Within 100 km of High Prairie, one place is on the heritage registers
Homes from 2016 to 2021 make up 2.1% of the stock; the typical town has 4.1%. Of its homes, 19% were built before 1961, close to the 18% of the typical Canadian town.
High Prairie’s surroundings: one historic place within 100 km
The nearest is Fort Fork, 99 km away in Peace No. 135.
The nearest, within 100 km
| Fort ForkNational Historic Site · 1792–1793 · 99 km away, in Peace No. 135 |
High Prairie’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 37% of its homes
More than half of High Prairie’s housing predates 1981. 31% of High Prairie’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%. High Prairie built little from 2001 to 2015: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How High Prairie compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,600 to 2,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Sainte-Croix, Hébertville and Outlook have more. Their median is 0. 13 of them have none.
High Prairie in brief
Housing in High Prairie includes 19% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
Questions about High Prairie’s history
How many historic places does High Prairie have on the registers?
High Prairie has none of its own; Fort Fork, in Peace No. 135, the closest at 99 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in High Prairie?
The 2021 Census dates 19% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).