All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Principal System

Moose Jaw Electric Railway Company (04 September 1911 - 08 October 1932)
Incorporated 1910/11 (Sask.) Opening day ceremonies conducted 19 August 1911. Introduced motorbuses 02 February 1928. (photo: Peel Library/UofAlberta).

Moose Jaw Transportation Company (1932 - 31 March 1957)
Owned by the last general manager of the MJERyCo. Also owned the transit system in Medicine Hat for a time in the early 1950s. (CR&MW 1931, 1933, RS).

Moose Jaw Transit (System) (01 April 1957 - present)
Municipal enterprise. (RS, Dawes et al. 1972, CUTA 1976-77, CUTA 1989, CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1992). (photos Peter Cox collection, Alex Regiec, William A. Luke).

system logo (1967)	Service area population	36,000 (1991)
	Vehicle fleet	9 buses (2000)
	Employees	30 (1991)
	Data source:	CUTA 1991/2 CTHF/SSG 2000

Modes

References

• Heselton, Bill, and Ann Heselton. “The Moose Jaw Electric Railway (Country Cousin to the Ottawa Electric)”, Canadian Transit Heritage Foundation Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 3 (November 1994), pp. 7-8.
• Heselton, Bill, and Ann Heselton. “The Moose Jaw Electric Railway: Country Cousin to the Ottawa Electric”, Canadian Rail, No. 445 (March-April 1995), pp. 43-58.
• Heselton, Bill, and Ann Heselton. Not to Exceed 10 Miles Per Hour: The Story of The Moose Jaw Electric Railway 1910 - 1932 and Public Transportation in Moose Jaw to 2003, Moose Jaw: 2003.
• NA Transit, Moose Jaw Transit: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, a photo gallery website at the URL: http://photo.natransit.com/moosejaw/index.htm 2004.