List of street railways in Canada

This is a list of street railways in Canada by province. Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut are the only places in Canada to not have had any tram (streetcar) system. The list includes all tram systems, past and present.

Alberta

Location Name of System Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Calgary Calgary Municipal Railway Electric 5 Jul 1909 29 Dec 1950
Heritage Park Historical Village Electric 1975 Museum with operational heritage streetcar lines. Operates only during summer season. Streetcars was taken out of service in 2006 in preparation for the park's expansion, and returned to service in May 2010, taking passengers from the parking lot to the newly built CPR replica station and front gate.[1]
Edmonton Edmonton Radial Railway Electric 30 Oct 1908 1 Sep 1951  
Edmonton Interurban Railway Company Petrol (gasoline) 30 Sep 1913 1 Apr 1914 Connected Edmonton and St. Albert. Closed because of depot (carbarn) fire.
High Level Bridge Streetcar Electric 14 Jun 1997 Operates only during summer season.
Lake Louise Lake Louise Tramway Petrol (gasoline) 1912 1930 Operated only during summer season (May-Sep).
Lethbridge Lethbridge Municipal Railway Electric Sep 1912 8 Sep 1947  

British Columbia

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Nelson Street Railway Nelson Electric 27 Dec 1899

8 Nov 1910

27 April 1908

20 Jun 1949

Closed 1908 because of depot (carbarn) fire. Operation suspended 21 Dec 1910 - 21 Jun 1911. Ranked as the smallest town in the British Empire with a town tramway system.
Heritage tramway opened 15 Jun 1992; see Nelson Electric Tramway.
British Columbia Electric Railway Company Vancouver Electric 28 Jun 1890 21 Apr 1955 Heritage tramway opened 29 Jul 1998; operated May – October; service suspended indefinitely in fall 2011 – see Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway.[2]
British Columbia Electric Railway Company ? New Westminster Electric 7 Oct 1891 4 Dec 1938  
British Columbia Electric Railway Company ? North Vancouver Electric 1 Sep 1906 23 Apr 1947  
British Columbia Electric Railway Company Victoria Electric 22 Feb 1890 3 Jul 1948  

Manitoba

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Brandon Municipal Railway Brandon Electric 2 Jun 1913 30 Apr 1932 Operation suspended 15 Aug 1931 - 1 Oct 1931.
Winnipeg Electric Company Winnipeg Horse 20 Oct 1882 Jun 1894  
Electric 27 Jan 1891 18 Sep 1955  

New Brunswick

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Moncton Electric Street Railway, Heat and Power Company, Moncton Tramways, Electricity and Gas Company, Ltd. Moncton Electric 11 Aug 1896

30 Nov 1911

11 Dec 1897

31 Dec 1931

 
Saint John Railway Co., New Brunswick Power Company Saint John Horse 24 Aug 1869

17 Oct 1887

1876

May 1893

 
Electric 12 Apr 1893 7 Aug 1948  
Calais Street Railway Company St. Stephen International tramway, see Calais, Maine, US.

Newfoundland and Labrador

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
St. John's Street Railway Company St. John's Electric 1 May 1900 15 Sep 1948  

Nova Scotia

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Nova Scotia Light and Power Company, Limited Halifax Horse 11 Jun 1866

21 Oct 1886

17 May 1876

31 May 1896

 
Electric 12 Feb 1896 29 Apr 1949  
Pictou County Electric Company New Glasgow - Trenton Electric 10 Oct 1904 7 May 1931  
Cape Breton Electric Company Sydney Electric 1901 Oct 1931  
Cape Breton Electric Company ? North Sydney Electric 1903 1929  
Cape Breton Tramways Company, Ltd. ? Glace Bay Electric 7 Jan 1908 1938  
Cape Breton Tramways Company, Ltd. ? Sydney - Glace Bay Electric Oct 1902 15 May 1947  
Yarmouth Light and Power Company Yarmouth Electric 26 Aug 1892 20 Oct 1928  

Ontario

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Belleville Traction Company Belleville Horse 1876-05-23 1891-11-26 Closed because of depot (carbarn) fire. (One source states that horse tramway operation continued to electrification in 1895.)
Electric 1895-08-03 1901-09-12  
Brantford Municipal Railway Brantford Horse 1886-09-04 1893  
Electric 1893-03-31

1933-01-09

1932-09-30

1940-01-31

 
Chatham Street Railway Company Chatham Horse 1885

1891-06

1890-03-29

1895 (?)

