Timeline in the history of Muslims in Manitoba

​Date	Development
1900–1914	First Muslim immigrants arrive in Manitoba from Syria and Lebanon
1914–1955	Slowdown of Muslim migration due to World War I, Great Depression, and restrictive immigration policies
1955–1960	University students and professionals started arriving in Winnipeg, mostly from Pakistan, India, and the Caribbean
1960	Muslims in Winnipeg form the first Muslim association: Manitoba Islamic Association (MIA)
​1969	​MIA legally incorporated
1974	Establishment of the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at the University of Manitoba
​1975​	​Beginning of the construction of the first mosque in Manitoba at 247 Hazelwood Avenue
1976	​Official opening of the first mosque on the day of Eid Al Fitr on September 25
​1986	Arrival of MIA’s first full-time imam, Tahir Aderonmu
​1990	Establishment of the Muslim Youth Council (MYC)
​1993	​Purchase of 12.6 acres at 2445 Waverley to serve as a future site for a new centre
1994	Major split within the community following the dismissal of the second imam of MIA, Mohammed Saffie. His supporters established their own Friday prayer in a rented facility, conducting their own Eid prayer and weekend school
​1994	Establishment of the Takaful Fund, to provide financial assistance to the needy in the community
​1996	Al Hijra Islamic School, first Islamic school in Manitoba, begins in a rented facility on Pembina Highway with around thirty students
​1997	“Flood of the century” hits Winnipeg and environ. The MYC mobilizes Muslim youth to volunteer across the city, filling sandbags, and building dikes to protect properties
1999	Establishment of Manitoba Muslim Magazine (the longest lasting MIA publication)
1999	Establishment of the Islamic Social Services Association (ISSA)
2000	​Opening of the first mosque in Brandon
2001	​September 11 attack; the community deals with major public and media attention
2004	Opening of the second mosque in Winnipeg, the Winnipeg Central Mosque (WCM)
​2006	Establishment of the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute (CMWI)
2007	Official opening of the new centre at 2445 Waverley
2007	Opening of the first mosque in Thompson
2007	Opening of the Yaseen Centre, at 746 Ellice Avenue, to serve as the first “Shia” centre in Winnipeg
2009-2011	​MIA falls into a major crisis. Conflict within EC spills over to the court. PriceWaterhouseCoopers Inc. (PWC) was appointed as the receiver of MIA. PWC took over MIA affairs for few weeks. Elections were held; a new EC was elected, uncontested, in December 2011. PWC handed back all affairs to new EC.
2013	​Bilal Mosque opened in a rented facility. In September 2015, moved to a purchased facility at 33 Warnock Street
2015	Official opening of the Pembina Valley Mosque in a rented facility in the town of Winkler
2015	Arrival of an estimated 2,000 Syrian refugees to Manitoba
2016	​Opening of Salam Mosque at 294 Burrows Avenue
2016	​Opening of the Husaini Association Shia Centre at 1744 Provincial Trunk Highway 59, Niverville
2016	On its fortieth anniversary, the first mosque in Manitoba was renamed “Pioneer Mosque”
2019	MIA officially opens its new facility downtown at 406 Edmonton Street, MIA Connections
2020	Mosque closures due to COVID-19 -first closure in March
2021	​Opening of the Muslim funeral home at 2445 Waverley Street Mosque
2022	Opening of a new mosque, named Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, on 794 Ellice Avenue, by a new group called Islamic Ministries of Manitoba, with the support of Jamia Riyadhul Jannah of Saskatoon and Mississauga. The building was a former Catholic church, purchased in March.
2022	Ibrahim (Obby Khan) elected as the first ever member of the legislative assembly (MLA) in a by-election in the Fort Whyte constituency on March 22. He ran as a candidate under the Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservative party.