56% of Jefferson’s homes were built before 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Jefferson has 3.2 times the share. Battle of Seven Oaks, 1 km from Jefferson, heads a list of 14 historic places within 5 km. Seven Oaks, 1 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Within 5 km of Jefferson, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
Places near Jefferson (within 5 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
The oldest is Battle of Seven Oaks in Seven Oaks, from 1816. 13 places within 5 km carry a construction date. One predates Confederation.
9 places of national importance within 5 km of Jefferson
At 1 km, Battle of Seven Oaks in Seven Oaks is the closest. By designation: 9 National Historic Sites, 4 provincial or municipal listings and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. The registers hold 14 within 5 km.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Battle of Seven OaksNational Historic Site · 1816 · 1 km away, in Seven Oaks |
| Seven Oaks House MuseumListed historical resource · 1952 · 1.3 km away, in Seven Oaks |
| McGregor Street ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1914–1916 · 1.6 km away, in St. John's |
| Cathedral of St. JohnProvincial heritage site · 2.2 km away, in Luxton |
| Ukrainian Labour TempleNational Historic Site · 1918–1920 · 2.9 km away, in William Whyte |
| Ross House MuseumListed historical resource · 1947 · 3.7 km away, in North Point Douglas |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station (Winnipeg)National Historic Site · 1904–1907 · 4 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Ukrainian Cultural and Educational CentreListed historical resource · 1944 · 4.4 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Pantages Playhouse TheatreNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 4.6 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Former Union Bank Building and AnnexNational Historic Site · 1903–1905 · 4.7 km away, in West Alexander |
| Royal Manitoba Theatre CentreNational Historic Site · 1969–1971 · 4.7 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Confederation BuildingNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 4.7 km away, in North St. Boniface |
Little new building in Jefferson: 0.6% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 7.3% of Jefferson’s, against 23% in the typical town. Jefferson built little from 2001 to 2015: 1.6% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Over half of the homes in Jefferson were already standing by 1961.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Jefferson and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | 11,524 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Seven Oaks | 3,244 | 2 | 1 | 1816 |
| Garden City | 6,794 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Templeton-Sinclair | 3,987 | 0 | 0 | — |
| St. John's | 8,492 | 1 | 0 | 1914 |
| Inkster-Faraday | 3,700 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Luxton | 3,047 | 1 | 0 | — |
Jefferson in brief
Older stock first: 56% of homes in Jefferson were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
Questions about Jefferson’s history
How many historic places does Jefferson have on the registers?
Nothing inside Jefferson; Battle of Seven Oaks in Seven Oaks, 1 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Jefferson?
56% 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).