FedHeritage Railway Station · 1928–1929VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, The Pas, Manitoba380 Hazlewood Ave.Photo: Colin Stepney · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, The Pas, Manitoba · Photo: Colin Stepney · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of The Pas · Canada’s heritage registers
The Pas: 1 historic place on Canada’s heritage registers
In The Pas that place is VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, The Pas, Manitoba, a heritage railway station, from 1928. The Pas has 1.8 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 85% of Canadian towns. One further listing on a provincial or municipal register is known only through Wikidata, so it has no page of its own.
Historic places
1
1.8 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1928
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
23%
typical town: 18%
Through time
Old The Pas, 1904 to 1924
By date: one old photograph of the town, with the oldest view of one of its historic places. Swipe along the strip; each picture opens at full size.
1900–1909
c. 1924Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where The Pas’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Other federal designations
Federal heritage in The Pas: one more place
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
2 historic places within 100 km of The Pas
Their towns number 2: Division No. 18, Unorganized and Kelsey first. Cumberland House in Division No. 18, Unorganized is the nearest, 68 km away. Among them are a National Historic Site and a heritage railway station.
The 2 nearest, within 100 km
| Cumberland HouseNational Historic Site · 1821 · 68 km away, in Division No. 18, Unorganized |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Cranberry Portage, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1929–1930 · 86 km away, in Kelsey |
Homes by age
Little new building in The Pas: 1.6% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Only 7.4% of The Pas’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. The Pas’s largest group of homes, 46%, went up from 1961 to 1980. At 23%, The Pas’s share of pre-1961 homes is above the typical town’s 18%.
23%
Before 1961
46%
1961–80
23%
1981–2000
7.4%
2001–15
1.6%
2016–21
The PasTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
The Pas has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,600 to 5,700 residents, by places on the registers.
The Pas1
Ahead of it: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan and Memramcook. The typical town its size has 0. 10 of them have none.
Neighbours
The Pas and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pas | 5,634 | 1 | 0 | 1928 |
| Opaskwayak Cree Nation 21E | 2,184 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Division No. 21, Unorganized | 1,820 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
The Pas in brief
Older stock first: 23% of homes in The Pas were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 1 historic place. Just 2 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. The other figures are unremarkable: Albert Campbell (1894) is its person of the past on the record; and its designation dates from 1992.
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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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 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 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.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- 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.
Questions about The Pas’s history
How many historic places does The Pas have on the registers?
1 historic place in The Pas, from Canada’s heritage registers.
What is the oldest building in The Pas?
VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, The Pas, Manitoba (Heritage Railway Station): the first construction date on its record is 1928.
Why might a heritage building in The Pas be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. One more listing in The Pas is known through Wikidata alone, so it is counted, not paged.
How old are the homes in The Pas?
Before 1961: 23% 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).