FedRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1914–1916Minto Armoury969 Matthews StreetPhoto: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Minto Armoury · Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of Minto · Canada’s heritage registers
An older town: 79% of Minto’s homes predate 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Minto has 4.5 times the share. On the registers, the town counts 1 historic place. That is 1.7 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 84% of Canadian towns. The one entry is Minto Armoury (1914), a recognized federal heritage building.
Historic places
1
1.7 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1914
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
79%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Minto’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
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.
Other federal designations
One more federal designation in Minto
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Near Minto, within 5 km: 21 places of national rank
North St. Boniface, Broadway-Assiniboine and South Portage hold most of them, among 13 towns. The registers hold 30 within 5 km. Closest of all is Westminster United Church, in Wolseley, 2 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Westminster United ChurchProvincial heritage site · 2 km away, in Wolseley |
| Cornish LibraryListed historical resource · 2.3 km away, in Crescentwood |
| Ralph Connor HouseNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 2.4 km away, in Crescentwood |
| Granite Curling ClubListed historical resource · 1880 · 2.7 km away, in West Broadway |
| Winnipeg Law CourtsNational Historic Site · 1912–1917 · 2.9 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
| Manitoba Legislative BuildingProvincial heritage site · 1920 · 2.9 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
| Roslyn Court ApartmentsNational Historic Site · 1909–1910 · 3 km away, in River-Osborne |
| Walker TheatreNational Historic Site · 1906–1908 · 3.1 km away, in Central Park |
| Metropolitan TheatreNational Historic Site · 1919–1920 · 3.1 km away, in South Portage |
| Holy Trinity Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1883–1885 · 3.2 km away, in South Portage |
| Birks BuildingListed historical resource · 3.2 km away, in South Portage |
| DalnavertNational Historic Site · 1895–1896 · 3.2 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
Homes by age
Minto added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2.9%, where most towns have 4.1%
Minto built little from 1961 to 1980: 7.8% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Few of Minto’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 1.2%, the norm 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 6.1% of Minto’s, against 23% in the typical town.
79%
Before 1961
7.8%
1961–80
6.1%
1981–2000
1.2%
2001–15
2.9%
2016–21
MintoTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Minto has the 4th most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,800 to 5,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Minto1
Only Broadway-Assiniboine, Verchères and Buena Vista have more. The typical town its size has 0. 10 of them have none.
Neighbours
Minto and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minto | 5,830 | 1 | 0 | 1914 |
| Sargent Park | 6,242 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wolseley | 8,127 | 1 | 0 | — |
| St. Matthews | 5,699 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Daniel McIntyre | 9,584 | 0 | 0 | — |
| King Edward | 7,190 | 0 | 0 | — |
| North River Heights | 7,228 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Minto in brief
Older stock first: 79% of homes in Minto were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 1 historic place. Just 3 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 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.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- 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.
Questions about Minto’s history
How old are the homes in Minto?
79% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
How many historic places does Minto have on the registers?
Inside Minto: 1 historic place.
What is the oldest building in Minto?
Minto Armoury (Recognized Federal Heritage Building): the first construction date on its record is 1914.
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).