history of the grace
Timeline of Grace Hospital
| 1890 | The Salvation Army created a rescue home for women and children on Ross Avenue. |
| 1904 | The rescue home was incorporated under the name The Salvation Army Grace General Hospital. It was the first Salvation Army Hospital incorporated in Canada. |
| 1906 | A new building erected on the corner of Preston Avenue and Arlington Street, including a School of Nursing. |
| 1910 | New addition to the Arlington Street Hospital completed. |
| 1915 | Winnipeg was established as the headquarters for the administration of the Salvation Army in Western Canada |
| 1927 | New wing added, with modern equipment and features, transforming the facility from a maternity hospital to a general hospital. |
| 1930 | In spite of the Great Depression, a laboratory was created and the hospital received accreditation from the American College of Surgeons. |
| 1941 | New School of Nursing building opens. |
| 1947 | New surgical wing opens. |
| 1947 | First chaplain and public health nurse placed on staff. |
| 1950 | The great Red River flood hits the city. Most patients evacuated, medical and hospital services under military control. |
| 1951 | Improvements were made to the grounds and interior of hospital. |
| 1956 | Canada’s first candy-stripers were introduced. |
| 1959 | New five-story obstetrical wing opens. |
| 1964 | Construction of new 250-bed hospital begins on current St. James site. A fire in December 1964 slows construction. |
| 1967 | New hospital at 300 Booth drive officially opens. |
| 1971 | Old Grace Hospital on Arlington Street purchased by Manitoba Government. |
| 1973 | Psychiatric wing built. |
| 1980’s | Computerized Medical Records Index and Admission Discharge System implemented. An extended treatment unit opens for long-term mental health patients. |
| 1989 | Obstetrical clinic opens. |
| 1993 | Chapel and main lobby renovated. |
| 1997 | Obstetrics department closes. |
| 1998 | Grace Hospital School of Nursing program closes. The building is now the home of a children’s daycare, speech and language services, offices and meeting rooms. |
| 2004 | School of Nursing building renamed the Dorothy Wood Building in honour of an instructor with 40 years of service to the school. |
| 2004 | Grace Hospice opens to provide home-like care to people in the last three months of life. |
