Photo: HS01 · CC BY-SA 4.0Dufferin and its setting: 5 historic places within 50 km
For the highest designations, the closest town to Dufferin is Thompson, 27 km off. More of its homes are old than in most towns: 26% before 1961, against 18%.
Dufferin’s surroundings: 5 historic places within 50 km
They are spread over 3 towns, including Portage la Prairie, Thompson and Long Plain 6. Nearest comes Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern), 24 km off, in Thompson. The mix: 4 National Historic Sites and a heritage railway station.
The 5 nearest, within 50 km
| Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern)National Historic Site · 1889–1890 · 24 km away, in Thompson |
| Fort La ReineNational Historic Site · 1738–1739 · 48 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| Former Portage La Prairie Indian Residential SchoolNational Historic Site · 1914–1916 · 49 km away, in Long Plain 6 |
| Portage La Prairie Public BuildingNational Historic Site · 1896–1899 · 49 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Portage la Prairie, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1908–1909 · 50 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
Within 50 km of Dufferin, the oldest record dates from 1738
The area here stretches to 50 km around Dufferin: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
Dated places within 50 km: 5. Before Confederation: one. First by date comes Fort La Reine in Portage la Prairie, from 1738.
Dufferin is still building: 6.5% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Few of Dufferin’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 18%, the norm 23%. More of Dufferin’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 31%. Half of the homes standing in Dufferin today were built before 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Dufferin and its neighbours
Dufferin in brief
Housing in Dufferin includes 26% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no historic place; and one person of its past, Al Leader (1903).
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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
Questions about Dufferin’s history
How many historic places does Dufferin have on the registers?
Not within Dufferin. Its nearest is a top designation: Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern), 24 km away in Thompson.
How old are the homes in Dufferin?
Before 1961: 26% of its homes; 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).