Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building · Photo: Shahnoor Habib Munmun · CC BY 3.0
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History of Neepawa · Canada’s heritage registers
2 historic places in Neepawa, one of them a top designation
Counted by designation, there are a heritage railway station. Neepawa’s 3.2 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 90% of Canadian towns. The typical town has 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 32%. Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building, begun in 1884, is the oldest by its record.
A single date stands for Neepawa as a municipality on Wikidata, 1883, and it may be an incorporation rather than a founding. The tracks reached Neepawa in 1882.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsOther federal designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 2, by tier
1 Highest designations1 Other federal designations
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Neepawa with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Nearest to Neepawa: “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Minnedosa, Manitoba”, 27 km away
Between them, 3 towns share them, mainly Minnedosa, North Cypress-Langford and Brandon. The registers hold 3 within 50 km. Of 2 top designations nearby, Camp Hughes is the closest, at 39 km.
Camp HughesNational Historic Site · 1915 · 39 km away, in North Cypress-Langford
BCATP Hangar No. 1National Historic Site · 1940–1942 · 49 km away, in Brandon
Homes by age
32% of Neepawa’s homes were built before 1961
More than half of Neepawa’s housing predates 1981. From 2016 on, Neepawa built 4.6% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. 28% of Neepawa’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.
32%
Before 1961
28%
1961–80
22%
1981–2000
14%
2001–15
4.6%
2016–21
NeepawaTypical 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
Born in Neepawa before the First World War: 3 lives
4 Wikipedias cover Eva Clare, the most of anyone here. In 1884 came the earliest, Eva Clare. Of them all, Eva Clare lived longest: 77 years, until 1961. The line ends with Charles F. Goodeve (1904).
Eva Clare
Welford Russell
Charles F. Goodeve
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Eva Clare1884–1961 · Canadian pianist and music educator
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Welford Russell1900–1975 · Canadian composer of choral works
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Charles F. Goodeve1904–1980 · Canadian chemist
Everyone born in Neepawa → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns its size
Neepawa has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,300 to 6,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Beasley. The middle one has 0. 11 of them have nothing on the registers.
In brief
Neepawa in brief
The 2021 Census dates 32% of Neepawa’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, including Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just one has more historic places. The town’s people of the past are Eva Clare (1884), Welford Russell (1900) and Charles F. Goodeve (1904). The other figures are unremarkable: its places were designated between 1980 and 1996.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
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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.
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Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
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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.
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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.
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Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
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Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
Questions about Neepawa’s history
Which places in Neepawa have the highest designation?
It is Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building.
How old are the homes in Neepawa?
The 2021 Census dates 32% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
What is the oldest building in Neepawa?
By its record, Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building, from 1884 (National Historic Site).
Why might a heritage building in Neepawa be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 4 more listings in Neepawa, 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.
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