National Historic SiteBrockintonNear Road 158W, south of Melita
Photo: Words in the Wind · CC BY-SA 4.02historic places on the registers
History of Two Borders · Canada’s heritage registers
All of Two Borders’s 2 historic places are top designations
Two Borders has kept more old homes than most towns: 34% were built before 1961, against 18%. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has January 1, 2015, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding. Behind these stands one more local or provincial listing that only Wikidata records.
Historic places
2
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Homes built before 1961
34%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Two Borders’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 2, by tier
2 Highest designations
The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
2 places in Two Borders with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Start with Brockinton and Linear Mounds. Each one opens its own page.
National Historic SiteLinear Mounds
Around the town
79 km from Two Borders: “Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, Manitoba”, the nearest on the registers
All told, one place is within 100 km.
The nearest, within 100 km
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 79 km away, in Virden |
Homes by age
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Two Borders, against 4.1% elsewhere
34% of Two Borders’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, more than the typical town’s 27%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 16% of Two Borders’s, against 23% in the typical town. Count back from today and half of Two Borders’s homes are older than 1981.
34%
Before 1961
34%
1961–80
16%
1981–2000
16%
2001–15
0%
2016–21
Two BordersTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
In brief
Two Borders in brief
Counted by age, 34% of Two Borders’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation. The rest is about typical: every designation dates from 1973.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Two Borders’s history
How old are the homes in Two Borders?
34% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Two Borders have the highest designation?
Brockinton and Linear Mounds.
Why might a heritage building in Two Borders be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; one further listing in Two Borders shows up only as a Wikidata number.
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).