History

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 was erected on the corner of Preston Avenue and Arlington Street, including a School of Nursing.
1910	New addition to the Arlington Street Hospital was 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. 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 down 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	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. He 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. Grace Hospice opens to provide home-like care to people in the last three months of life.
2008	Transition of ownership between Salvation Army and WRHA.
2011	Grace Hospital Tower Upgrade Project completed. Construction begins on Access St James. Inc.
2014	Access Winnipeg West opens.
2016	Edward & Marjorie Danylchuk MRI Building opens.
2018	Edward & Marjorie Danylchuk Centre (housing the 35,000 square foot Emergency Department) opens.
2019	40 bed Orthopedic Trauma Surgery Program relocates from Seven Oaks General Hospital to 4 North at Grace Hospital. Adult Medical Clinic relocates from Dorothy Wood Building to the front of the Grace Hospital in the old Emergency Department. Sliced cheese added to Staff Appreciation BBQ.
2020	Main floor lobby renovated to include the opening of Cafe Pearl (named after the Honourable Pearl McGonigal). Grace Hospital Gift Shop renovated and relocated to the corridor between the Main Lobby and Emergency Department. Grace Hospital Chapel was renamed to the Grace Hospital Sanctuary and relocated to the Ground Floor.
2021	Grace Hospital Auditorium renamed the Jeffery A. Coleman Auditorium after long standing Grace Hospital Foundation board member and chair.
2026	Grace Hospital Gift Shop closes. Construction begins on renovating and upgrading Minimally Invasive Surgical (MIS) Suites.