Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Svhartje · CC BY-SA 3.0One place on the heritage registers lies within 100 km of Swan River: Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Roblin, Manitoba, 98 km away. Homes from 2016 to 2021 make up 3% of the stock; the typical town has 4.1%.
It was in 1900 that Swan River was founded. That was 126 years ago. For the municipality of Swan River itself, Wikidata records 1908, a date that can be a founding as much as a merger.
The municipality of Swan River was incorporated as a town in 1908.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Swan River, Manitoba”, revision 1377946252 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
At 98 km, “Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Roblin, Manitoba” in Roblin is the closest.
| Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Roblin, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1906–1907 · 98 km away, in Roblin |
Like the typical town (18%), Swan River has 22% of its homes from before 1961. Over half of the homes in Swan River were already standing by 1981. In Swan River, 23% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swan River | 4,048 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Minitonas-Bowsman | 1,545 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Swan Valley West | 2,702 | 0 | 0 | — |
Counted by age, 22% of Swan River’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed; and Pierre Falcon (1793) is its person of the past on the record.
The registers have nothing inside Swan River; Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Roblin, Manitoba, in Roblin, is 98 km away.
Before 1961: 22% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).