Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Andrew Scheer · CC0Per resident it outdoes 91% of Canadian towns, with 3.4 for every 10,000 people. R. D. McNaughton Building, from 1882, is the town’s municipal heritage property. Few towns have as much for their size as Moosomin: 3.4 for every 10,000 residents, more than 91% of Canadian towns. R. D. McNaughton Building, from 1882, is the town’s municipal heritage property.
The municipality of Moosomin has the date 1882 on Wikidata; the record doesn’t say whether it marks a founding or an incorporation. Moosomin took its legal form as a town in 1887.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Moosomin, Saskatchewan”, revision 1378582083 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
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.
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
The radius of 100 km holds 3. “Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, Manitoba” in Virden is the nearest, 62 km away. They are 2 National Historic Sites and a heritage railway station.
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Virden, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 62 km away, in Virden |
| Esterhazy Flour MillNational Historic Site · 1904–1908 · 64 km away, in Esterhazy |
| Inglis Grain ElevatorsNational Historic Site · 1922–1942 · 94 km away, in Riding Mountain West |
Only 17% of Moosomin’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. More of Moosomin’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 45%. Like the typical town (18%), Moosomin has 21% of its homes from before 1961.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
The line ends with Charles Cromwell Williams (1896). By Wikipedia’s reach, Andrew McNaughton leads, with 12 articles. Longest lived was Andrew McNaughton, 79 years in all (1966). It starts with Fred Lake, born in 1883.
Everyone born in Moosomin → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns of 2,900 to 2,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Their median is 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Moosomin’s homes from before 1961 come to 21%, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 1 historic place. Of the 16 towns closest in size, it has the most historic places. Andrew McNaughton (1887), Fred Lake (1883) and Victor Jopp (1887) lead its people of the past.
1 historic place inside Moosomin, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
By its record, R. D. McNaughton Building, from 1882 (Municipal heritage property).
21% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
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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).