Photo: Rob Swystun from Winnipeg, Canada · CC BY 2.033% of Winnipeg Beach’s homes were built before 1961
Winnipeg Beach has 1.9 times what the typical town has (18%). 8 places on the heritage registers lie within 50 km of Winnipeg Beach, the nearest Lower Fort Garry, 43 km away. Look 36 km away, to St. Andrews, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Within 50 km of Winnipeg Beach, the oldest record dates from 1830
The area here stretches to 50 km around Winnipeg Beach: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
The earliest is Lower Fort Garry in St. Andrews, begun in 1830. The bars count 8 dated places within 50 km. 4 are older than 1867.
8 designated places lie within 50 km of Winnipeg Beach
The mix: 7 National Historic Sites and a provincial or municipal listing. Closest of all is Lower Fort Garry, in St. Andrews, 43 km off. They stand in 3 towns, St. Andrews, Woodlands and St. Clements among them.
The 8 nearest, within 50 km
| Lower Fort GarryNational Historic Site · 1830–1851 · 43 km away, in St. Andrews |
| All Saints Anglican ChurchMunicipal heritage site · 1884 · 44 km away, in Woodlands |
| Red River FloodwayNational Historic Site · 1962–1969 · 46 km away, in St. Clements |
| St. Andrews Caméré Curtain Bridge DamNational Historic Site · 1907–1911 · 46 km away, in St. Andrews |
| St. Andrew's Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1845–1850 · 48 km away, in St. Andrews |
| St. Andrew's RectoryNational Historic Site · 1852–1855 · 48 km away, in St. Andrews |
| St. Boniface Hospital Nurses' ResidenceNational Historic Site · 1927–1929 · 48 km away, in St. Andrews |
| Miss Davis' School Residence / Twin OaksNational Historic Site · 1850–1860 · 49 km away, in St. Andrews |
Winnipeg Beach added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2.6%, where most towns have 4.1%
Only 17% of Winnipeg Beach’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Half of the homes standing in Winnipeg Beach today were built before 1981. In Winnipeg Beach, 29% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Winnipeg Beach and its neighbours
Winnipeg Beach in brief
Older stock first: 33% of homes in Winnipeg Beach were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Winnipeg Beach’s history
How many historic places does Winnipeg Beach have on the registers?
Nothing inside Winnipeg Beach; Lower Fort Garry in St. Andrews, 43 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Winnipeg Beach?
33% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Winnipeg Beach be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; one further listing in Winnipeg Beach 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).