Photo: Masterhatch · CC BY-SA 4.0Melita and its setting: 8 historic places within 100 km
The nearest town to Melita with a top designation is Two Borders, 22 km away. Of its homes, 26% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Brockinton, 15 km from Melita, is the closest
They stand in 4 towns, Brandon, Two Borders and Virden among them. The record reaches back to 1900 with “Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, Manitoba”, 64 km away. Count to 100 km and there are 8.
The 8 nearest, within 100 km
| BrockintonNational Historic Site · 15 km away, in Two Borders |
| Linear MoundsNational Historic Site · 18 km away, in Two Borders |
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 64 km away, in Virden |
| Dominion Exhibition Display Building Nº 2National Historic Site · 1913–1914 · 97 km away, in Brandon |
| Daly House MuseumMunicipal heritage site · 98 km away, in Brandon |
| St. Matthew's Anglican CathedralProvincial heritage site · 1913 · 98 km away, in Brandon |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Brandon, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1911–1913 · 98 km away, in Brandon |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Rivers, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 100 km away, in Riverdale |
Around Melita, within 100 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
Reaching 100 km out from Melita: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
5 places within 100 km carry a construction date. The oldest is “Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, Manitoba” in Virden, from 1900.
Little new building in Melita: 2.2% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Melita were already standing by 1981. Melita built little from 2001 to 2015: 3.2% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. 54% of Melita’s homes date from 1961 to 1980, well above the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Melita in brief
In Melita, 26% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, Norman Leslie McLeod (1892) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
Questions about Melita’s history
How many historic places does Melita have on the registers?
Melita has none of its own; Brockinton, in Two Borders, the closest at 15 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Melita?
26% 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).