Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0History around Buchanan: 39 designated places within 25 km
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 4.9%. The nearest town with a top designation is Crescentwood, 11 km away.
24 places of national importance within 25 km of Buchanan
The mix: 24 National Historic Sites, 12 provincial or municipal listings and 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. All told, 39 places are within 25 km. They are spread over 20 towns, including North St. Boniface, Broadway-Assiniboine and South Portage.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Assiniboine Park PavilionListed historical resource · 6.5 km away, in Old Tuxedo |
| Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Winnipeg, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 7.9 km away, in Rosser |
| Minto ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1914–1916 · 10 km away, in Minto |
| Westminster United ChurchProvincial heritage site · 11 km away, in Wolseley |
| Cornish LibraryListed historical resource · 11 km away, in Crescentwood |
| Ralph Connor HouseNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 11 km away, in Crescentwood |
| Granite Curling ClubListed historical resource · 1880 · 12 km away, in West Broadway |
| Manitoba Legislative BuildingProvincial heritage site · 1920 · 12 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
| Roslyn Court ApartmentsNational Historic Site · 1909–1910 · 12 km away, in River-Osborne |
| Winnipeg Law CourtsNational Historic Site · 1912–1917 · 12 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
| Walker TheatreNational Historic Site · 1906–1908 · 13 km away, in Central Park |
| Metropolitan TheatreNational Historic Site · 1919–1920 · 13 km away, in South Portage |
Within 25 km of Buchanan, the decades after Confederation left the most
Out to 25 km from Buchanan, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
The earliest is “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar” in Broadway-Assiniboine, begun in 1738. The chart rests on 33 dated places within 25 km. 3 predate Confederation.
New homes are rare in Buchanan: 1.5% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Few of Buchanan’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 11%, the norm 23%. Buchanan has an unusual share of homes built from 1961 to 1980: 67%, where most towns have 27%. Half of the homes standing in Buchanan today were built before 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Buchanan compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,400 to 3,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Wellington. Their median is 0. 15 of them have none.
Buchanan and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan | 3,473 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Crestview | 8,658 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Glendale | 3,586 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westwood | 5,716 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sturgeon Creek | 3,202 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Heritage Park | 5,817 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kirkfield | 4,100 | 0 | 0 | — |
Buchanan in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 4.9% came earlier, 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 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
Questions about Buchanan’s history
How many historic places does Buchanan have on the registers?
None inside Buchanan yet. The nearest is Assiniboine Park Pavilion, 6.5 km away in Old Tuxedo.
How old are the homes in Buchanan?
4.9% 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).