Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.0The heritage near Grey: 7 places in a 50 km radius
Before 1961: 31% of Grey’s homes, where most towns have 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Long Plain 6, 27 km away.
Near Grey, within 50 km: 5 places of national rank
By designation: 5 National Historic Sites and 2 heritage railway stations. All told, 7 places are within 50 km. Closest of all is Fort La Reine, in Portage la Prairie, 33 km off.
The 7 nearest, within 50 km
| Fort La ReineNational Historic Site · 1738–1739 · 33 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern)National Historic Site · 1889–1890 · 33 km away, in Thompson |
| Former Portage La Prairie Indian Residential SchoolNational Historic Site · 1914–1916 · 34 km away, in Long Plain 6 |
| Portage La Prairie Public BuildingNational Historic Site · 1896–1899 · 34 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Portage la Prairie, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1908–1909 · 35 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Portage la Prairie, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1893–1894 · 35 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| First Homestead in Western CanadaNational Historic Site · 1872–1873 · 44 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
Near Grey, within 50 km: built places from 1738 on
No place near Grey is close: these lie up to 50 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Dated places within 50 km: 7. One is older than 1867. Oldest of all: Fort La Reine, Portage la Prairie, 1738.
Most of Grey’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 33%
Over half of the homes in Grey were already standing by 1981. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 9.4% of Grey’s, against 15% in the typical town. New building in Grey runs at the usual pace: 4.2% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Grey and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grey | 2,655 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dufferin | 2,587 | 0 | 0 | — |
Grey in brief
The pre-1961 share of Grey’s homes is 31%, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Grey’s history
How many historic places does Grey have on the registers?
None in Grey itself. The closest is Fort La Reine in Portage la Prairie, 33 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Grey?
31% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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).