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History

Originally there was only one large rural municipality

Rural municipality

A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...

(R.M.) known as Kildonan. In 1914, it was divided into the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of West Kildonan and the R.M. of East Kildonan. A petition to the provincial government led to a further division of East Kildonan.

On January 1, 1925, the northern portion became incorporated as the R.M. of North Kildonan. North Kildonan was a farming community and in 1928, the first Mennonites settled there. This was done to fulfill immigration requirements to be farmers and yet be close to city employment opportunities.

Present day

In 1972, North Kildonan merged with the city of Winnipeg in Unicity

Unicity

The term Unicity refers to reforms in the structure of the metropolitan government of Winnipeg in 1972. Unicity, an ambitious experiment in local government reform, established the City of Winnipeg as one unified city; until that point, the greater Winnipeg area had been composed of several...

and North Kildonan is a ward within Winnipeg represented by a member of Winnipeg City Council

Winnipeg City Council

The Winnipeg City Council is the governing body of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Members represent wards throughout the city, and are known as councillors.-2006-2010:Council elected in the 2006 election:-2010-2014:...

.

Its approximate boundary-lines are as follows:

Glenway Ave. (from Raleigh St. to Henderson Hwy.),
The Red River
Red River of the North
The Red River is a North American river. Originating at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers in the United States, it flows northward through the Red River Valley and forms the border between the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota before continuing into Manitoba, Canada...

(from Glenway Ave. to Oakland Ave.),
Oakland Ave. (from Henderson Hwy. to Gateway Rd.),
Gateway Rd. (from Oakland Ave. to 100 metres north of Blantyre Ave.),
Line North of Blanytre Ave. (from Gateway Rd. to Panet Road),
Panet Road (from line north of Blantyre Ave. to 250 metres south of Almey Ave.),
Line south of Almey Ave. (from Panet Road to Owen St.),
Owen St. to Ravelston Ave. West,
Ravelston Ave. west to Plessis Road,
Plessis Road to Springfield Road,
Springfield Road to the line comprising the north boundary of the City of Winnipeg 100 metres west of Wenzel St.,
and finally a straight line that runs northwest from that location back to the intersection of Raleigh St. and Glenway Rd. (this line runs parallel to, and just north of, Knowles Ave).

Parliament

Joy Smith, of the Conservative Party, has been the Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Kildonan-St.Paul since June 28, 2004. She was re-elected to her third term as MP in the most recent federal election held on October 14, 2008, defeating NDP candidate Ross Eadie

Ross Eadie

Ross Eadie is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Winnipeg City Council in the 2010 municipal election.Eadie previously ran as a New Democratic Party candidate in Kildonan—St. Paul in the 2008 federal election, and in River East in the 1999 provincial election. He is not related to former...

Recreation

North Kildonan is home to many green spaces, the largest of which is Kilcona Park, located on Springfield Avenue east of Lagimodiere Boulevard The park offers a wide variety of recreational activities and resources including ponds, open fields, soccer pitches, and baseball diamonds.

Located within the park is Harbour View Golf Course & Recreation Complex, which provides visitors with the opportunity to play tennis, lawn bowling, nine holes of golf, or go on pedal boat rides. Winter activities include tobogganing, skating, and cross-country skiing.

The Bunn's Creek Trail is a scenic walking path and bike trail, meandering its way from McIvor Avenue and Raleigh Street to the Red River

Red River of the North

The Red River is a North American river. Originating at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers in the United States, it flows northward through the Red River Valley and forms the border between the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota before continuing into Manitoba, Canada...

. The trail ends on a high bank where a wonderful view of the river awaits anyone who completes the nearly 2.5 km trail.

Gateway Community Club (located at 1717 Gateway Rd.) is home to numerous, year-round sports teams including hockey, baseball, softball, and outdoor and indoor soccer. The fields are open to the public when not in use. Indoor and outdoor hockey rinks are available for rented ice-times in winter, as well as the indoor soccer pitch.

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