Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Altona and its setting: 44 historic places within 100 km
The nearest town to Altona with a top designation is Rhineland, 12 km away. 4.7% of its homes went up between 2016 and 2021; the typical town built 4.1%.
Altona’s area holds 27 top-tier places within 100 km
Within 100 km there are 44 in all. By age, “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar” leads, from 1738, at 93 km. The nearest is Fort Dufferin, 27 km away in Emerson-Franklin.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Fort DufferinNational Historic Site · 1872–1874 · 27 km away, in Emerson-Franklin |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Emerson, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1914–1915 · 28 km away, in Emerson-Franklin |
| All Saints Anglican ChurchMunicipal heritage site · 1879 · 29 km away, in Emerson-Franklin |
| Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern)National Historic Site · 1889–1890 · 58 km away, in Thompson |
| St. Michael's Ukrainian Greek Orthodox ChurchNational Historic Site · 1899–1900 · 59 km away, in Stuartburn |
| Riel HouseNational Historic Site · 1880–1882 · 85 km away, in Minnetonka |
| Assiniboine Park PavilionListed historical resource · 89 km away, in Old Tuxedo |
| St. Vital Historical SocietyListed historical resource · 1994 · 91 km away, in Glenwood |
| Ralph Connor HouseNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 91 km away, in Crescentwood |
| Cornish LibraryListed historical resource · 91 km away, in Crescentwood |
| Westminster United ChurchProvincial heritage site · 91 km away, in Wolseley |
| Roslyn Court ApartmentsNational Historic Site · 1909–1910 · 91 km away, in River-Osborne |
From 1738 on: the dated places within 100 km of Altona
Reaching 100 km out from Altona: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
38 places within 100 km have a date. 3 predate Confederation. Oldest of all: “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar”, Broadway-Assiniboine, 1738.
Altona’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 29% of its homes
More than half of Altona’s housing predates 2001. Homes from before 1961 are 21% of Altona’s housing, about the typical 18%. 28% of Altona’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Altona compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,000 to 5,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Central Business District, North Park and Sussex. Their median is 0. 13 of them have none.
Altona and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altona | 4,989 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rhineland | 6,819 | 1 | 1 | 1876 |
Altona in brief
In Altona, 21% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Cornelius Wiebe (1893) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
Questions about Altona’s history
How many historic places does Altona have on the registers?
Altona has none of its own; Fort Dufferin, in Emerson-Franklin, the closest at 27 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Altona?
21% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
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).