Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.0An older town: 36% of Argyle’s homes predate 1961
The typical town has 18%: Argyle has 2.1 times the share. Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern), 69 km from Argyle, heads a list of 13 historic places within 100 km. For the highest designations, the closest town is Thompson, 67 km off. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is August 15, 1881; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
Within 100 km of Argyle, the decades after Confederation left the most
Out to 100 km from Argyle, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
The chart rests on 11 dated places within 100 km. One is older than 1867. The earliest is Fort La Reine in Portage la Prairie, begun in 1738.
13 places on Canada’s registers lie 100 km or less from Argyle
Fort La Reine, 95 km off, is the oldest: 1738. The nearest is Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern), 69 km away in Thompson. They are spread over 6 towns, including Brandon, Portage la Prairie and Thompson.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern)National Historic Site · 1889–1890 · 69 km away, in Thompson |
| Camp HughesNational Historic Site · 1915 · 70 km away, in North Cypress-Langford |
| MacGregor Canadian Pacific Railway Water TowerMunicipal heritage site · 71 km away, in North Norfolk |
| Dominion Exhibition Display Building Nº 2National Historic Site · 1913–1914 · 81 km away, in Brandon |
| St. Matthew's Anglican CathedralProvincial heritage site · 1913 · 81 km away, in Brandon |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Brandon, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1911–1913 · 82 km away, in Brandon |
| Daly House MuseumMunicipal heritage site · 82 km away, in Brandon |
| BCATP Hangar No. 1National Historic Site · 1940–1942 · 86 km away, in Brandon |
| Fort La ReineNational Historic Site · 1738–1739 · 95 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| Former Portage La Prairie Indian Residential SchoolNational Historic Site · 1914–1916 · 96 km away, in Long Plain 6 |
| Portage La Prairie Public BuildingNational Historic Site · 1896–1899 · 99 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Portage la Prairie, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1893–1894 · 99 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
7.5% of Argyle’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Argyle built little from 2001 to 2015: 10% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Few of Argyle’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 10%, the norm 23%. More of Argyle’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 38%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Argyle in brief
Argyle’s homes from before 1961 come to 36%, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: Chris Fridfinnson (1898) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
Questions about Argyle’s history
How many historic places does Argyle have on the registers?
Not within Argyle. Its nearest is a top designation: Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern), 69 km away in Thompson.
When did Argyle become a municipality?
Wikidata gives August 15, 1881 for Argyle, which may mark incorporation or an amalgamation rather than a founding.
How old are the homes in Argyle?
36% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Argyle be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Argyle, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets no page.
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).