West Kildonan, Winnipeg

West Kildonan is a residential suburb 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 is bounded by the Red River on the east, the north limit of Kildonan Golf Course, Main Street, Seaforth Avenue, the Canadian Pacific Railway Winnipeg Beach Subdivision, and Templeton Avenue on the north, McPhillips Street on the west, and Carruthers Avenue, McGregor Street, and the lane between McAdam and Smithfield Avenues on the south. It had a population of 23,905 at the 2001 census, 24,225 at the 2006 census and 21,649 at the 2011 census. (source Statistics Canada).

The area has a large park called Kildonan Park.

History

The Battle of Seven Oaks was fought in what is now West Kildonan in 1816. The area was part of the original Municipality of Kildonan which was established in 1876. Kildonan was divided in eastern and western halves in 1914 and the more heavily developed areas of West Kildonan separated from areas which remained primarily rural (Old Kildonan) to assume the current boundaries in 1921. West Kildonan is one of Winnipeg's earliest residential suburbs. The areas east of the CPR Winnipeg Beach tracks and south of Hartford Avenue were substantially developed by the 1910s and 1920s. West of the tracks, the Garden City neighbourhood was developed in the 1950s and 1960s, as was the area north of Hartford Avenue east of the tracks. The Garden Park community located north of Leila Avenue and west of the CPR tracks was developed beginning in the late 1950s.

Prior to 1972, it was the independent City of West Kildonan. Today, it is a suburb of the City of Winnipeg.

Demographics

West Kildonan attracted many people from Winnipeg's working class North End who became more affluent beginning after World War I, but who wished to remain close to their roots. To this day, the area has a large Eastern European population. Much of the West Kildonan Jewish population has more recently now shifted to the South End, where there already was a significant Jewish presence. Until then, Garden City was one of Canada's largest Jewish neighbourhoods. There still remains a sizeable Jewish population however, and there are condominiums in West Kildonan with more than 60 percent Jewish occupants.

Neighbourhoods in Winnipeg

Agassi Airport Alpine Place Amber Trails Archwood Armstrong's Point Beaumont Betsworth Birchwood Booth Bridgwater Forest Broadway–Assiniboine Brockville Brooklands Bruce Park Buchanan Burrows–Keewatin Burrows Central Canterbury Park Centennial Central Park Central St Boniface Chalmers Charleswood Chinatown Cloutier Drive Colony Crescent Park Crescentwood Crestview Dakota Crossing Daniel McIntyre Deer Lodge Dufferin Dufresne Eaglemere Earl Grey East Elmwood East Kildonan Ebby–Wentworth Edgeland Elm Park Elmhurst Elmwood Eric Coy Exchange District Fort Richmond Fort Rouge Garden City Glendale Glenelm Glenwood Grant Park Grassie Heritage Park Holden Inkster–Faraday Inkster Gardens Island Lakes J.B. Mitchell Jameswood Jefferson Kensington Kern Park Kil-cona Park Kildare–Redonda Kildonan Drive King Edward Kingston Crescent Kirkfield Lavalee Leila–McPhillips Triangle Linden Woods Logan–CPR Lord Roberts Lord Selkirk Park Luxton Maginot Mandalay West Margaret Park Marlton Mathers Maybank McMillan Meadowood Meadows Melrose Minnetonka Minto Mission Gardens Montcalm Munroe East Munroe West Mynarski Niakwa Park Niakwa Place Norberry Normand Park North Point Douglas North St Boniface Norwood East Norwood West Old Tuxedo Osborne Village Parc La Salle Peguis Pembina Strip Point Road Portage–Ellice Pulberry Radisson Richmond Lakes Richmond West Ridgedale Ridgewood South River East River Heights River Park South River West Park Riverbend Rivergrove Riverview Robertson Roblin Park Rockwood Roslyn Rosser–Old Kildonan Rossmere–A Rossmere–B Royalwood Sargent Park Seven Oaks Shaughnessy Park Silver Heights Sir John Franklin South Point Douglas South Portage South Tuxedo Southboine Southdale Southland Park Spence Springfield North Springfield South St. George St. James-Assiniboia St. John's Park St. John's St. Matthews St. Norbert St. Vital Perimeter South Sturgeon Creek Talbot–Grey Templeton–Sinclair The Maples Tissot Transcona South Trappistes Tuxedo Tyndall Park University Valhalla Valley Gardens Varennes Varsity View Vialoux Victoria Crescent Victoria West Vista Waverley Heights Wellington Crescent West Alexander West Broadway West Wolseley Westdale Weston Westwood Whyte Ridge Wildwood Park Wilkes South William Whyte Victoria West Windsor Park Wolseley Woodhaven Worthington

North End West End

Coordinates: 49°55′59″N 97°07′01″W / 49.933°N 97.117°W / 49.933; -97.117