Photo: runran from An island in the stream · CC BY-SA 2.023 registered heritage sites stand within 100 km of Yellowhead
Yellowhead has kept more old homes than most towns: 31% were built before 1961, against 18%. Heritage of the first rank begins 73 km away, in Riding Mountain West.
The highest designation, 7 times, within 100 km of Yellowhead
They are 7 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 7 National Historic Sites and 6 heritage railway stations. At 50 km, Tennis Clubhouse (B-6) in Harrison Park is the closest. All told, 23 places are within 100 km.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Tennis Clubhouse (B-6)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1936 · 50 km away, in Harrison Park |
| Bandstand (B9)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1936 · 50 km away, in Harrison Park |
| Park Administration BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1956–1957 · 50 km away, in Harrison Park |
| Accountant's ResidenceRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1927–1928 · 50 km away, in Harrison Park |
| Staff Residence Building B-15Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1936 · 50 km away, in Harrison Park |
| Casa Loma, Building (A2)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1928–1930 · 51 km away, in Harrison Park |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Rivers, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 52 km away, in Riverdale |
| Superintendent’s Residence and Works GarageRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1931–1933 · 55 km away, in Harrison Park |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Minnedosa, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 57 km away, in Minnedosa |
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 69 km away, in Virden |
| Inglis Grain ElevatorsNational Historic Site · 1922–1942 · 73 km away, in Riding Mountain West |
| BCATP Hangar No. 1National Historic Site · 1940–1942 · 75 km away, in Brandon |
Near Yellowhead (100 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the wars and the Depression
The nearest historic places to Yellowhead, out to 100 km, by the first construction date on each record.
First by date comes R. D. McNaughton Building in Moosomin, from 1882. The bars count 22 dated places within 100 km.
Yellowhead added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.7%, where most towns have 4.1%
More of Yellowhead’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 41%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 9.1% of Yellowhead’s, against 15% in the typical town. Yellowhead built little from 1981 to 2000: 17% of its homes, where most towns have 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Yellowhead in brief
Yellowhead has 31% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
Questions about Yellowhead’s history
How many historic places does Yellowhead have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Yellowhead; Tennis Clubhouse (B-6), in Harrison Park, is 50 km away.
How old are the homes in Yellowhead?
31% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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).