Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainBefore 1961: 42% of the homes in Oakview
Oakview’s share is 2.4 times the typical 18%. Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Minnedosa, Manitoba, 17 km from Oakview, heads a list of 10 historic places within 50 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Brandon, 39 km from here. The earliest of 4 people born in Oakview before 1914 is Robert T. Anderson.
The 50 km around Oakview keep buildings from as early as 1884
Places as far as 50 km from Oakview, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
9 dated places within 50 km make up the record. The earliest is Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building in Neepawa, begun in 1884.
10 designated places lie within 50 km of Oakview
The oldest, Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building, dates from 1884, 42 km away. BCATP Hangar No. 1, 32 km off, is the nearest of 4 top-tier places. Closest of all is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Minnedosa, Manitoba”, in Minnedosa, 17 km off.
The 10 nearest, within 50 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Minnedosa, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 17 km away, in Minnedosa |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Rivers, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 22 km away, in Riverdale |
| BCATP Hangar No. 1National Historic Site · 1940–1942 · 32 km away, in Brandon |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Brandon, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1911–1913 · 38 km away, in Brandon |
| Daly House MuseumMunicipal heritage site · 38 km away, in Brandon |
| St. Matthew's Anglican CathedralProvincial heritage site · 1913 · 39 km away, in Brandon |
| Dominion Exhibition Display Building Nº 2National Historic Site · 1913–1914 · 40 km away, in Brandon |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Neepawa, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1902–1903 · 41 km away, in Neepawa |
| Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court BuildingNational Historic Site · 1884–1885 · 42 km away, in Neepawa |
| Camp HughesNational Historic Site · 1915 · 49 km away, in North Cypress-Langford |
42% of Oakview’s homes were built before 1961
Only 12% of Oakview’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Few of Oakview’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 9.6%, the norm 15%. From 2016 on, Oakview built 5.1% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
4 people born in Oakview before 1914
Robert T. Anderson comes first, born in 1880. The most recent birth is Gladys Egbert’s, in 1896. Alexander Picton Brereton lived longest, to 84, dying in 1976. By Wikipedia’s reach, Leslie Gordon Bell leads, with 4 articles.
Everyone born in Oakview → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Oakview and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakview | 1,670 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Minnedosa | 2,859 | 1 | 0 | 1910 |
| Minto-Odanah | 1,168 | 0 | 0 | — |
Oakview in brief
Older stock first: 42% of homes in Oakview were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Leslie Gordon Bell (1889), Gladys Egbert (1896) and Alexander Picton Brereton (1892) lead its people of the past.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
Questions about Oakview’s history
How many historic places does Oakview have on the registers?
Oakview has none of its own yet. Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Minnedosa, Manitoba, in Minnedosa, is the nearest, 17 km away.
When did Oakview become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Oakview is January 1, 2015, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Oakview?
42% 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).