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 system. The list includes all tram systems, past and present.

[Alberta]

LocationName of SystemTraction
Type		Date Date Notes
CalgaryCalgary Municipal RailwayElectric5 Jul 190929 Dec 1950
CalgaryHeritage Park Historical VillageElectric1975Museum 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.
EdmontonEdmonton Radial RailwayElectric30 Oct 19081 Sep 1951
EdmontonEdmonton Interurban Railway CompanyPetrol 30 Sep 19131 Apr 1914Connected Edmonton and St. Albert. Closed because of depot fire.
EdmontonHigh Level Bridge StreetcarElectric14 Jun 1997Operates only during summer season.
Lake LouiseLake Louise TramwayPetrol 19121930Operated only during summer season.
LethbridgeLethbridge Municipal RailwayElectricSep 19128 Sep 1947

[British Columbia]

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type		Date Date Notes
Nelson Street RailwayNelsonElectric27 Dec 1899
8 Nov 1910		27 April 1908
20 Jun 1949		Closed 1908 because of depot 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 CompanyVancouverElectric28 Jun 189021 Apr 1955Heritage tramway opened 29 Jul 1998; operated May – October; service suspended indefinitely in fall 2011 – see Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway.
British Columbia Electric Railway Company? New WestminsterElectric7 Oct 18914 Dec 1938
British Columbia Electric Railway Company? North VancouverElectric1 Sep 190623 Apr 1947
British Columbia Electric Railway CompanyVictoriaElectric22 Feb 18903 Jul 1948

[Manitoba]

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type		Date Date Notes
Brandon Municipal RailwayBrandonElectric2 Jun 191330 Apr 1932Operation suspended 15 Aug 1931 - 1 Oct 1931.
Winnipeg Electric CompanyWinnipegHorse20 Oct 1882Jun 1894
Winnipeg Electric CompanyWinnipegElectric27 Jan 189118 Sep 1955

[New Brunswick]

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type		Date Date Notes
Moncton Electric Street Railway, Heat and Power Company, Moncton Tramways, Electricity and Gas Company, Ltd.MonctonElectric11 Aug 1896
30 Nov 1911		11 Dec 1897
31 Dec 1931
New Brunswick Power CompanySaint JohnHorse24 Aug 1869
17 Oct 1887		1876
May 1893
New Brunswick Power CompanySaint JohnElectric12 Apr 18937 Aug 1948
Calais Street Railway CompanySt. StephenInternational tramway, see Calais, Maine, US.

[Newfoundland and Labrador]

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type		Date Date Notes
St. John's Street Railway CompanySt. John'sElectric1 May 190015 Sep 1948

[Nova Scotia]

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type		Date Date Notes
Nova Scotia Light and Power Company, LimitedHalifaxHorse11 Jun 1866
21 Oct 1886		17 May 1876
31 May 1896
Nova Scotia Light and Power Company, LimitedHalifaxElectric12 Feb 189629 Apr 1949
Pictou County Electric CompanyNew Glasgow - TrentonElectric10 Oct 19047 May 1931
Cape Breton Electric CompanySydneyElectric1901Oct 1931
Cape Breton Electric Company? North SydneyElectric19031929
Cape Breton Tramways Company, Ltd.? Glace BayElectric7 Jan 19081938
Cape Breton Tramways Company, Ltd.? Sydney - Glace BayElectricOct 190215 May 1947
Yarmouth Light and Power CompanyYarmouthElectric26 Aug 189220 Oct 1928

[Ontario]

