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History of Humboldt · Canada’s heritage registers

2 historic places in Humboldt, one of them a top designation

On the list: a heritage railway station. Scaled to its population Humboldt’s record is long: 3.1 per 10,000 residents, more than 90% of Canadian towns. Its oldest building on the record is Canadian National Railways (Canadian Northern Railway) Station, Humboldt, Saskatchewan, from 1905.

1highest designation1905oldest building
Historic places
2
3.1 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1905
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
18%
typical town: 18%
In pictures

Humboldt in 2 photos

You can start with Humboldt Post Office and “Canadian National Railways (Canadian Northern Railway) Station, Humboldt, Saskatchewan”. Both of Humboldt’s designated places are pictured.

Canadian National Railways (Canadian Northern Railway) Station, Humboldt, SaskatchewanCanadian National Railways (Canadian Northern Railway) Station, Humboldt, Saskatchewan

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.

How it began

1875 and after: Humboldt’s milestones

In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Humboldt dates from 1875; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger. Humboldt is named after Alexander von Humboldt. The first railway station on record, Humboldt railway station, opened in 1905.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Humboldt’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Canadian National Railways (Canadian Northern Railway) Station, Humboldt, Saskatchewan · Heritage Railway Station · 1905–1906Humboldt Post Office · National Historic Site · 1911–1913
Highest designationsOther federal designations

Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.

The 2, by tier
1 Highest designations1 Other federal designations

The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.

Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.

Highest designations

One place in Humboldt with the highest designation

National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.

Other federal designations

One other place Canada recognizes in Humboldt

Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.

Around the town

Vonda Rink, 67 km from Humboldt, is the closest

Its 4 places of national rank start with Battle of Tourond's Coulee / Fish Creek, at 81 km. They are 4 National Historic Sites, 2 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. Batoche, 91 km off, is the oldest: 1870.

The 7 nearest, within 100 km

Vonda RinkMunicipal heritage property · 1942 · 67 km away, in Aberdeen No. 373
Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Wynyard, SaskatchewanHeritage Railway Station · 1909–1910 · 80 km away, in Wynyard
Battle of Tourond's Coulee / Fish CreekNational Historic Site · 1885 · 81 km away, in Aberdeen No. 373
Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove FarmNational Historic Site · 1898–1929 · 91 km away, in Rosthern No. 403
BatocheNational Historic Site · 1870–1931 · 91 km away, in St. Louis No. 431
South Branch HouseProvincial or municipal listing · 1986 · 98 km away, in St. Louis No. 431
Forestry Farm Park and ZooNational Historic Site · 99 km away, in Evergreen
Homes by age

Humboldt’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 32% of its homes

From 2016 on, Humboldt built 3.6% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. 31% of Humboldt’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%. Like the typical town (18%), Humboldt has 18% of its homes from before 1961.

18%
Before 1961
32%
1961–80
31%
1981–2000
16%
2001–15
3.6%
2016–21
HumboldtTypical town

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

Towns its size

Humboldt has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size

Towns of 6,500 to 6,600 residents, by places on the registers.

Kings County, Subdivision D4
Sackville3
Battlefield2
Humboldt2
West Broadway1
Abbeydale0
Beresford0
Bramalea Woods0
Corman0
Fairhaven0
Massey Place0
Oliver Paipoonge0

Ahead of it: Kings County, Subdivision D and Sackville. Their median is 0. For 11, the registers list nothing.

Neighbours

Humboldt and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Humboldt6,551211905
Humboldt No. 3701,03900—
In brief

Humboldt in brief

Humboldt’s homes from before 1961 come to 18%, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, with Humboldt Post Office first. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 2 have more historic places. The other figures are unremarkable: Jack Leswick (1910) is its person of the past on the record; and the designations ran from 1977 to 1992.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
  • The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
  • The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.

Questions about Humboldt’s history

Which places in Humboldt have the highest designation?

Humboldt Post Office.

What is the oldest building in Humboldt?

By its record, Canadian National Railways (Canadian Northern Railway) Station, Humboldt, Saskatchewan, from 1905 (Heritage Railway Station).

How old are the homes in Humboldt?

Before 1961: 18% 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).