Beyond Varsity View’s limits, 28 historic places within 10 km
The closest top-tier heritage to Varsity View is in Crescentwood, 6.7 km away. 2.5% of its homes went up between 2016 and 2021; the typical town built 4.1%.
Varsity View’s area holds 19 top-tier places within 10 km
“Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar”, 9.2 km off, is the oldest: 1738. All told, 28 places are within 10 km. Assiniboine Park Pavilion in Old Tuxedo is the nearest, 2.2 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Assiniboine Park PavilionListed historical resource · 2.2 km away, in Old Tuxedo |
| Minto ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1914–1916 · 6.4 km away, in Minto |
| Cornish LibraryListed historical resource · 7.2 km away, in Crescentwood |
| Ralph Connor HouseNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 7.2 km away, in Crescentwood |
| Westminster United ChurchProvincial heritage site · 7.2 km away, in Wolseley |
| Granite Curling ClubListed historical resource · 1880 · 8 km away, in West Broadway |
| Roslyn Court ApartmentsNational Historic Site · 1909–1910 · 8.1 km away, in River-Osborne |
| Manitoba Legislative BuildingProvincial heritage site · 1920 · 8.3 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
| Winnipeg Law CourtsNational Historic Site · 1912–1917 · 8.4 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
| DalnavertNational Historic Site · 1895–1896 · 8.7 km away, in Broadway-Assiniboine |
| Metropolitan TheatreNational Historic Site · 1919–1920 · 8.9 km away, in South Portage |
| Holy Trinity Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1883–1885 · 8.9 km away, in South Portage |
Near Varsity View (10 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
Places near Varsity View (within 10 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
First by date comes “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar” in Broadway-Assiniboine, from 1738. The bars count 23 dated places within 10 km. One goes back before 1867.
The biggest share of Varsity View’s homes dates from 1961 to 1980: 47%
Half of the homes standing in Varsity View today were built before 1981. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 5.8% of Varsity View’s, against 15% in the typical town. Before 1961: 18% of Varsity View’s homes, near the usual 18%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Varsity View compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,000 to 3,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Stanstead, Huntingdon, North Shore and Sunnyside. The middle one has 0. For 12, the registers list nothing.
Varsity View and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varsity View | 2,985 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Elmhurst | 6,600 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Silver Heights | 7,883 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Booth | 9,016 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kirkfield | 4,100 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Deer Lodge | 3,691 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Tuxedo | 3,629 | 0 | 0 | — |
Varsity View in brief
The pre-1961 share of Varsity View’s homes is 18%, 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
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- 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.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- 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 Varsity View’s history
How many historic places does Varsity View have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Varsity View; Assiniboine Park Pavilion, in Old Tuxedo, is 2.2 km away.
How old are the homes in Varsity View?
18% predate 1961, where 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).