[3]
Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company, Ltd[4] Cornwall Electric 1896-07-07 1949-07-27 Used for freight under catenary until 9 October 1971[4]
Guelph Radial Railway Company Guelph Electric 1895-09-17 1937-09-30 [5]
Hamilton Street Railway Company Hamilton Horse 1874-05-15 1893  
Electric 1892-07-02 1951-04-06  
Kingston, Portsmouth and Cataraqui Electric Railway Company Kingston Electric 1893-09-26 1930-03-04 Closed because of tramcar depot (carbarn) fire.
Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Kitchener and Waterloo Horse 1889-06-13 1895 Converted to electric
Kitchener and Waterloo Electric 1895-05-18 1923 Ownership transfer to Kitchener PUC
Berlin & Bridgeport Electric Street Railway Company 1902-1912; Kitchener and Waterloo Electric 1902 1923 Renamed Berlin & Northern Railway Company 1912, Waterloo Wellington Railway Company 1919; ownership transfer to Kitchener PUC 1923
Kitchener PUC Street Railway Department Kitchener and Waterloo Electric 1923 1946-12-27 Converted to bus, trolleybus
Ion rapid transit Kitchener and Waterloo Electric 2019-06-21
London Street Railway Company London Horse 1875-05-24 1896-05  
Electric 1895-09-12 1940-11-27  
Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway Company Niagara Falls Horse 1886-12-06 1900  
Electric 1900-08-15 1947-11-26  
Oshawa Railway Company Oshawa Electric 1895-06-13 1940-01-28  
Ottawa Electric Railway Company Ottawa Horse 1870-07-21 1891  
Electric 1891-06-29 1959-04-30 Diesel light rail transit (DLRT), opened 15 Oct 2001.
Peterborough Radial Railway Company Peterborough Electric 1893-08

1902

1898

1927-03-31

 
Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway Company St. Catharines Horse 1879-11-01 1887  
Electric 1887-09 1948-05-07  
St. Thomas Municipal Railway St. Thomas Horse 1879 1898  
Electric 1898-06-16 1926-02-12  
Sarnia Street Railway Company Sarnia Horse 1875 1901  
Electric 1901-01 1931-02-25  
International Transit Company Sault Ste. Marie Electric 1903-03-30 1941-11-01  
Temiskaming Streetcar Line Temiskaming Shores Electric 1910-04-30 1935-02-09
Sudbury and Copper Cliff Suburban Electric Railway Company Greater Sudbury Electric 1915-11-11 1950-10-01  
  Thunder Bay       Tramways in Fort William and Port Arthur closed prior to amalgamation.
Fort William Street Railway ? Fort William Electric 1892-03-02 1948-02-15 First electric streetcar system in Canada
Port Arthur Civic Railway ? Port Arthur Electric 1893-06-01 1948-10-16  
Toronto streetcar system Toronto Horse 1861-09-11 1894-08-31  
Electric 1892-08-16  
  Waterloo       see Kitchener.
Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie Railway Company Welland Electric 1912-01 1930-07-04  
Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway Company Windsor Horse 1874-07-20

1878-05

1877

1893

 
Steam 1877

1888-04

1878-05

1888

 
Electric 1886-06-06

1891-08-15

1888-04

1939-05-06

 

Quebec

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Québec Asbestos Company East Broughton Electric (?) ca. 1924 (?) 1942 (?) Peschkes (Part Four, 1998, Page 25) states that, according to one source, Québec Asbestos Company operated a small town tramway network with three tramcars acquired second-hand from Sherbrooke. No other sources confirm this information.
Hull Electric Company Gatineau Electric 1895 6 Dec 1947 Tramway in Hull closed prior to amalgamation with neighboring towns.
Levis Tramways Company Lévis Electric 1903 23 Nov 1946 Operation suspended 1921 - 1922 because of depot (carbarn) fire.
Montreal Tramways Company Montréal Horse 27 Nov 1861 Oct 1894 Montreal City Passenger Railway became Montreal Street Railway Co in 1886
Electric 21 Sep 1892 30 Aug 1959 MSRy amalgamated with Montreal, Park and Island Railway (MSRy assumed control of that company in 1901) and Montreal Terminal Railway (MSRy assumed control of that company in 1907) to form Montreal Tramways Co in 1911. The company was purchased by the Montreal Transportation Commission in 1951.
Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company: Citadel Division Québec Horse 17 Aug 1865 1898  
Electric 20 Jul 1897 25 May 1948  
Sherbrooke Railway and Power Company Sherbrooke Electric 1 Nov 1897 31 Dec 1931  
Three Rivers Traction Company Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers) Electric 11 Dec 1915 12 Sep 1933  

Saskatchewan

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Moose Jaw Electric Railway Company Moose Jaw Electric 4 Sep 1911 8 Oct 1932  
Regina Municipal Railway Regina Electric 28 Jul 1911 9 Sep 1950  
Saskatoon Municipal Railway Saskatoon Electric 1 Jan 1913 10 Nov 1951  

Yukon

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Whitehorse trolley Whitehorse Diesel 2000 present operating heritage tramway with one streetcar

See also

References

  1. Heritage Park Historical Village
  2. "Vancouver's Downtown Historic Railway". Archived 2008-09-24 at the Wayback Machine City of Vancouver. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
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