Public Safety Building, Government headquarters in Exchange District, Winnipeg, Canada

The Public Safety Building was a six-story Brutalist structure from the 1960s with a limestone facade located in downtown Winnipeg. The structure contained courtrooms, detention cells, communications centers, and administrative offices for various police department divisions across multiple floors.

The site was part of a 100-acre river lot granted to Alexander Ross, first postmaster of the Red River Colony; in 1875 the Ross family sold a portion to the municipality for $600 on condition it stay in civic use. Winnipeg City Council awarded a $4.8 million contract on 21 December 1964, and the police moved in from the James Avenue station in 1966. Council resolved to demolish it in April 2016; exterior demolition ran from January to November 2020, and Market Lands construction began in January 2024.

The site was part of a 100-acre river lot granted to Alexander Ross, a Scottish-born fur trader and the first postmaster of the Red River Colony. When the Ross family sold a portion to the municipality on 7 June 1875 for $600, the deed required the land to be kept for civic purposes or revert to the family; sales still needed vetting by a Ross descendant, about 19 of whom were alive in 2012.

Access was limited to business hours and official business since it was a government building with security requirements. Visitors needed to inquire beforehand as certain areas of the building were not open to the public.

The limestone cladding suffered from freeze-thaw cycles that caused stone to deteriorate and fragment. The building eventually required protective canopies and walkways installed above sidewalks to shield pedestrians from falling debris.