1 June 1947	8 March 1975
Edmonton Transit System[fn 1]	Edmonton	24 September 1939	2 May 2009	[1][2] See also Trolleybuses in Edmonton.

British Columbia

Name of System (current or last)	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
TransLink[fn 2]	Vancouver	16 August 1948		Also a demonstration, 5–14 December 1945. See also Trolleybuses in Vancouver.
British Columbia Electric Railway	(Victoria)	19 November 1945	30 November 1945	Demonstration

Manitoba

Name of System (current or last)	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Metro Transit[fn 3]	Winnipeg	21 November 1938	30 October 1970

Nova Scotia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Nova Scotia Light & Power Company	Halifax	27 March 1949	31 December 1969

Ontario

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company, Limited	Cornwall	8 June 1949	31 May 1970
Fort William Transit Company	Fort William	December 15, 1947	1970	see Thunder Bay.
Hamilton Street Railway	Hamilton	10 December 1950	30 December 1992
Kitchener Public Utilities Commission	Kitchener	1 January 1947	26 March 1973
Ottawa Transportation Commission	Ottawa	15 December 1951	27 June 1959
Port Arthur Transit	Port Arthur	1947	1970	see Thunder Bay.
Thunder Bay Transit	Thunder Bay	15 December 1947	16 July 1972	Fort William and Port Arthur merged to form Thunder Bay from 31 December 1969.
Toronto Transit Commission[fn 4]	Toronto	18 June 1922 19 June 1947	31 August 1925 16 July 1993	Service suspended 19 Jan. to 4 Sep. 1992.[3] Final closure on 16 July 1993 (the very early hours of 17 July).[4]
Sandwich, Windsor & Amherstburg Railway Company	Windsor	5 May 1922	November 1926	[5]

Quebec

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Montreal Tramways Company	Montreal	29 March 1937	18 June 1966

Saskatchewan

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Regina Municipal Railway Regina Transit System	Regina	4 September 1947	28 February 1966
Saskatoon Transit System	Saskatoon	22 November 1948	13 May 1974

See also

• List of trolleybus systems, for all other countries
• Trolleybus
• List of town tramway systems
• List of light-rail transit systems
• List of rapid transit systems

Notes

1. ^ Previous operators of the Edmonton trolleybus system were Edmonton Radial Railway, 1939-46, and Edmonton Transportation System, 1946-77.
2. ^ Previous operators of the Vancouver system were British Columbia Electric Railway, 1948-1962; BC Hydro, 1962-73; Greater Vancouver Transit System, 1973-78; Urban Transit Authority, 1978-82; and BC Transit, 1982-99.
3. ^ Formerly known as the Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission (1953-60), which replaced the Winnipeg Electric Company (1924-53). Replaced by Winnipeg Transit in Jan. 1972.
4. ^ Name was Toronto Transportation Commission until 31 December 1953.

Sources

Books and periodicals

• Murray, Alan. 2000. World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia (ISBN 0-904235-18-1). Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks.
• Porter, Harry; and Stanley F.X. Worris. 1979. Trolleybus Bulletin No. 109: Databook II. North American Trackless Trolley Association (defunct).
• Sebree, Mac; and Paul Ward. 1974. The Trolley Coach in North America (Interurbans Special 59). Los Angeles, US: Interurbans. LCCN 74-20367.
• Trolleybus Magazine (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.

References

1. ^ Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 281, Sep.-Oct. 2008
2. ^ Kent, Gordon (19 June 2008). "Trolleys reach end of the line". The Edmonton Journal.
3. ^ TM Nos. 183, May–June 1992, and 187, Jan.-Feb. 1993.
4. ^ TM Nos. 192, Nov.-Dec. 1993.
5. ^ Murray (2000) gives a closure date of May 1926.

Further reading

• Baker, John E. 1982. Winnipeg's Electric Transit: The Story of Winnipeg's Streetcars and Trolley Buses (ISBN 09-1913-031-3). Toronto, Ontario: Railfare Enterprises Ltd.
• Hatcher, Colin K.; and Tom Schwarzkopf. 1983. Edmonton's Electric Transit: The Story of Edmonton's Streetcars and Trolley Buses (ISBN 0-919130-33-X). Toronto, Ontario: Railfare.
• Kelly, Brian; and Daniel Francis. 1990. Transit in British Columbia: The First Hundred Years (ISBN 1-55017-021-X). Madeira Park (BC), Canada: Harbour Publishing.
• Leger, Paul A.; and Loring M. Lawrence. 1994. Halifax - City of Trolley Coaches (ISBN 0-9699267-0-7). Windsor, Ontario: Bus History Association.
• Saitta, Joseph P. Traction Yearbook '81; also '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '87. Merrick (NY), US: Traction Slides International.
• Sebree, Mac; and Paul Ward. 1973. Transit’s Stepchild, The Trolley Coach (Interurbans Special 58). Los Angeles: Interurbans. LCCN 73-84356.
• Hatcher, Colin K.; and Tom Schwarzkopf. 2009. Calgary's Electric Transit: an illustrated history of electrified public transportation in Canada's oil capital (ISBN 978-1-897190-55-5) Toronto, Ontario: Railfare.

External links

• Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Trolleybuses_in_Canada Trolleybuses in Canada] at Wikimedia Commons
• All-Time List of North American Trolleybus Systems
• Tom's North American Trolleybus Pictures
• Bibliography of the Electric Trolleybus (Richard DeArmond)
• Montreal trolleybus photos