Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOlder housing stands out in Minto-Odanah: 40% predates 1961
The typical town has 18%: Minto-Odanah has 2.3 times the share. The registers count 10 places within 50 km of Minto-Odanah; the closest, Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Minnedosa, Manitoba, is 11 km away. Look 26 km away, to Neepawa, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is January 1, 2015; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
The places within 50 km of Minto-Odanah lean to the decades after Confederation
The area here stretches to 50 km around Minto-Odanah: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
The chart rests on 9 dated places within 50 km. First by date comes Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building in Neepawa, from 1884.
10 places on Canada’s registers lie 50 km or less from Minto-Odanah
The first one out is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Minnedosa, Manitoba”, 11 km away in Minnedosa. By age, Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building leads, from 1884, at 27 km. Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building, 27 km away, leads 4 places with the top designation.
The 10 nearest, within 50 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Minnedosa, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 11 km away, in Minnedosa |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Neepawa, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1902–1903 · 26 km away, in Neepawa |
| Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court BuildingNational Historic Site · 1884–1885 · 27 km away, in Neepawa |
| BCATP Hangar No. 1National Historic Site · 1940–1942 · 29 km away, in Brandon |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Rivers, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 33 km away, in Riverdale |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Brandon, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1911–1913 · 35 km away, in Brandon |
| Daly House MuseumMunicipal heritage site · 36 km away, in Brandon |
| Camp HughesNational Historic Site · 1915 · 36 km away, in North Cypress-Langford |
| St. Matthew's Anglican CathedralProvincial heritage site · 1913 · 36 km away, in Brandon |
| Dominion Exhibition Display Building Nº 2National Historic Site · 1913–1914 · 37 km away, in Brandon |
New homes are rare in Minto-Odanah: 2.4% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Minto-Odanah built little from 1961 to 1980: 21% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Half of the homes standing in Minto-Odanah today were built before 1981. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 23% of Minto-Odanah’s, about the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Minto-Odanah and its neighbours
Minto-Odanah in brief
Older stock first: 40% of homes in Minto-Odanah were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- 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.
- 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. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
Questions about Minto-Odanah’s history
How many historic places does Minto-Odanah have on the registers?
None inside Minto-Odanah yet. The nearest is Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Minnedosa, Manitoba, 11 km away in Minnedosa.
When did Minto-Odanah become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Minto-Odanah is January 1, 2015, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Minto-Odanah?
40% 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).