Photo: Felspar13 · CC BY-SA 4.0Beyond Alexander’s limits, 18 historic places within 100 km
The nearest town to Alexander with a top designation is St. Clements, 65 km away. Homes from 2016 to 2021 make up 6% of the stock; the typical town has 4.1%.
Within 100 km of Alexander, 13 top designations
Oldest of them is Battle of Seven Oaks (1816), 97 km off. The first one out is Lower Fort Garry, 73 km away in St. Andrews. They are 13 National Historic Sites, 4 provincial or municipal listings and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Lower Fort GarryNational Historic Site · 1830–1851 · 73 km away, in St. Andrews |
| Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Immaculate ConceptionNational Historic Site · 1930–1939 · 74 km away, in Oakbank |
| Red River FloodwayNational Historic Site · 1962–1969 · 75 km away, in St. Clements |
| St. Andrews Caméré Curtain Bridge DamNational Historic Site · 1907–1911 · 76 km away, in St. Andrews |
| St. Andrew's Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1845–1850 · 79 km away, in St. Andrews |
| St. Andrew's RectoryNational Historic Site · 1852–1855 · 79 km away, in St. Andrews |
| St. Boniface Hospital Nurses' ResidenceNational Historic Site · 1927–1929 · 79 km away, in St. Andrews |
| Miss Davis' School Residence / Twin OaksNational Historic Site · 1850–1860 · 80 km away, in St. Andrews |
| Seven Oaks House MuseumListed historical resource · 1952 · 97 km away, in Seven Oaks |
| Battle of Seven OaksNational Historic Site · 1816 · 97 km away, in Seven Oaks |
| Cathedral of St. JohnProvincial heritage site · 98 km away, in Luxton |
| McGregor Street ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1914–1916 · 98 km away, in St. John's |
From 1816 on: the dated places within 100 km of Alexander
Places as far as 100 km from Alexander, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Oldest of all: Battle of Seven Oaks, Seven Oaks, 1816. The bars count 17 dated places within 100 km. Before Confederation: 5.
Pre-1961 homes are scarce in Alexander: 12%, against a usual 18%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 20% of Alexander’s, against 15% in the typical town. The busiest building years in Alexander were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 36% of today’s homes. Half of the homes standing in Alexander today were built before 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Alexander and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | 4,032 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Powerview-Pine Falls | 1,311 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fort Alexander 3 | 2,300 | 0 | 0 | — |
Alexander in brief
Its housing is young: only 12% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Alexander’s history
How many historic places does Alexander have on the registers?
Inside Alexander, none so far. At 73 km, Lower Fort Garry in St. Andrews is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Alexander?
12% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).