TopNational Historic Site · 1906–1908Walker Theatre364 Smith StreetPhoto: Amqui · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Photo: Kat1144 · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of Central Park · Canada’s heritage registers
One place in Central Park, at the top of the registers
Walker Theatre, from 1906, is Central Park’s national historic site. Scaled to its population, Central Park’s 2.3 per 10,000 residents beats 87% of Canadian towns. Local registers add 3 more places, counted here but not paged: Wikidata holds their numbers and little else.
Historic places
1
2.3 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1906
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
29%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Heritage Central Park
Pictured: Walker Theatre, Central Park’s only designated place.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The map
Where Central Park’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Central Park with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Near Central Park, within 5 km: 22 places of national rank
The oldest, “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar”, dates from 1738, 1.4 km away. North St. Boniface, South Portage and Broadway-Assiniboine hold most of them, among 16 towns. 35 places lie within 5 km.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Metropolitan TheatreNational Historic Site · 1919–1920 · 600 m away, in South Portage |
| Birks BuildingListed historical resource · 600 m away, in South Portage |
| Holy Trinity Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1883–1885 · 700 m away, in South Portage |
| Exchange DistrictNational Historic Site · 1880–1914 · 800 m away, in West Alexander |
| Former Union Bank Building and AnnexNational Historic Site · 1903–1905 · 800 m away, in West Alexander |
| Early Skyscrapers in WinnipegNational Historic Site · 1912–1919 · 800 m away, in North St. Boniface |
| Confederation BuildingNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 900 m away, in North St. Boniface |
| Pantages Playhouse TheatreNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 900 m away, in North St. Boniface |
| Royal Manitoba Theatre CentreNational Historic Site · 1969–1971 · 1 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Winnipeg Law CourtsNational Historic Site · 1912–1917 · 1 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
| Ukrainian Cultural and Educational CentreListed historical resource · 1944 · 1.2 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| DalnavertNational Historic Site · 1895–1896 · 1.2 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
Homes by age
29% of Central Park’s homes are older than 1961, against a usual 18%
From 2016 to 2021 Central Park added 2.5% of its homes, less than the typical town’s 4.1%. Few of Central Park’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 3.7%, the norm 15%. Central Park’s largest group of homes, 38%, went up from 1961 to 1980.
29%
Before 1961
38%
1961–80
26%
1981–2000
3.7%
2001–15
2.5%
2016–21
Central ParkTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Central Park and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park | 4,328 | 1 | 1 | 1906 |
| Spence | 4,378 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West Alexander | 5,161 | 2 | 2 | 1880 |
| South Portage | 3,037 | 5 | 4 | 1883 |
| Centennial | 4,483 | 0 | 0 | — |
| St. Matthews | 5,699 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Broadway-Assiniboine | 5,871 | 5 | 4 | 1738 |
In brief
Central Park in brief
Housing in Central Park includes 29% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, including Walker Theatre. Beyond that, it has one historic place, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 0); and its one place was designated in 1991.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- 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.
Questions about Central Park’s history
Which places in Central Park have the highest designation?
Just one: Walker Theatre.
What is the oldest building in Central Park?
Walker Theatre (National Historic Site): the first construction date on its record is 1906.
How old are the homes in Central Park?
The 2021 Census dates 29% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Central Park be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 3 more listings in Central Park are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).