Thompson, incorporated as a town in 1967

Few homes are old by the census: 11% before 1961, against 18%. 1.3% of its homes went up between 2016 and 2021; the typical town built 4.1%.

Homes built before 1961

11%

typical town: 18%

How it began

1956 and after: Thompson’s milestones

In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Thompson dates from 1956; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger. Thompson was incorporated as a town in 1967.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Thompson, Manitoba”, revision 1383643449 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

Homes by age

The biggest share of Thompson’s homes dates from 1961 to 1980: 63%

Half of the homes standing in Thompson today were built before 1981. Only 6.4% of Thompson’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. In Thompson, 19% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).

11%

Before 1961

63%

1961–80

19%

1981–2000

6.4%

2001–15

1.3%

2016–21

ThompsonTypical 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

How Thompson compares with 16 towns its size

Towns of 12,800 to 13,000 residents, by places on the registers.

Thompson0

Only Centre-Ville, Downtown, Yonge-Bay Corridor, Prince Rupert, Sainte-Julienne and Westboro have more. The middle one has 0. 10 of them have none.

In brief

Thompson in brief

Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 11% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

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.
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.
The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
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 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.
Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.

Questions about Thompson’s history

How old are the homes in Thompson?

11% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).