How it began
Louise through its dates, from 2015
In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Louise dates from January 1, 2015; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger. The municipality took over from Crystal City and Louise.
Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.00historic places on the registers
History of Louise · Canada’s heritage registers
Beyond Louise’s limits, 8 historic places within 100 km
For the highest designations, the closest town to Louise is Thompson, 49 km off. The earliest of 4 people born in Louise before 1914 is Paul Hiebert.
Historic places within 100 km
8
5 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
51 km
Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern)
Homes built before 1961
30%
typical town: 18%
Born here before 1914
4
the earliest in 1892
Around the town
Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern), 51 km from Louise, is the closest
Fort La Reine, 93 km off, is the oldest: 1738. The mix: 5 National Historic Sites, 2 heritage railway stations and a provincial or municipal listing. Count to 100 km and there are 8.
The 8 nearest, within 100 km
| Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern)National Historic Site · 1889–1890 · 51 km away, in Thompson |
| MacGregor Canadian Pacific Railway Water TowerMunicipal heritage site · 81 km away, in North Norfolk |
| Camp HughesNational Historic Site · 1915 · 89 km away, in North Cypress-Langford |
| Fort La ReineNational Historic Site · 1738–1739 · 93 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| Former Portage La Prairie Indian Residential SchoolNational Historic Site · 1914–1916 · 94 km away, in Long Plain 6 |
| Portage La Prairie Public BuildingNational Historic Site · 1896–1899 · 96 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Portage la Prairie, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1893–1894 · 97 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Portage la Prairie, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1908–1909 · 97 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
The age of the area
Around Louise, within 100 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
Reaching 100 km out from Louise: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
New France before 17601
British North America 1760–18660
After Confederation 1867–19134
Wars and Depression 1914–19452
Since 1946 1946 on0
The earliest is Fort La Reine in Portage la Prairie, begun in 1738. The bars count 7 dated places within 100 km. One predates Confederation.
Homes by age
30% of Louise’s homes are older than 1961, against a usual 18%
New building in Louise runs at the usual pace: 3.3% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 6.6% of Louise’s, against 15% in the typical town. The busiest building years in Louise were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 41% of today’s homes.
30%
Before 1961
41%
1961–80
19%
1981–2000
6.6%
2001–15
3.3%
2016–21
LouiseTypical 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
4 Louise births on record from before 1914
Of them all, Paul Hiebert lived longest: 95 years, until 1987. The latest, William Speechley, was born in 1906. William Speechley is the most written about, in 5 languages. It starts with Paul Hiebert, born in 1892.
Paul Hiebert
Robert Milton McCool
Leslie Mutch
William Speechley
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WS
William Speechley1906–1982 · British ice hockey player
LM
Leslie Mutch1897–1977 · Canadian politician
RM
Robert Milton McCool1893–1988 · Canadian politician
PH
Paul Hiebert1892–1987 · Canadian writer and humorist
Everyone born in Louise → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
In brief
Louise in brief
The pre-1961 share of Louise’s homes is 30%, against 18% in the typical town. William Speechley (1906), Leslie Mutch (1897) and Robert Milton McCool (1893) lead its people of the past.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
Questions about Louise’s history
How many historic places does Louise have on the registers?
Nothing inside Louise; Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern) in Thompson, 51 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Louise?
30% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Why might a heritage building in Louise be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 2 more listings in Louise, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article they get no page.
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).