Photo: Omnijohn~commonswiki · CC BY 2.5Rainy River, Unorganized and its setting: 2 historic places within 100 km
Before 1961: just 12% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 4.5% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.
One place of national importance within 100 km of Rainy River, Unorganized
Among them are a National Historic Site and a heritage railway station. The nearest is Fort St. Pierre, 19 km away in Fort Frances. Count to 100 km and there are 2.
The 2 nearest, within 100 km
| Fort St. PierreNational Historic Site · 1731 · 19 km away, in Fort Frances |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Fort Frances, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1914 · 22 km away, in Fort Frances |
Rainy River, Unorganized built the most from 1981 to 2000, 37% of today’s homes
Count back from today and half of Rainy River, Unorganized’s homes are older than 2001. Rainy River, Unorganized has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 18%, where most towns have 15%. 29% of Rainy River, Unorganized’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Rainy River, Unorganized in brief
Its housing is young: only 12% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: Bill Noden (1898) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Rainy River, Unorganized’s history
How many historic places does Rainy River, Unorganized have on the registers?
Inside Rainy River, Unorganized, none so far. At 19 km, Fort St. Pierre in Fort Frances is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Rainy River, Unorganized?
Before 1961: 12% 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).