List of Interurban Railways in North America - Canada

Canada

Provinces not listed did not have interurban systems, which were commonly called radial railways in Canada.

Alberta
  • Calgary Municipal Railway
British Columbia
  • British Columbia Electric Railway
Manitoba
  • Winnipeg Electric Company
  • Winnipeg, Selkirk and Lake Winnipeg Railway
Nova Scotia
  • Cape Breton Electric Company (earlier Sydney and Glace Bay Railway; later Cape Breton Tramways)
  • Pictou County Electric Company
Ontario
  • Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway (1908–1931)
  • Brantford Municipal Railway
  • Chatham, Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railway (1905–1930; passenger service ceased in 1927)
  • Grand River Railway (1894–1961; passenger service ceased in 1955)
  • Grand Valley Railway (1904–1929)
  • Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway (1896–1923)
  • Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway (1896–1931)
  • Hamilton Radial Electric Railway (1897–1929)
  • Lake Erie and Northern Railway (1916–1955)
  • London and Port Stanley Railway (1915–1957; freight service continued)
  • Mount McKay and Kakabeka Falls Railway
  • Niagara Falls Park and River Railway (1893–1932)
  • Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway (1888–1959; freight service continued)
  • Nipissing Central Railway
  • North Yonge Railways
  • Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway (1886–1938)
  • Schomberg and Aurora Railway
  • South Western Traction Company (later London and Lake Erie Railway and Transportation Company) (1906–1918)
  • Sudbury – Copper Cliff Suburban Railway
  • Toronto Eastern Railway
  • Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company
  • Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
  • Toronto and York Radial Railway (1885–1927)
  • Toronto Suburban Railway (1890s–1931)
  • Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Railway (1907–1932)
  • Woodstock, Thames Valley and Ingersoll Electric Railway (1900–1925)
Quebec
  • Hull Electric Company
  • Montreal and Southern Counties Railway
  • Montreal Tramways Company
  • Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company (1904 – 1951, line operated as an interurban 1951 – 1959 under CN)

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