Photo: Vince pahkala · CC BY-SA 3.0Heritage within reach of St. Laurent: 55 places, 100 km or closer
From St. Laurent, look 52 km away, to Portage la Prairie, for the nearest place of the highest designation. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 8.3% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.
Near St. Laurent, within 100 km: 36 places of national rank
All told, 55 places are within 100 km. The earliest date is Fort La Reine’s, 1738, 55 km away. Closest of all is All Saints Anglican Church, in Woodlands, 25 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| All Saints Anglican ChurchMunicipal heritage site · 1884 · 25 km away, in Woodlands |
| First Homestead in Western CanadaNational Historic Site · 1872–1873 · 43 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Portage la Prairie, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1908–1909 · 51 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Portage la Prairie, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1893–1894 · 51 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| Portage La Prairie Public BuildingNational Historic Site · 1896–1899 · 52 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| Former Portage La Prairie Indian Residential SchoolNational Historic Site · 1914–1916 · 54 km away, in Long Plain 6 |
| Fort La ReineNational Historic Site · 1738–1739 · 55 km away, in Portage la Prairie |
| Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Winnipeg, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 68 km away, in Rosser |
| Assiniboine Park PavilionListed historical resource · 76 km away, in Old Tuxedo |
| McGregor Street ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1914–1916 · 76 km away, in St. John's |
| Ukrainian Labour TempleNational Historic Site · 1918–1920 · 76 km away, in William Whyte |
| Miss Davis' School Residence / Twin OaksNational Historic Site · 1850–1860 · 76 km away, in St. Andrews |
Near St. Laurent (100 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
No place near St. Laurent is close: these lie up to 100 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Fort La Reine, in Portage la Prairie, goes back furthest, to 1738. 48 dated places within 100 km make up the record. 8 predate Confederation.
Only 13% of St. Laurent’s homes go back before 1961 (18% is typical)
More of St. Laurent’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000 than in any other period: 39%. St. Laurent built little from 2001 to 2015: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Over half of the homes in St. Laurent were already standing by 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
St. Laurent in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 13% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, Jack Connolly (1900) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 St. Laurent’s history
How many historic places does St. Laurent have on the registers?
None within St. Laurent itself; the nearest is 25 km off: All Saints Anglican Church, in Woodlands.
How old are the homes in St. Laurent?
The 2021 Census dates 13% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).