Spence keeps its older homes: 54% from before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Spence has 3.1 times as much. The nearest heritage to Spence is Walker Theatre, 800 m off, one of 36 places within 5 km. Central Park, 400 m away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
From 1738 on: the dated places within 5 km of Spence
The area, not the town: places within 5 km of Spence, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Oldest of all: “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar”, Broadway-Assiniboine, 1738. The bars count 31 dated places within 5 km. 3 are older than 1867.
The highest designation, 23 times, within 5 km of Spence
At 800 m, Walker Theatre in Central Park is the closest. North St. Boniface, South Portage and Broadway-Assiniboine hold most of them, among 17 towns. The registers hold 36 within 5 km.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Walker TheatreNational Historic Site · 1906–1908 · 800 m away, in Central Park |
| Metropolitan TheatreNational Historic Site · 1919–1920 · 900 m away, in South Portage |
| Birks BuildingListed historical resource · 900 m away, in South Portage |
| Holy Trinity Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1883–1885 · 900 m away, in South Portage |
| Winnipeg Law CourtsNational Historic Site · 1912–1917 · 1.1 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
| Exchange DistrictNational Historic Site · 1880–1914 · 1.1 km away, in West Alexander |
| Former Union Bank Building and AnnexNational Historic Site · 1903–1905 · 1.2 km away, in West Alexander |
| Early Skyscrapers in WinnipegNational Historic Site · 1912–1919 · 1.2 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Confederation BuildingNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 1.2 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| Manitoba Legislative BuildingProvincial heritage site · 1920 · 1.3 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
| Pantages Playhouse TheatreNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 1.3 km away, in North St. Boniface |
| DalnavertNational Historic Site · 1895–1896 · 1.3 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
54% of Spence’s homes were built before 1961
New building in Spence runs at the usual pace: 3.6% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. Spence built little from 2001 to 2015: 7% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Few of Spence’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 13%, the norm 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Spence compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,400 to 4,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Rossland, Geraldton and Highlands East have more. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have none.
Spence and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spence | 4,378 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Central Park | 4,328 | 1 | 1 | 1906 |
| West Alexander | 5,161 | 2 | 2 | 1880 |
| St. Matthews | 5,699 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Portage | 3,037 | 5 | 4 | 1883 |
| Daniel McIntyre | 9,584 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Centennial | 4,483 | 0 | 0 | — |
Spence in brief
The 2021 Census dates 54% of Spence’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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 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 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.
- 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.
Questions about Spence’s history
How many historic places does Spence have on the registers?
Nothing inside Spence; Walker Theatre in Central Park, 800 m away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Spence?
Before 1961: 54% 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).