Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Masalai · CC BY-SA 3.0Grenfell’s share is 2.2 times the typical 18%. The registers count 5 places within 100 km of Grenfell; the closest, Canadian National Railways Station, Melville, Saskatchewan, is 58 km away. The nearest town with a top designation is Melville, 59 km away. 5 people on record were born in Grenfell before 1914, William John Patterson the earliest.
One old photograph of the town, made before 1950. Tap the picture to enlarge it.
1947Public 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.
On paper, Grenfell became a town in 1911. The municipality of Grenfell has the date 1883 on Wikidata; the record doesn’t say whether it marks a founding or an incorporation.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Grenfell, Saskatchewan”, revision 1377366941 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
No place near Grenfell is close: these lie up to 100 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
The earliest is Fort Qu'Appelle in Fort Qu'Appelle, begun in 1864. The chart rests on 5 dated places within 100 km. One is older than 1867.
The oldest, Fort Qu'Appelle, dates from 1864, 73 km away. “Canadian National Railways Station, Melville, Saskatchewan” in Melville is the nearest, 58 km away. All told, 5 places are within 100 km.
| Canadian National Railways Station, Melville, SaskatchewanHeritage Railway Station · 1908–1909 · 58 km away, in Melville |
| Esterhazy Flour MillNational Historic Site · 1904–1908 · 67 km away, in Esterhazy |
| Fort Qu'Appelle railway stationMunicipal heritage property · 1911 · 73 km away, in Fort Qu'Appelle |
| Fort Qu'AppelleNational Historic Site · 1864–1865 · 73 km away, in Fort Qu'Appelle |
| R. D. McNaughton BuildingMunicipal heritage property · 1882 · 94 km away, in Moosomin |
Over half of the homes in Grenfell were already standing by 1981. Few of Grenfell’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 4.1%, the norm 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 11% of Grenfell’s, against 23% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
The last born is Bryan Hextall, in 1913. In 1886 came the earliest, William John Patterson. Dennis A. FitzGerald lived longest, to 91, dying in 1994. By Wikipedia’s reach, William John Patterson leads, with 7 articles.
Everyone born in Grenfell → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Of the homes standing in Grenfell, 39% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Its people of the past include William John Patterson (1886), Bryan Hextall (1913) and Dennis A. FitzGerald (1903).
Not inside Grenfell. The closest is Canadian National Railways Station, Melville, Saskatchewan in Melville, 58 km away.
The 2021 Census dates 39% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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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).