Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg

[2] When implemented, it was the third form of metropolitan government instituted on the North American continent after Toronto (1954) and Dade County, Florida (1957).

During this time it operated under a Committees Council system, with six divisions reporting to an executive director.

It ceased to exist upon the introduction of a unified municipal government (popularly known as "Unicity") by the Province of Manitoba under Premier Ed Schreyer, effective Jan. 1, 1972.

The building was the administrative headquarters of the City of Winnipeg Streets & Transportation Department until 2007-2008 when the city handed it over to the Friends of Upper Fort Garry to make way for an expanded Upper Fort Garry Heritage park.

Provision of water, sewage, garbage, and public transit services to metro area municipalities.

[11] Testing went on during the 1960s, with final sign design and route numbering plan completed in July 1967 weeks before the start of the Pan Am Games.