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
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
Newfoundland Light & Power Company, Ltd	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	23 May 1876	26 Nov 1891	Closed because of depot (carbarn) fire. (One source states that horse tramway operation continued to electrification in 1895.)
		Electric	3 Aug 1895	12 Sep 1901
Brantford Municipal Railway	Brantford	Horse	4 Sep 1886	1893
		Electric	31 Mar 1893 9 Jan 1933	30 Sep 1932 31 Jan 1940
Chatham Street Railway Company	Chatham	Horse	1885 Jun 1891	29 Mar 1890 1895 (?)	[3]
Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company, Ltd[4]	Cornwall	Electric	7 Jul 1896	27 Jul 1949	Used for freight under catenary until 9 October 1971[4]
Guelph Radial Railway Company	Guelph	Electric	17 Sep 1895	30 Sep 1937	[5]
Hamilton Street Railway Company	Hamilton	Horse	15 May 1874	1893
		Electric	2 Jul 1892	6 Apr 1951
Kingston, Portsmouth and Cataraqui Electric Railway Company	Kingston	Electric	26 Sep 1893	4 Mar 1930	Closed because of tramcar depot (carbarn) fire.
Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Company	Kitchener and Waterloo	Horse	13 Jun 1889	1895	Converted
Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Company	Kitchener and Waterloo	Electric	18 May 1895	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	27 Dec 1946	Converted to bus
London Street Railway Company	London	Horse	24 May 1875	ca. May 1896
		Electric	12 Sep 1895	27 Nov 1940
Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway Company	Niagara Falls	Horse	6 Dec 1886	1900
		Electric	15 Aug 1900	26 Nov 1947
Oshawa Railway Company	Oshawa	Electric	13 Jun 1895	28 Jan 1940
Ottawa Electric Railway Company	Ottawa	Horse	21 Jul 1870	1891
		Electric	29 Jun 1891	30 Apr 1959	Diesel light rail transit (DLRT), opened 15 Oct 2001.
Peterborough Radial Railway Company	Peterborough	Electric	Aug 1893 1902	1898 31 Mar 1927
Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway Company	St. Catharines	Horse	1 Nov 1879	1887
		Electric	Sep 1887	7 May 1948
St. Thomas Municipal Railway	St. Thomas	Horse	1879	1898
		Electric	16 Jun 1898	12 Feb 1926
Sarnia Street Railway Company	Sarnia	Horse	1875	1901
		Electric	Jan 1901	25 Feb 1931
International Transit Company	Sault Ste. Marie	Electric	30 Mar 1903	1 Nov 1941
Temiskaming Streetcar Line	Temiskaming Shores	Electric	30 April 1910	9 February 1935	The first streetcar system north of Toronto.
Sudbury - Copper Cliffs Suburban Electric Railway Company	Sudbury	Electric	11 Nov 1915	1 Oct 1950
	Thunder Bay				Tramways in Fort William and Port Arthur closed prior to amalgamation.
Fort William Street Railway	? Fort William	Electric	2 Mar 1892	15 Feb 1948
Port Arthur Civic Railway	? Port Arthur	Electric	1 Jun 1893	16 Oct 1948
Toronto streetcar system	Toronto	Horse	11 Sep 1861	31 Aug 1894
		Electric	16 Aug 1892
	Waterloo				see Kitchener.
Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie Railway Company	Welland	Electric	Jan 1912	4 Jul 1930
Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway Company	Windsor	Horse	20 Jul 1874 May 1878	1877 ca. 1893
		Steam	1877 Apr 1888	May 1878 1888
		Electric	6 Jun 1886 15 Aug 1891	Apr 1888 6 May 1939

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 purchased by Montreal Tramways Co in 1911
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	Electric	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

1. Heritage Park Historical Village
2. "Vancouver's Downtown Historic Railway". City of Vancouver. Retrieved January 25, 2011.

• Books and periodicals listed at foot of List of town tramway systems