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type		Date Date Notes
Belleville Traction CompanyBellevilleHorse1876-05-231891-11-26Closed because of depot fire.
Belleville Traction CompanyBellevilleElectric1895-08-031901-09-12
Brantford Municipal RailwayBrantfordHorse1886-09-041893
Brantford Municipal RailwayBrantfordElectric1893-03-31
1933-01-09		1932-09-30
1940-01-31
Chatham Street Railway CompanyChathamHorse1885
1891-06		1890-03-29
1895
Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company, LtdCornwallElectric1896-07-071949-07-27Used for freight under catenary until 9 October 1971
Guelph Radial Railway CompanyGuelphElectric1895-09-171937-09-30
Hamilton Street Railway CompanyHamiltonHorse1874-05-151893
Hamilton Street Railway CompanyHamiltonElectric1892-07-021951-04-06
Kingston, Portsmouth and Cataraqui Electric Railway CompanyKingstonElectric1893-09-261930-03-04Closed because of tramcar depot fire.
Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway CompanyKitchener and WaterlooHorse1889-06-131895Converted to electric
Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway CompanyKitchener and WaterlooElectric1895-05-181923Ownership transfer to Kitchener PUC
Berlin & Bridgeport Electric Street Railway Company 1902-1912;Kitchener and WaterlooElectric19021923Renamed Berlin & Northern Railway Company 1912, Waterloo Wellington Railway Company 1919; ownership transfer to Kitchener PUC 1923
Kitchener PUC Street Railway DepartmentKitchener and WaterlooElectric19231946-12-27Converted to bus, trolleybus
Ion rapid transitKitchener and WaterlooElectric2019-06-21
London Street Railway CompanyLondonHorse1875-05-241896-05
London Street Railway CompanyLondonElectric1895-09-121940-11-27
Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway CompanyNiagara FallsHorse1886-12-061900
Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway CompanyNiagara FallsElectric1900-08-151947-11-26
Oshawa Railway CompanyOshawaElectric1895-06-131940-01-28
Ottawa Electric Railway CompanyOttawaHorse1870-07-211891
Ottawa Electric Railway CompanyOttawaElectric1891-06-291959-04-30Diesel light rail transit, opened 15 Oct 2001.
Peterborough Radial Railway CompanyPeterboroughElectric1893-08
1902		1898
1927-03-31
Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway CompanySt. CatharinesHorse1879-11-011887
Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway CompanySt. CatharinesElectric1887-091948-05-07
St. Thomas Municipal RailwaySt. ThomasHorse18791898
St. Thomas Municipal RailwaySt. ThomasElectric1898-06-161926-02-12
Sarnia Street Railway CompanySarniaHorse18751901
Sarnia Street Railway CompanySarniaElectric1901-011931-02-25
International Transit CompanySault Ste. MarieElectric1903-03-301941-11-01
Temiskaming Streetcar LineTemiskaming ShoresElectric1910-04-301935-02-09
Sudbury and Copper Cliff Suburban Electric Railway CompanyGreater SudburyElectric1915-11-111950-10-01
Thunder Bay Tramways in Fort William and Port Arthur closed prior to amalgamation.
Fort William Street Railway? Fort WilliamElectric1892-03-021948-02-15First electric streetcar system in Canada
Port Arthur Civic Railway? Port ArthurElectric1893-06-011948-10-16
Toronto streetcar systemTorontoHorse1861-09-111894-08-31
Toronto streetcar systemTorontoElectric1892-08-16
Waterloo see Kitchener.
Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie Railway CompanyWellandElectric1912-011930-07-04
Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway CompanyWindsorHorse1874-07-20
1878-05		1877
1893
Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway CompanyWindsorSteam1877
1888-04		1878-05
1888
Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway CompanyWindsorElectric1886-06-06
1891-08-15		1888-04
1939-05-06

[Quebec]

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type		Date Date Notes
Québec Asbestos CompanyEast BroughtonElectric ca. 1924 1942 Peschkes 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 CompanyGatineauElectric18956 Dec 1947Tramway in Hull closed prior to amalgamation with neighboring towns.
Levis Tramways CompanyLévisElectric190323 Nov 1946Operation suspended 1921 - 1922 because of depot fire.
Montreal Tramways CompanyMontréalHorse27 Nov 1861Oct 1894Montreal City Passenger Railway became Montreal Street Railway Co in 1886
Montreal Tramways CompanyMontréalElectric21 Sep 189230 Aug 1959MSRy amalgamated with Montreal, Park and Island Railway and Montreal Terminal Railway 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 DivisionQuébecHorse17 Aug 18651898
Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company: Citadel DivisionQuébecElectric20 Jul 189725 May 1948
Sherbrooke Railway and Power CompanySherbrookeElectric1 Nov 189731 Dec 1931
Three Rivers Traction CompanyTrois-Rivières Electric11 Dec 191512 Sep 1933

[Saskatchewan]

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type		Date Date Notes
Moose Jaw Electric Railway CompanyMoose JawElectric4 Sep 19118 Oct 1932
Regina Municipal RailwayReginaElectric28 Jul 19119 Sep 1950
Saskatoon Municipal RailwaySaskatoonElectric1 Jan 191310 Nov 1951

[Yukon]

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type		Date Date Notes
Whitehorse trolleyWhitehorseElectric2000presentoperating heritage tramway with one streetcar