Minitonas-Bowsman keeps its older homes: 33% from before 1961

Minitonas-Bowsman’s share is 1.9 times the typical 18%. One place on the heritage registers lies within 100 km of Minitonas-Bowsman: Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Roblin, Manitoba, 98 km away.

Historic places within 100 km

0 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

98 km

Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Roblin, Manitoba

Homes built before 1961

33%

typical town: 18%

Born here before 1914

the earliest in 1911

How it began

Minitonas-Bowsman on record since 2015

The municipality took over from Bowsman and Minitonas. On the open record, Minitonas-Bowsman as a municipality goes back to January 1, 2015, though that may be a charter rather than a first settlement.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

Around the town

Nearest to Minitonas-Bowsman: “Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Roblin, Manitoba”, 98 km away

Count to 100 km and there is one.

The nearest, within 100 km

Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Roblin, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1906–1907 · 98 km away, in Roblin

Homes by age

Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Minitonas-Bowsman, against 4.1% elsewhere

Half of the homes standing in Minitonas-Bowsman today were built before 1981. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 6.2% of Minitonas-Bowsman’s, against 15% in the typical town. The busiest building years in Minitonas-Bowsman were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 38% of today’s homes.

33%

Before 1961

38%

1961–80

23%

1981–2000

6.2%

2001–15

2016–21

Minitonas-BowsmanTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Neighbours

Minitonas-Bowsman and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Highest	Oldest
Minitonas-Bowsman	1,545	0	0	—
Swan River	4,048	0	0	—

In brief

Minitonas-Bowsman in brief

The pre-1961 share of Minitonas-Bowsman’s homes is 33%, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: one person of its past, Wally Dunn (1911).

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. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
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. 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. 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 Minitonas-Bowsman’s history

How many historic places does Minitonas-Bowsman have on the registers?

The registers have nothing inside Minitonas-Bowsman; Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Roblin, Manitoba, in Roblin, is 98 km away.

How old are the homes in Minitonas-Bowsman?

33% 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).