The Devonshire Collegiate building became an elementary school

The original Garry Theatre was built by Rothstein Theatres Ltd

A 40,000-bushel wooden grain elevator was built by Manitoba Pool Elevators

A new Selkirk Co-operative owned grain elevator was opened

Memorial Hall was built and the Selkirk Arena was rebuilt after collapsing

The first ice-free event took place in the new Selkirk Arena

Official opening of Selkirk Arena hosted by the Kinsmen Club of Selkirk. The first hockey game was played at the arena the following day on December 10th

Selkirk Park re-opened after the Great Depression

Fifteen people were employed at the new Coca-Cola bottling plant

There was widespread flooding in April and May due to heavy snowfall in the winter and 2 x the normal rainfall in the spring

Daerwood school was built to replace South-Ward School.  The school division turned to its pupils to pick a name for the new school. The winning essay came from 10-year-old Barry Gordon, son of mayor W. E. Gordon

The Manitoba Rolling Mills began a $1,000,000 expansion that created work for another 100 people

6,218 people resided in Selkirk

Memorial Hall’s sod turning ceremony with W.E. Gordon given the honour of breaking ground first

Memorial Hall’s first event, a New Years Eve Dance

Official opening of Selkirk Memorial Hall

First Nations people were granted the right to vote in Manitoba provincial elections

The Robert Smith Memorial Scholarship is presented for the first time 

Bethel Church began construction

The Infirmary Unit opens at the Selkirk Hospital for Mental Diseases

The first Robert Smith Memorial Scholarship is awarded to grade 11 student, Roman Strawa 

The Garry Theatre suffered from a major fire in January. A new theatre was built and opened in April

The Agriculture Fair was “revitalized” after the war and in 1954, it boasted the largest dairy cattle exhibition in the entire west and the participation of more than 400 4-H clubs

258 leucotomies have been performed at the Selkirk Hospital for Mental Diseases

Approximately 5,000 people attended the opening of the new hospital

Ruth Hooker School was built. The school was named after the Chair of the Selkirk School Board

The World War II and Korean War expansion was added to the monument at the Veteran Memorial Gardens

Rotary Lake opened to the public

The present sanctuary of the Selkirk United Church was built

A new school was built and was named after Robert Smith. He was Manager at the Rolling Mills, first Vice-President of the Selkirk General Hospital Board and a past Mayor of Selkirk

300 workers were laid off at the Rolling Mills due to fierce competition in the steel industry.  Negotiations with the Untied Steelworkers of America Local 5442, threatened to strike if a new contract was not in place by August.  The layoff of 120 more workers at the Rolling Mills triggered a 92-day strike

First Nations people gained the right federally to vote without having to give up their status and treaty rights

Rotary lake damaged due to spring flooding

Selkirk Bowling Lanes opens

The previously mentioned Steelworkers strike ends when most of the men were rehired to provide steel for the Manitoba Power Commissions hydro-electric project at Grand Rapids

A new water tower was built replacing the old one built in 1909

8,576 people resided in Selkirk

The Selkirk Hospital for Mental Diseases opens a community clinic with teams working inside and outside the hospital

The Selkirk Curling Club opened a new facility

A multi-million dollar modernization of the steel plant commenced but resulted in few new jobs as the work was of an automated nature

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Notre Dame Catholic Church opened a new building on Jemima Avenue

The Selkirk Psychiatric Institute (S.P.I.) opens at the Selkirk Hospital for Mental Diseases