Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainGrassland keeps its older homes: 38% from before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Grassland has 2.2 times as much. Within 100 km of Grassland there are 11 designated places; Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, Manitoba, at 50 km, is the closest. Brandon, 57 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank. Of the 4 people born in Grassland before 1914, Nelson Stuart Smith came first.
Around Grassland, within 100 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1900
Reaching 100 km out from Grassland: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
8 dated places within 100 km make up the record. First by date comes “Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, Manitoba” in Virden, from 1900.
11 designated places lie within 100 km of Grassland
By designation: 5 National Historic Sites, 4 heritage railway stations and 2 provincial or municipal listings. “Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, Manitoba” in Virden is the nearest, 50 km away. Between them, 6 towns share them, mainly Brandon, Two Borders and Virden.
The 11 nearest, within 100 km
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 50 km away, in Virden |
| BrockintonNational Historic Site · 52 km away, in Two Borders |
| Linear MoundsNational Historic Site · 54 km away, in Two Borders |
| Dominion Exhibition Display Building Nº 2National Historic Site · 1913–1914 · 56 km away, in Brandon |
| Daly House MuseumMunicipal heritage site · 57 km away, in Brandon |
| St. Matthew's Anglican CathedralProvincial heritage site · 1913 · 57 km away, in Brandon |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Brandon, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1911–1913 · 58 km away, in Brandon |
| BCATP Hangar No. 1National Historic Site · 1940–1942 · 63 km away, in Brandon |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Rivers, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 64 km away, in Riverdale |
| Camp HughesNational Historic Site · 1915 · 83 km away, in North Cypress-Langford |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Minnedosa, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 99 km away, in Minnedosa |
6.4% of Grassland’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Few of Grassland’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 16%, the norm 23%. Over half of the homes in Grassland were already standing by 1981. 28% of Grassland’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.
4 people born in Grassland before 1914
Nelson Stuart Smith comes first, born in 1888. 3 Wikipedias cover Nelson Stuart Smith, the most of anyone here. Longest lived was William Harold Hicks, 86 years in all (1974). Red Conn closes the list, born in 1904.
Everyone born in Grassland → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Grassland in brief
Of the homes standing in Grassland, 38% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Nelson Stuart Smith (1888), William Harold Hicks (1888) and Red Conn (1904) are the best known of its historic lives.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- 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 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Grassland’s history
How many historic places does Grassland have on the registers?
None within Grassland itself; the nearest is 50 km off: Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, Manitoba, in Virden.
When did Grassland become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Grassland is January 1, 2015, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Grassland?
38% 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).