Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Jd.101 · CC BY-SA 3.0The list takes in 4 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. Scaled to its population Selkirk’s record is long: 5.2 per 10,000 residents, more than 95% of Canadian towns. Furloft and Saleshop, begun in 1830, is the oldest by its record. Wikidata knows 2 more provincial or municipal listings here that get no page, lacking an open statement or an encyclopedia article.
The name of Selkirk honours Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, scottish earl. Wikidata holds June 5, 1882 as the start of the municipality of Selkirk, a date that can just as well be an incorporation.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. 6 places, placed by their register’s municipality, have no point and aren’t on the map.
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Start with Furloft and Saleshop and The Big House. Each one opens its own page.
Their designations span 1990 to 2009. Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. The oldest, Warehouse, dates from 1838; the newest from 1962. Each one opens its own page.
The record covers 5 kinds of building and site. At the head of the list: Furloft and Saleshop and The Big House.
Grouped by what each register says the place is or was; a converted building counts as what it was built for.
Each place by the first construction date on its record.
5 of the 6 dated places are older than Confederation.
From 2016 to 2021 Selkirk added 5.7% of its homes, more than the typical town’s 4.1%. Selkirk’s largest group of homes, 39%, went up from 1961 to 1980. Few of Selkirk’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 15%, the norm 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
At the other end is Paul Goodman, from 1905. 10 Wikipedias cover Harry Oliver, the most of anyone here. Skuli Jonsson comes first, born in 1892. Harry Oliver reached 87, the longest life here, ending in 1985.
Everyone born in Selkirk → 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 of 11,500 to 11,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Their median is 0. 13 of them have none.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selkirk | 11,570 | 6 | 2 | 1830 |
| St. Clements | 12,029 | 1 | 1 | 1962 |
| St. Andrews | 12,021 | 7 | 6 | 1830 |
| Brokenhead | 5,931 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West St. Paul | 10,796 | 0 | 0 | — |
The pre-1961 share of Selkirk’s homes is 30%, against 18% in the typical town. There are 6 historic places in all, 2 with the highest designation; Furloft and Saleshop heads them. Of the 16 towns closest in size, it has the most historic places.
Of the 6 with a date, 5 come from the years before Confederation. Harry Oliver (1898), Bullet Joe Simpson (1893) and Paul Goodman (1905) lead its people of the past. Everything else is close to the norm: its places were designated between 1990 and 2009.
They are Furloft and Saleshop and The Big House.
The 2021 Census dates 30% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Furloft and Saleshop (Classified Federal Heritage Building): the first construction date on its record is 1830.
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 2 more listings in Selkirk, 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.
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).