Ontario
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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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 |
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Chatham Street Railway Company | Chatham | Horse | 1885
Jun 1891 |
29 Mar 1890
1895 (?) |
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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 |
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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 |
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Steam | 1877
Apr 1888 |
May 1878
1888 |
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Electric | 6 Jun 1886
15 Aug 1891 |
Apr 1888
6 May 1939 |
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