Before 1961: 63% of the homes in Chalmers
For Chalmers, that is 3.6 times the typical town’s share, 18%. Cathedral of St. John, 1.5 km from Chalmers, heads a list of 31 historic places within 5 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in North St. Boniface, 2.1 km from here.
The 5 km around Chalmers keep buildings from as early as 1738
Within 5 km of Chalmers but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
The chart rests on 28 dated places within 5 km. 3 predate Confederation. The earliest is “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar” in Broadway-Assiniboine, begun in 1738.
31 designated places lie within 5 km of Chalmers
Among them are 22 National Historic Sites, 8 provincial or municipal listings and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. They are spread over 13 towns, including North St. Boniface, South Portage and Broadway-Assiniboine. Its 22 places of national rank start with Canadian Pacific Railway Station (Winnipeg), at 1.9 km.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Cathedral of St. JohnProvincial heritage site · 1.5 km away, in Luxton |
| Ross House MuseumListed historical resource · 1947 · 1.7 km away, in North Point Douglas |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station (Winnipeg)National Historic Site · 1904–1907 · 1.9 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Seven Oaks House MuseumListed historical resource · 1952 · 2 km away, in Seven Oaks |
| Battle of Seven OaksNational Historic Site · 1816 · 2.3 km away, in Seven Oaks |
| Ukrainian Cultural and Educational CentreListed historical resource · 1944 · 2.4 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| St. Boniface City HallNational Historic Site · 1905–1906 · 2.4 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Maison Gabrielle-RoyNational Historic Site · 1905–1906 · 2.6 km away, in Central St. Boniface |
| Royal Manitoba Theatre CentreNational Historic Site · 1969–1971 · 2.6 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Pantages Playhouse TheatreNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 2.7 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Confederation BuildingNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 2.7 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Former Union Bank Building and AnnexNational Historic Site · 1903–1905 · 2.8 km away, in West Alexander |
New homes are rare in Chalmers: 2.2% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Only 7.4% of Chalmers’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 2.5% of Chalmers’s, against 15% in the typical town. Chalmers built little from 1961 to 1980: 21% of its homes, where most towns have 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 Chalmers compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 12,300 to 12,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Summerland and Yonge-Eglinton. The middle one has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Chalmers and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalmers | 12,384 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Munroe West | 2,532 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Talbot-Grey | 2,756 | 0 | 0 | — |
| North Point Douglas | 2,670 | 1 | 0 | 1947 |
| Luxton | 3,047 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Rossmere-B | 4,732 | 0 | 0 | — |
| North St. Boniface | 3,358 | 7 | 6 | 1904 |
Chalmers in brief
Chalmers has 63% 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
- 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.
- 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. 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Chalmers’s history
How many historic places does Chalmers have on the registers?
None within Chalmers itself; the nearest is 1.5 km off: Cathedral of St. John, in Luxton.
How old are the homes in Chalmers?
The 2021 Census dates 63% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).