Photo: Alangh · CC BY-SA 3.0History around St. Norbert: 39 designated places within 25 km
Its housing is mostly newer: 9.3% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Minnetonka, 6.5 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
5.9 km from St. Norbert: Riel House, the nearest on the registers
Their towns number 20: North St. Boniface, Broadway-Assiniboine and South Portage first. Oldest of them is “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar” (1738), 14 km off. The radius of 25 km holds 39.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Riel HouseNational Historic Site · 1880–1882 · 5.9 km away, in Minnetonka |
| St. Vital Historical SocietyListed historical resource · 1994 · 11 km away, in Glenwood |
| Ralph Connor HouseNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 12 km away, in Crescentwood |
| Cornish LibraryListed historical resource · 12 km away, in Crescentwood |
| Roslyn Court ApartmentsNational Historic Site · 1909–1910 · 13 km away, in River-Osborne |
| Westminster United ChurchProvincial heritage site · 13 km away, in Wolseley |
| Granite Curling ClubListed historical resource · 1880 · 13 km away, in West Broadway |
| Manitoba Legislative BuildingProvincial heritage site · 1920 · 13 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
| Assiniboine Park PavilionListed historical resource · 13 km away, in Old Tuxedo |
| DalnavertNational Historic Site · 1895–1896 · 13 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
| Winnipeg Law CourtsNational Historic Site · 1912–1917 · 13 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
| The ForksNational Historic Site · 13 km away, in South Portage |
Within 25 km of St. Norbert, the oldest record dates from 1738
The area here stretches to 25 km around St. Norbert: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
33 places within 25 km have a date. Before Confederation: 3. First by date comes “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar” in Broadway-Assiniboine, from 1738.
Little new building in St. Norbert: 1.8% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
St. Norbert has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 34%, where most towns have 23%. The busiest building years in St. Norbert were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 38% of today’s homes. Half of the homes standing in St. Norbert today were built before 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
St. Norbert and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Norbert | 8,251 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Richmond West | 6,114 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fort Richmond | 11,563 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Pointe | 8,168 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fairfield Park | 4,578 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Normand Park | 5,299 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bridgwater Trails | 11,365 | 0 | 0 | — |
St. Norbert in brief
The census dates only 9.3% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: like most towns its size, it has no historic place; and one person of its past, Hélène Marguerite Chaput (1913).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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. 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
Questions about St. Norbert’s history
How many historic places does St. Norbert have on the registers?
St. Norbert has none of its own; Riel House, in Minnetonka, the closest at 5.9 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in St. Norbert?
9.3% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in St. Norbert be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 3 more listings in St. Norbert are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).