How it began
Harrison Park’s first recorded year: 2015
January 1, 2015 is the date of Harrison Park’s municipality in Wikidata, and like many such dates it may record a charter, not the first homes. Park came before the present municipality.
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain0historic places on the registers
History of Harrison Park · Canada’s heritage registers
A municipality on record since 2015: Harrison Park
For the highest designations, the closest town to Harrison Park is Neepawa, 59 km off. Just beyond the boundary, the registers place 7 more.
Homes built before 1961
21%
typical town: 18%
The age of the area
The places within 25 km of Harrison Park lean to the wars and the Depression
Places as far as 25 km from Harrison Park, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
British North America 1760–18660
After Confederation 1867–19130
Wars and Depression 1914–19456
Since 1946 1946 on1
7 dated places within 25 km make up the record. The earliest is Accountant's Residence in Harrison Park, begun in 1927.
Just outside
Just outside Harrison Park
Places the registers give to the town from within 5 km of its edge, nearest first.
Just outside Harrison Park: 7
| Staff Residence Building B-15Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 600 m outside the town |
| Accountant's ResidenceRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 700 m outside the town |
| Casa Loma, Building (A2)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 800 m outside the town |
| Superintendent’s Residence and Works GarageRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 800 m outside the town |
| Park Administration BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1 km outside the town |
| Bandstand (B9)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1 km outside the town |
| Tennis Clubhouse (B-6)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Harrison Park’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 35% of its homes
Like the typical town (18%), Harrison Park has 21% of its homes from before 1961. From 2016 on, Harrison Park built 4.4% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. More than half of Harrison Park’s housing predates 1981.
21%
Before 1961
35%
1961–80
22%
1981–2000
18%
2001–15
4.4%
2016–21
Harrison ParkTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
In brief
Harrison Park in brief
Older stock first: 21% of homes in Harrison Park were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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. 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 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.
- 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.
Questions about Harrison Park’s history
How old are the homes in Harrison Park?
21% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Harrison Park be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; one further listing in Harrison Park 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.
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).