Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0Before 1961: 49% of the homes in Brooklands
Against 18% in the typical town, Brooklands has 2.8 times the share. 12 places on the heritage registers lie within 5 km of Brooklands, the nearest Ukrainian Labour Temple, 3.6 km away. Heritage of the first rank begins 3.8 km away, in West Alexander.
Within 5 km of Brooklands, the oldest record dates from 1880
Around Brooklands, not inside it: the places within 5 km, by the first construction date on record.
First by date comes Exchange District in West Alexander, from 1880. 10 places within 5 km have a date.
The highest designation, 7 times, within 5 km of Brooklands
Exchange District, 4.8 km off, is the oldest: 1880. Ukrainian Labour Temple in William Whyte is the nearest, 3.6 km away. The registers hold 12 within 5 km.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Ukrainian Labour TempleNational Historic Site · 1918–1920 · 3.6 km away, in William Whyte |
| Minto ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1914–1916 · 3.6 km away, in Minto |
| McGregor Street ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1914–1916 · 4.3 km away, in St. John's |
| Walker TheatreNational Historic Site · 1906–1908 · 4.8 km away, in Central Park |
| Exchange DistrictNational Historic Site · 1880–1914 · 4.8 km away, in West Alexander |
| Former Union Bank Building and AnnexNational Historic Site · 1903–1905 · 4.8 km away, in West Alexander |
| Confederation BuildingNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 4.9 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Pantages Playhouse TheatreNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 4.9 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Ukrainian Cultural and Educational CentreListed historical resource · 1944 · 4.9 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Birks BuildingListed historical resource · 5 km away, in South Portage |
| Westminster United ChurchProvincial heritage site · 5 km away, in Wolseley |
| Metropolitan TheatreNational Historic Site · 1919–1920 · 5 km away, in South Portage |
New homes stand out in Brooklands: 11% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
More than half of Brooklands’s housing predates 1981. Brooklands built little from 1981 to 2000: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Only 17% of Brooklands’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Brooklands and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklands | 3,114 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Weston | 6,661 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Burrows-Keewatin | 2,506 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Shaughnessy Park | 5,169 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tyndall Park | 12,393 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sargent Park | 6,242 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Burrows Central | 5,565 | 0 | 0 | — |
Brooklands in brief
Older stock first: 49% of homes in Brooklands were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- 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.
- 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. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
Questions about Brooklands’s history
How many historic places does Brooklands have on the registers?
Nothing inside Brooklands; Ukrainian Labour Temple in William Whyte, 3.6 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Brooklands?
49% 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).