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 |
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| 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 |
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| Electric | 1886-06-06
1891-08-15 |
1888-04
1939-05-06 |
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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
- List of town tramway systems in North America
- List of light-rail transit systems
- List of rapid transit systems
- List of trolleybus systems in Canada
References
- Heritage Park Historical Village
- "Vancouver's Downtown Historic Railway". Archived 2008-09-24 at the Wayback Machine City of Vancouver. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- Books and periodicals listed at foot of List of town tramway systems
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