Riverview Rehabilitation Center history

The facility was founded in 1911 by the City of Winnipeg as the Winnipeg Municipal Hospital.

Riverview Health Centre has maintained continuous accredited services since 1924.

In 1929, the Board of Trustees sponsored a contest to change the name of the hospital to one that better reflected the broader community it served.

Plans turned to action when, in 1950, the Princess Elizabeth Hospital opened as the first long term care facility in Canada.

Riverview Estates was the vision of Miss Mary Leverich and became a reality on August 17, 1951, when she donated a generous bequest from her estate to establish The Baptist Home in South Jersey.

The doors opened for ministry on March 10, 1954, and the dedication ceremony took place on Saturday, October 2, 1954.

In 1957, a campaign was created to raise $1,170,000 to build a new wing.

In 1983, the first purpose-built day hospital was built.

The facility became known as Riverview Health Centre in 1993, when it separated from the City of Winnipeg to be incorporated as a community hospital.

Then, in 1995, construction began on a comprehensive renewal project, which entailed the demolition of the turn-of-the-century hospital buildings to make way for a new complex.

Starting in 2001, the “New View of Riverview” project became the largest and most comprehensive in the medical center’s 73-year history, enhancing both its quality of care and its patient care environment, as well as adding a variety of advanced medical technologies.

In 2005, Riverview became home to the CyberKnife®, one of the most revolutionary radiosurgery treatments in the world, which offers new hope to patients with inoperable tumors and lesions.

In 2018, Riverview celebrated its 90th year of providing care to the community.