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History of Melfort · Canada’s heritage registers

7 registered heritage sites stand within 100 km of Melfort

The nearest town to Melfort with a top designation is St. Louis No. 431, 76 km away. Homes from 2016 to 2021 make up 2.9% of the stock; the typical town has 4.1%.

Historic places within 100 km

4 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

82 km

Humboldt Post Office

Homes built before 1961

20%

typical town: 18%

Around the town

The highest designation, 4 times, within 100 km of Melfort

They are 4 National Historic Sites, 2 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. Oldest of them is Former Prince Albert City Hall (1892), 86 km off. Their towns number 3: Prince Albert, Humboldt and St. Louis No. 431 first.

The 7 nearest, within 100 km

Humboldt Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1911–1913 · 82 km away, in Humboldt

Canadian National Railways (Canadian Northern Railway) Station, Humboldt, SaskatchewanHeritage Railway Station · 1905–1906 · 82 km away, in Humboldt

Keyhole CastleNational Historic Site · 1913–1914 · 85 km away, in Prince Albert

The John and Olive Diefenbaker MuseumNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 86 km away, in Prince Albert

Prince Albert Historical MuseumMunicipal heritage property · 1911 · 86 km away, in Prince Albert

Former Prince Albert City HallNational Historic Site · 1892–1894 · 86 km away, in Prince Albert

South Branch HouseProvincial or municipal listing · 1986 · 96 km away, in St. Louis No. 431

How it began

Back to 1892: Melfort’s first record

Its charter made Melfort a village in 1903. On Wikidata the municipality of Melfort dates to August 1, 1892, with no word on whether that was its founding or a later incorporation.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Melfort, Saskatchewan”, revision 1377751654 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The age of the area

Within 100 km of Melfort, the record goes back to 1892

The nearest historic places to Melfort, out to 100 km, by the first construction date on each record.

British North America 1760–18660

After Confederation 1867–19136

Wars and Depression 1914–19450

Since 1946 1946 on1

Oldest of all: Former Prince Albert City Hall, Prince Albert, 1892. 7 places within 100 km carry a construction date.

Homes by age

Melfort’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 46% of its homes

Homes from before 1961 are 20% of Melfort’s housing, about the typical 18%. Few of Melfort’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 17%, the norm 23%. More than half of Melfort’s housing predates 1981.

20%

Before 1961

46%

1961–80

17%

1981–2000

14%

2001–15

2.9%

2016–21

MelfortTypical 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

Melfort in brief

Older stock first: 20% of homes in Melfort were standing by 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

Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
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.
The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local 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.

Questions about Melfort’s history

How many historic places does Melfort have on the registers?

Melfort has none of its own; Humboldt Post Office, in Humboldt, the closest at 82 km, holds the highest designation.

How old are the homes in Melfort?

20% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).