Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain40% of Prairie Lakes’s homes were built before 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Prairie Lakes has 2.3 times the share. The nearest heritage to Prairie Lakes is Dominion Exhibition Display Building Nº 2, 55 km off, one of 11 places within 100 km. Look 56 km away, to Brandon, for the nearest place of the highest designation. 2 people on record were born in Prairie Lakes before 1914, Evelyn Lett the earliest.
The 100 km around Prairie Lakes keep buildings from as early as 1884
Out to 100 km from Prairie Lakes, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
First by date comes Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building in Neepawa, from 1884. The bars count 9 dated places within 100 km.
Top-ranked heritage near Prairie Lakes: 4 places within 100 km
The oldest, Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building, dates from 1884, 97 km away. Closest of all is Dominion Exhibition Display Building Nº 2, in Brandon, 55 km off. Brandon, Neepawa and North Cypress-Langford hold most of them, among 6 towns.
The 11 nearest, within 100 km
| Dominion Exhibition Display Building Nº 2National Historic Site · 1913–1914 · 55 km away, in Brandon |
| St. Matthew's Anglican CathedralProvincial heritage site · 1913 · 57 km away, in Brandon |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Brandon, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1911–1913 · 57 km away, in Brandon |
| Daly House MuseumMunicipal heritage site · 57 km away, in Brandon |
| Camp HughesNational Historic Site · 1915 · 58 km away, in North Cypress-Langford |
| BCATP Hangar No. 1National Historic Site · 1940–1942 · 63 km away, in Brandon |
| MacGregor Canadian Pacific Railway Water TowerMunicipal heritage site · 81 km away, in North Norfolk |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Rivers, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 84 km away, in Riverdale |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Neepawa, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1902–1903 · 97 km away, in Neepawa |
| Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court BuildingNational Historic Site · 1884–1885 · 97 km away, in Neepawa |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Minnedosa, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 99 km away, in Minnedosa |
A growing town: 6% of Prairie Lakes’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Prairie Lakes were already standing by 1981. Few of Prairie Lakes’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 16%, the norm 23%. 25% of Prairie Lakes’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Prairie Lakes in brief
Of the homes standing in Prairie Lakes, 40% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, its past has lives on the record such as Evelyn Lett (1896) and George Muir (1903).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Prairie Lakes’s history
How many historic places does Prairie Lakes have on the registers?
Nothing inside Prairie Lakes; Dominion Exhibition Display Building Nº 2 in Brandon, 55 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
When did Prairie Lakes become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Prairie Lakes dates from January 1, 2015; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Prairie Lakes?
40% 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).