List of Town Tramway Systems in Canada - Ontario

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 (?)

Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company, Ltd Cornwall Electric 7 Jul 1896 27 Jul 1949
Guelph Radial Railway Company Guelph Electric 17 Sep 1895 30 Sep 1937
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
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 Transit Commission Toronto Horse 11 Sep 1861 31 Aug 1894
Electric 16 Aug 1892 see Toronto streetcar system.
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

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