THE REST IS HISTORY
The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, the largest-ever
community strike in Canada, saw over 30,000 workers
leave their jobs and bring the city to a standstill for weeks.
Eventually, then-Mayor Charles F. Gray was forced to enact
the Riot Act. The strike is the subject of
Stand!, a major motion
picture that came out in 2019.
The Saint-Boniface Museum — originally built for the Grey
Nuns — is the second-oldest building in Winnipeg and the
largest oak log structure in North America.
Winnipeg holds the most comprehensive collection of
historical documents of the Hudson's Bay Company, the
oldest incorporated joint-stock merchandising company in
the English-speaking world. Many of these documents and
artifacts can be viewed at the Manitoba Museum.
