The areas east of the CPR Winnipeg Beach tracks and south of Hartford Avenue were substantially developed by the 1910s and 1920s.

The Garden Park community located north of Leila Avenue and west of the CPR tracks was developed beginning in the late 1950s.

of West Kildonan and the Town of Transcona to formally become cities via minor amendments to their respective municipal and provincial Acts.

[5] Early on, West Kildonan attracted many people from Winnipeg's working class North End who became more affluent beginning after World War I, but who wished to remain close to their roots.

Historically, the West Kildonan and Garden City areas have been two of Canada's largest Jewish neighbourhoods.