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History of Canora · Canada’s heritage registers

37% of Canora’s homes were built before 1961

Most towns have 18%, so Canora has 2.1 times as much. 3 places on the heritage registers lie within 100 km of Canora, the nearest St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 75 km away. Melville, 82 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank. Of the 3 people born in Canora before 1914, Alex Kuziak came first.

Historic places within 100 km

0 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

75 km

St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church

Homes built before 1961

37%

typical town: 18%

Born here before 1914

the earliest in 1908

How it began

The record of Canora, from 1904 on

The municipality of Canora has the date 1904 on Wikidata; the record doesn’t say whether it marks a founding or an incorporation. Canora was incorporated as a village in 1908.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Canora, Saskatchewan”, revision 1373507280 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

Around the town

Nearest to Canora: St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 75 km away

By designation: 2 heritage railway stations and a provincial or municipal listing. They are spread over 3 towns, including Foam Lake, Melville and Roblin. All told, 3 places are within 100 km.

The 3 nearest, within 100 km

St. John the Evangelist Anglican ChurchMunicipal heritage property · 1911 · 75 km away, in Foam Lake

Canadian National Railways Station, Melville, SaskatchewanHeritage Railway Station · 1908–1909 · 82 km away, in Melville

Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Roblin, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1906–1907 · 88 km away, in Roblin

Homes by age

Canora added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%

Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 12% of Canora’s, against 23% in the typical town. Canora built little from 2001 to 2015: 2% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 49% of Canora’s homes.

37%

Before 1961

49%

1961–80

12%

1981–2000

2001–15

2016–21

CanoraTypical town

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

Born here

3 lives that began in Canora before 1914

Best known is Peter Pakosh, with articles in 3 Wikipedia languages. Alex Kuziak comes first, born in 1908. At 102, Alex Kuziak outlived the rest, dying in 2010. Peter Pakosh closes the list, born in 1911.

Alex Kuziak

Florence Storgoff

Peter Pakosh

190019251950

Peter Pakosh1911–1999 · Canadian businessman

Alex Kuziak1908–2010 · Canadian politician

Florence Storgoff1908–1964 · Canadian arsonist

Everyone born in Canora → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.

In brief

Canora in brief

Canora’s homes from before 1961 come to 37%, against 18% in the typical town. Its history in lives: Peter Pakosh (1911), Alex Kuziak (1908) and Florence Storgoff (1908).

How to read these numbers

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.
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.
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.
The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
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.
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.

Questions about Canora’s history

How many historic places does Canora have on the registers?

None within Canora itself; the nearest is 75 km off: St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, in Foam Lake.

How old are the homes in Canora?

Before 1961: 37% 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).