Photo: Dig deeper · CC BY-SA 4.0History around West St. Paul: 5 designated places within 10 km
For the highest designations, the closest town to West St. Paul is Seven Oaks, 9.4 km off. Wikidata dates the municipality to 1888, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
Near West St. Paul, within 10 km: 5 places of national rank
The earliest date is Battle of Seven Oaks’s, 1816, 10 km away. All told, 5 places are within 10 km. Nearest comes Miss Davis' School Residence / Twin Oaks, 7.1 km off, in St. Andrews.
The 5 nearest, within 10 km
| Miss Davis' School Residence / Twin OaksNational Historic Site · 1850–1860 · 7.1 km away, in St. Andrews |
| St. Andrew's RectoryNational Historic Site · 1852–1855 · 8.4 km away, in St. Andrews |
| St. Boniface Hospital Nurses' ResidenceNational Historic Site · 1927–1929 · 8.4 km away, in St. Andrews |
| St. Andrew's Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1845–1850 · 8.5 km away, in St. Andrews |
| Battle of Seven OaksNational Historic Site · 1816 · 10 km away, in Seven Oaks |
Most of what stands within 10 km of West St. Paul dates from the years before Confederation
Places near West St. Paul (within 10 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
First by date comes Battle of Seven Oaks in Seven Oaks, from 1816. The bars count 5 dated places within 10 km. 4 predate Confederation.
A growing town: 20% of West St. Paul’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes from before 1961 are 13% of West St. Paul’s housing, below the typical 18%. West St. Paul’s largest group of homes, 29%, went up from 1981 to 2000. Few of West St. Paul’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 16%, the norm 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How West St. Paul compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 10,700 to 10,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Eastern Passage, Contrecoeur and Alexandria. The middle one has 0. 13 of them have none.
West St. Paul and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West St. Paul | 10,796 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East St. Paul | 10,321 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riverbend | 5,453 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rivergrove | 2,742 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Valhalla | 3,153 | 0 | 0 | — |
| River East | 7,774 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West Kildonan Industrial | 3,678 | 0 | 0 | — |
West St. Paul in brief
Few of its homes are old, 13% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
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.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
Questions about West St. Paul’s history
How many historic places does West St. Paul have on the registers?
Inside West St. Paul, none so far. At 7.1 km, Miss Davis' School Residence / Twin Oaks in St. Andrews is the nearest, with the top designation.
When did West St. Paul become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for West St. Paul is 1888, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in West St. Paul?
13% predate 1961, where 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).