An older town: 84% of Luxton’s homes predate 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Luxton has 4.8 times as much. Canada’s heritage registers list 1 historic place inside the town. Few towns have as much for their size: 3.3 for every 10,000 residents, more than 91% of Canadian towns.
Landmarks of Luxton
One place in Luxton is on the registers, and this is it: Cathedral of St. John.
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 old face of Luxton
The oldest view of one of its historic places, made before 1950. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.
c. 1909Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Where Luxton’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
On a provincial or local list in Luxton: one place
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMost of what stands within 5 km of Luxton dates from the decades after Confederation
Within 5 km of Luxton but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
Within 5 km, 26 records give a date. 3 are older than 1867. Oldest of all: “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar”, Broadway-Assiniboine, 1738.
700 m from Luxton: Seven Oaks House Museum, the nearest on the registers
The record reaches back to 1738 with “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar”, 4.2 km away. Battle of Seven Oaks, 800 m off, is the nearest of 21 top-tier places. All told, 28 places are within 5 km.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Seven Oaks House MuseumListed historical resource · 1952 · 700 m away, in Seven Oaks |
| Battle of Seven OaksNational Historic Site · 1816 · 800 m away, in Seven Oaks |
| McGregor Street ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1914–1916 · 1.4 km away, in St. John's |
| Ross House MuseumListed historical resource · 1947 · 2.1 km away, in North Point Douglas |
| Ukrainian Labour TempleNational Historic Site · 1918–1920 · 2.1 km away, in William Whyte |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station (Winnipeg)National Historic Site · 1904–1907 · 2.4 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Ukrainian Cultural and Educational CentreListed historical resource · 1944 · 2.8 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Pantages Playhouse TheatreNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 3.1 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Royal Manitoba Theatre CentreNational Historic Site · 1969–1971 · 3.1 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Former Union Bank Building and AnnexNational Historic Site · 1903–1905 · 3.2 km away, in West Alexander |
| Confederation BuildingNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 3.2 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Exchange DistrictNational Historic Site · 1880–1914 · 3.2 km away, in West Alexander |
Only 0.8% of Luxton’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Luxton built little from 1961 to 1980: 9.3% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Few of Luxton’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 1.6%, the norm 23%. Only 2.3% of Luxton’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Luxton has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,000 to 3,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Only South Portage and Crescentwood have more. Their median is 0. For 12, the registers list nothing.
Luxton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxton | 3,047 | 1 | 0 | — |
| St. John's | 8,492 | 1 | 0 | 1914 |
| Seven Oaks | 3,244 | 2 | 1 | 1816 |
| Munroe West | 2,532 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Chalmers | 12,384 | 0 | 0 | — |
| North Point Douglas | 2,670 | 1 | 0 | 1947 |
| Jefferson | 11,524 | 0 | 0 | — |
Luxton in brief
Before 1961: 84% of Luxton’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 1 historic place. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Luxton’s history
How old are the homes in Luxton?
84% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
How many historic places does Luxton have on the registers?
1 historic place inside Luxton, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
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).