4 old photographs of Red Lake, 1936 to 1938

Wikidata dates the municipality to 1926, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger. Before 1961: 26% of the homes, where most towns have 18%.

Homes built before 1961

26%

typical town: 18%

Through time

Red Lake from 1936 to 1938

4 old photographs of the town, from oldest to latest. Scroll the strip and tap a picture to open it.

The wars and betweenHeisey fishing in stream Red Lake summer 1936Photo: Karl Brooks Heisey died December 7, 1937 · Public domain

The wars and betweenOtter Float Plane taking of at Sanshaw Gold Mine Red Lake 1936Photo: Karl Brooks Heisey died December 7, 1937 · Public domain

The wars and betweenWarehouse and Headshaft Sanshaw Gold Mine 1937Photo: Karl Brooks Heisey died December 7, 1937 · Public domain

Sanshaw Gold Mine , White Horse Island, Red Lake , Ontario, Canada summer of 1938 — The wars and betweenSanshaw Gold Mine , White Horse Island, Red Lake , Ontario, Canada summer of 19…Public domain

Public 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.

Homes by age

Red Lake added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2.6%, where most towns have 4.1%

Few of Red Lake’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 8.5%, the norm 15%. More of Red Lake’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 42%. Half of the homes standing in Red Lake today were built before 1981.

26%

Before 1961

42%

1961–80

21%

1981–2000

8.5%

2001–15

2.6%

2016–21

Red LakeTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

In brief

Red Lake in brief

Housing in Red Lake includes 26% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

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.
Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
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. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
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.
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.

Questions about Red Lake’s history

When did Red Lake become a municipality?

By Wikidata, Red Lake dates from 1926; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.

How old are the homes in Red Lake?

The 2021 Census dates 26% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).