How it began
Prairie View’s early dates, from 2015
In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Prairie View dates from January 1, 2015; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger. It succeeded Miniota.
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain0historic places on the registers
History of Prairie View · Canada’s heritage registers
37% of Prairie View’s homes were built before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Prairie View has 2.1 times as much. 15 places on the heritage registers lie within 100 km of Prairie View, the nearest R. D. McNaughton Building, 54 km away. Riding Mountain West, 62 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Historic places within 100 km
15
3 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
54 km
R. D. McNaughton Building
Homes built before 1961
37%
typical town: 18%
Born here before 1914
1
the earliest in 1913
The age of the area
From 1882 on: the dated places within 100 km of Prairie View
Places as far as 100 km from Prairie View, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
British North America 1760–18660
After Confederation 1867–19135
Wars and Depression 1914–19459
Since 1946 1946 on1
Oldest of all: R. D. McNaughton Building, Moosomin, 1882. 15 places within 100 km have a date.
Around the town
Prairie View’s area holds 3 top-tier places within 100 km
The mix: 7 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 4 heritage railway stations and 3 National Historic Sites. Closest of all is R. D. McNaughton Building, in Moosomin, 54 km off. Count to 100 km and there are 15.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| R. D. McNaughton BuildingMunicipal heritage property · 1882 · 54 km away, in Moosomin |
| Inglis Grain ElevatorsNational Historic Site · 1922–1942 · 60 km away, in Riding Mountain West |
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 64 km away, in Virden |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Rivers, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 72 km away, in Riverdale |
| Esterhazy Flour MillNational Historic Site · 1904–1908 · 77 km away, in Esterhazy |
| Tennis Clubhouse (B-6)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1936 · 80 km away, in Harrison Park |
| Bandstand (B9)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1936 · 80 km away, in Harrison Park |
| Park Administration BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1956–1957 · 80 km away, in Harrison Park |
| Accountant's ResidenceRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1927–1928 · 81 km away, in Harrison Park |
| Staff Residence Building B-15Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1936 · 81 km away, in Harrison Park |
| Casa Loma, Building (A2)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1928–1930 · 81 km away, in Harrison Park |
| Superintendent’s Residence and Works GarageRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1931–1933 · 85 km away, in Harrison Park |
Homes by age
Little new building in Prairie View: 3% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Only 9.6% of Prairie View’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Prairie View built little from 1981 to 2000: 17% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 34% of Prairie View’s, against 27% in the typical town.
37%
Before 1961
34%
1961–80
17%
1981–2000
9.6%
2001–15
3%
2016–21
Prairie ViewTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
In brief
Prairie View in brief
Before 1961: 37% of Prairie View’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: one person of its past, William Delday (1913).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Prairie View’s history
How many historic places does Prairie View have on the registers?
Not inside Prairie View. The closest is R. D. McNaughton Building in Moosomin, 54 km away.
How old are the homes in Prairie View?
Before 1961: 37% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Prairie View be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Prairie View, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets 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.
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).