West Kildonan Library

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West Kildonan Library was built thanks to the interest and support of the residents of what was once the independent city of West Kildonan. The community established its first library on Main Street in the Kildonan Shopping Centre in 1962 but three years later this facility was already too small and the library moved into Garden City Collegiate. The current building was constructed to commemorate Canada's Centennial and was officially opened on June 24, 1967.

West Kildonan Library was built thanks to the interest and support of the residents of what was once the independent city of West Kildonan. The community established its first library on Main Street in the Kildonan Shopping Centre in 1962 but three years later this facility was already too small and the library moved into Garden City Collegiate. The current building was constructed to commemorate Canada's Centennial.

The building was designed by noted local architect George A. Stewart who also designed the Fort Garry Library, 1360 Pembina Highway (1959) and the St. Vital Library at 6 Fermor Avenue (1963). John Miller and Sons Limited built the structure. It is an excellent example of the International Style of modern architecture, with its lack of attached ornamentation, angular lines, flat roofline, slender clerestory windows and projecting mullions.