Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1915Cattle Barn Building 14Valley Road at 18th Street
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History of Indian Head · Canada’s heritage registers
Before 1961: 37% of the homes in Indian Head
Indian Head has 2.1 times what the typical town has (18%). On the registers, the town counts 2 historic places. The earliest construction date, 1912, belongs to Cattle Barn Building 14. The record has 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings.
Historic places
2
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
2
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1912
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
37%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Indian Head’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
The 2, by tier
2 Other federal designations
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. 2 places, placed by their register’s municipality, have no point and aren’t on the map.
Other federal designations
2 other places Canada recognizes in Indian Head
Designations came from 2009 to 2010. Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. They include Cattle Barn Building 14 and Stable Building No. 15. Each one opens its own page.
Recognized Federal Heritage BuildingStable Building No. 15Indian Head Research Station
Around the town
The highest designation, 3 times, within 100 km of Indian Head
They are spread over 7 towns, including Downtown, Fort Qu'Appelle and Hillsdale. Nearest comes Fort Qu'Appelle railway station, 27 km off, in Fort Qu'Appelle. The oldest, Fort Qu'Appelle, dates from 1864, 28 km away.
The 11 nearest, within 100 km
| Fort Qu'Appelle railway stationMunicipal heritage property · 1911 · 27 km away, in Fort Qu'Appelle |
| Fort Qu'AppelleNational Historic Site · 1864–1865 · 28 km away, in Fort Qu'Appelle |
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Regina, SaskatchewanHeritage Railway Station · 1911–1914 · 67 km away, in Downtown |
| Prince Edward BuildingMunicipal heritage property · 1907 · 67 km away, in Downtown |
| Hotel SaskatchewanMunicipal heritage property · 67 km away, in Downtown |
| Knox-Metropolitan United ChurchMunicipal heritage property · 1907 · 68 km away, in Downtown |
| Saskatchewan Legislative Building and GroundsNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 68 km away, in Hillsdale |
| Albert Memorial BridgeMunicipal heritage property · 1930 · 68 km away, in Dewdney Place |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1889–1892 · 70 km away, in McNab |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Melville, SaskatchewanHeritage Railway Station · 1908–1909 · 74 km away, in Melville |
| Last Mountain House Provincial ParkHistoric provincial park · 1986 · 89 km away, in Longlaketon No. 219 |
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Indian Head: 1.2% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
More than half of Indian Head’s housing predates 1981. Only 17% of Indian Head’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Few of Indian Head’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 11%, the norm 15%.
37%
Before 1961
33%
1961–80
17%
1981–2000
11%
2001–15
1.2%
2016–21
Indian HeadTypical 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 people born in Indian Head before 1914
Reg Cantelon lived longest, to 91, dying in 1993. Fame, by Wikipedia: Austin Edwin Dewar first, in 3 languages. In 1902 came the earliest, Hubert Davidson. The latest, Austin Edwin Dewar, was born in 1912.
Hubert Davidson
Reg Cantelon
Austin Edwin Dewar
190019251950
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Austin Edwin Dewar1912–1985 · Canadian politician
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Reg Cantelon1902–1993 · Canadian politician
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Hubert Davidson1902–1961 · Canadian ice hockey player
Everyone born in Indian Head → 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
Indian Head in brief
In Indian Head, 37% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 2 historic places. Three lives from its past stand out: Austin Edwin Dewar (1912), Reg Cantelon (1902) and Hubert Davidson (1902). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its places were designated between 2009 and 2010.
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.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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. 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.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
Questions about Indian Head’s history
How old are the homes in Indian Head?
Before 1961: 37% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
How many historic places does Indian Head have on the registers?
2 historic places in Indian Head, from Canada’s heritage registers.
What is the oldest building in Indian Head?
By its record, Cattle Barn Building 14, from 1912 (Recognized Federal Heritage Building).
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).