List of trolley bus systems in Canada

Toronto Transit Commission Flyer trolley bus no. 9228, operating on route 63-Ossington, 1987.

This is a list of trolley bus systems in Canada by province. It includes all trolley bus systems, past and present. Use of boldface for a city name and color highlighting indicates systems that still exist; in the case of Canada, there is only one such system, that of Vancouver.

Alberta Alberta

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

British Columbia British Columbia

Name of System (current or last) Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
TransLink[fn 2] Vancouver 16 August 1948 [1]   Also a demonstration, 5–14 December 1945.
See also Trolley buses in Vancouver.

Note: There was also a demonstration trolley bus line in Victoria in 1945,[3] operated by the British Columbia Electric Railway, from 19–30 November 1945.

Manitoba Manitoba

Name of System (current or last) Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Metro Transit[fn 3] Winnipeg 21 November 1938 [1] 30 October 1970 [1]  

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Nova Scotia Light and
Power Company, Limited
Halifax 27 March 1949 [1] 31 December 1969 [1]  

Ontario Ontario

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company, Limited Cornwall 8 June 1949 [1] 31 May 1970 [1]  
Fort William Transit Company Fort William December 15, 1947 [1] 1970 see Thunder Bay.
Hamilton Street Railway Hamilton 10 December 1950 [1] 30 December 1992 [1]  
Kitchener Public Utilities Commission Kitchener 1 January 1947 [1] 26 March 1973 [1]  
Ottawa Transportation Commission Ottawa 15 December 1951 [1] 27 June 1959  
Port Arthur Transit Port Arthur 15 December 1947 [1] 1970 see Thunder Bay.
Thunder Bay Transit Thunder Bay 15 December 1947 [1] 16 July 1972 [1] Fort William and Port Arthur merged to form Thunder Bay from 31 December 1969.
Toronto Transit Commission[fn 4] Toronto 18 June 1922 [1]

19 June 1947 [1]

31 August 1925 [1]

16 July 1993 [4]

Service suspended 19 Jan. to 4 Sep. 1992.[5]
Final closure on 16 July 1993 (the very early hours of 17 July).[4]
Sandwich, Windsor & Amherstburg Railway Company Windsor 5 May 1922 [1] November 1926 (?)[6]  

Quebec Quebec

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Montreal Tramways Company Montreal 29 March 1937 [1] 18 June 1966 [1] Montreal Tramways Company succeeded by the Montreal Transit Commission, 1951

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Regina Municipal Railway
Regina Transit System
Regina 4 September 1947 [1] 28 February 1966 [1]  
Saskatoon Transit System Saskatoon 22 November 1948 [1] 13 May 1974 [1]  

See also

Notes

  1. Previous operators of the Edmonton trolley bus 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Murray (2000), p. 78.
  2. Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 286 (July–August 2009), pp. 87 and 89. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  3. Murray (2000), p. 131.
  4. 1 2 TM No. 192, Nov.-Dec. 1993, p. 158.
  5. TM Nos. 183, May–June 1992, pp. 53, 69; and 187, Jan.-Feb. 1993, p. 22.
  6. Murray (2000) gives a closure date of May 1926.

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