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Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Kenora has 2.2 times what the typical town has (18%). Inside the town the registers count 1 historic place. That is 0.6 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 76% of Canadian towns. The one entry is Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Kenora, Ontario (1899), a heritage railway station.
“Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Kenora, Ontario” is the single place Kenora’s registers name, and here it is.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
One old photograph of the town, joined by the oldest view of one of its historic places, from oldest to latest. The dots mark each picture’s year; tap one to enlarge it.
1881
1906Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Kenora dates from 1882; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger. The first railway station on record, Kenora railway station, opened in 1899.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
At 27 km, “Former Canadian National Railway Station, Minaki, Ontario” in Kenora, Unorganized is the closest.
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Minaki, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 27 km away, in Kenora, Unorganized |
More than half of Kenora’s housing predates 1981. Only 8.1% of Kenora’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. In Kenora, 30% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
It starts with Tom Hooper, born in 1883. By Wikipedia’s reach, Tommy Phillips leads, with 8 articles. Alvin Hamilton reached 92, the longest life here, ending in 2004. At the other end is Alvin Hamilton, from 1912.
Everyone born in Kenora → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns of 15,800 to 16,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Les Golfs, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines and Vieux-Moulin. The typical town its size has 0. 11 of them have none.
In Kenora, 38% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 1 historic place. Only 3 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places. Among the lives from its past: Tommy Phillips (1883), Tom Hooper (1883) and Alvin Hamilton (1912). Everything else is close to the norm: its one place was designated in 1991.
Before 1961: 38% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Inside Kenora: 1 historic place.
By its record, Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Kenora, Ontario, from 1899 (Heritage Railway Station).
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).
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