Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0History around Riverbend: 33 designated places within 10 km
Before 1961: just 2% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Seven Oaks, 2.9 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Within 10 km of Riverbend: 33 places on the registers
The record reaches back to 1738 with “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar”, 8.4 km away. Battle of Seven Oaks in Seven Oaks is the nearest, 3.5 km away. North St. Boniface, South Portage and Broadway-Assiniboine hold most of them, among 15 towns.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Battle of Seven OaksNational Historic Site · 1816 · 3.5 km away, in Seven Oaks |
| Seven Oaks House MuseumListed historical resource · 1952 · 3.5 km away, in Seven Oaks |
| McGregor Street ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1914–1916 · 4.7 km away, in St. John's |
| Cathedral of St. JohnProvincial heritage site · 4.8 km away, in Luxton |
| Ukrainian Labour TempleNational Historic Site · 1918–1920 · 5.9 km away, in William Whyte |
| Ross House MuseumListed historical resource · 1947 · 6.3 km away, in North Point Douglas |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station (Winnipeg)National Historic Site · 1904–1907 · 6.5 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Ukrainian Cultural and Educational CentreListed historical resource · 1944 · 7 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Pantages Playhouse TheatreNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 7.3 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Royal Manitoba Theatre CentreNational Historic Site · 1969–1971 · 7.3 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Former Union Bank Building and AnnexNational Historic Site · 1903–1905 · 7.4 km away, in West Alexander |
| Confederation BuildingNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 7.4 km away, in North St. Boniface |
Within 10 km of Riverbend, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
The area, not the town: places within 10 km of Riverbend, dated by the first construction year on their records.
“Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar”, in Broadway-Assiniboine, goes back furthest, to 1738. Within 10 km, building dates exist for 29 places. 3 are older than 1867.
Riverbend added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 0.9%, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 8.3% of Riverbend’s, against 27% in the typical town. 57% of Riverbend’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, more than the typical town’s 23%. Riverbend has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 30%, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Riverbend compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,400 to 5,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Grand Falls / Grand-Sault, Island Park-Wellington Village, Juan de Fuca (Part 1) and Southwold have more. The typical town its size has 0. For 12, the registers list nothing.
Riverbend and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverbend | 5,453 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rivergrove | 2,742 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Valhalla | 3,153 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kildonan Drive | 5,063 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West Kildonan Industrial | 3,678 | 0 | 0 | — |
| River East | 7,774 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rossmere-A | 13,613 | 0 | 0 | — |
Riverbend in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 2% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
Questions about Riverbend’s history
How many historic places does Riverbend have on the registers?
Nothing inside Riverbend; Battle of Seven Oaks in Seven Oaks, 3.5 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Riverbend?
Before 1961: 2% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).