Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Resurrection · Photo: Intermedichbo · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History of Dauphin · Canada’s heritage registers
Dauphin has 2 historic places on the registers, one in the top tier
Among the places are a heritage railway station. More of its homes are old than in most towns: 33% before 1961, against 18%. The earliest construction date, 1912, belongs to Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Dauphin, Manitoba. Scaled to its population, Dauphin’s 2.3 per 10,000 residents beats 87% of Canadian towns.
Both places on Dauphin’s registers have a photo here. Up first are Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Resurrection and “Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Dauphin, Manitoba”.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
How it began
Dauphin’s record begins in 1898
The charters of Dauphin came in turn: a town in 1901 and a city in 1998. The first railway station on record, Dauphin railway station, opened in 1912. On Wikidata the municipality of Dauphin dates to 1898, with no word on whether that was its founding or a later incorporation.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsOther federal designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 2, by tier
1 Highest designations1 Other federal designations
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Dauphin with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Harrison Park, Rosedale and Riding Mountain West hold most of them, among 4 towns. The first one out is Superintendent’s Residence and Works Garage, 54 km away in Harrison Park. Riding Mountain Park East Gate Registration Complex, 62 km away, leads 2 places with the top designation.
Dauphin added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2.2%, where most towns have 4.1%
Half of the homes standing in Dauphin today were built before 1981. The busiest building years in Dauphin were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 40% of today’s homes. Few of Dauphin’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 7.9%, the norm 15%.
33%
Before 1961
40%
1961–80
17%
1981–2000
7.9%
2001–15
2.2%
2016–21
DauphinTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
Dauphin’s past in lives: one nationally designated
The record holds 4 people born here before 1914. In 1894 came the earliest, William George Barker. At the other end is William Moore Benidickson, from 1911. Fame, by Wikipedia: Jimmy Ball first, in 18 languages.
William George Barker
Ernest Charles Hoy
Jimmy Ball
William Moore Benidickson
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Jimmy Ball1903–1988 · Athletics competitor
William George Barker1894–1930 · Person of national historic significance (1998) · Canadian First Worl…
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Ernest Charles Hoy1895–1982 · Canadian flying ace
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William Moore Benidickson1911–1985 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Dauphin → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
Towns its size
Dauphin has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,500 to 8,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Dauphin has 33% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, including Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Resurrection. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places. Among the lives from its past: Jimmy Ball (1903), William George Barker (1894) and Ernest Charles Hoy (1895). For the rest, the designations ran from 1990 to 1997.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
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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.
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Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
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The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
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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.
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Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Questions about Dauphin’s history
How old are the homes in Dauphin?
Before 1961: 33% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Dauphin have the highest designation?
It is Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Resurrection.
What is the oldest building in Dauphin?
Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Dauphin, Manitoba — its record dates it to 1912 (Heritage Railway Station).
Why might a heritage building in Dauphin be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; one further listing in Dauphin shows up only as a Wikidata number.
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.
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