Photo: Herb Neufeld · CC BY 2.0In Centennial, 35% of homes go back before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Centennial has 2 times as much. 35 places on the heritage registers lie within 5 km of Centennial, the nearest Exchange District, 700 m away. Heritage of the first rank begins 600 m away, in West Alexander.
Near Centennial, within 5 km: built places from 1738 on
Within 5 km of Centennial but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
30 dated places within 5 km make up the record. 3 are older than 1867. “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar”, in Broadway-Assiniboine, goes back furthest, to 1738.
The heritage closest to Centennial: Exchange District, at 700 m
Between them, 16 towns share them, mainly North St. Boniface, South Portage and Broadway-Assiniboine. Among them are 23 National Historic Sites, 10 provincial or municipal listings and 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. Count to 5 km and there are 35.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Exchange DistrictNational Historic Site · 1880–1914 · 700 m away, in West Alexander |
| Former Union Bank Building and AnnexNational Historic Site · 1903–1905 · 700 m away, in West Alexander |
| Confederation BuildingNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 700 m away, in North St. Boniface |
| Pantages Playhouse TheatreNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 800 m away, in North St. Boniface |
| Ukrainian Cultural and Educational CentreListed historical resource · 1944 · 800 m away, in North St. Boniface |
| Walker TheatreNational Historic Site · 1906–1908 · 800 m away, in Central Park |
| Royal Manitoba Theatre CentreNational Historic Site · 1969–1971 · 900 m away, in North St. Boniface |
| Early Skyscrapers in WinnipegNational Historic Site · 1912–1919 · 900 m away, in North St. Boniface |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station (Winnipeg)National Historic Site · 1904–1907 · 1.1 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Birks BuildingListed historical resource · 1.1 km away, in South Portage |
| Metropolitan TheatreNational Historic Site · 1919–1920 · 1.2 km away, in South Portage |
| Holy Trinity Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1883–1885 · 1.2 km away, in South Portage |
35% of Centennial’s homes were built before 1961
Count back from today and half of Centennial’s homes are older than 1981. From 2016 on, Centennial built 4.9% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. In Centennial, 22% 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.
How Centennial compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,500 to 4,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Minnetonka and Vulcan County have more. Their median is 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Centennial and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial | 4,483 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West Alexander | 5,161 | 2 | 2 | 1880 |
| Central Park | 4,328 | 1 | 1 | 1906 |
| Spence | 4,378 | 0 | 0 | — |
| William Whyte | 11,432 | 1 | 1 | 1918 |
| South Portage | 3,037 | 5 | 4 | 1883 |
| North Point Douglas | 2,670 | 1 | 0 | 1947 |
Centennial in brief
Centennial has 35% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
Questions about Centennial’s history
How many historic places does Centennial have on the registers?
None inside Centennial yet. The nearest, Exchange District, carries the highest designation, 700 m away in West Alexander.
How old are the homes in Centennial?
35% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Centennial be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Centennial, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets no page.
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).