Winnipeg General Strike

Heritage Winnipeg.
Includes information for self-guided tours, educator resources, a colouring book and more.

CBC video describes one of the pivotal events in Canadian labour history, the Winnipeg General strike of 1919.

Find events commemorating the centennial of the strike as well as newsletters produced by the Manitoba Federation of Labour.

Visit the University of Manitoba Digital Collections’ Manitoba Project to find primary sources related to the Winnipeg General Strike such as newspapers and letters. Through this portal, you can access the Strike Edition of the Winnipeg Telegram, The Strikers Defence Bulletin and the Western Labor News.

Unbreakable: The Spirit of the Strike is a collaborative project featuring content from the University of Manitoba Libraries, the City of Winnipeg Archives, the University of Winnipeg Archives, the University of Calgary Archives and Special Collections, the Winnipeg Police Museum, and the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada.

Search the archive holdings, or browse the collections for digitized images – including a collection on the General Strike - on this resource from the City of Winnipeg Archives.