Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHistory around Orkney No. 244: 6 designated places within 100 km
The nearest town to Orkney No. 244 with a top designation is Melville, 30 km away. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 3.3% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.
Top-ranked heritage near Orkney No. 244: 2 places within 100 km
The registers hold 6 within 100 km. At 31 km, “Canadian National Railways Station, Melville, Saskatchewan” in Melville is the closest. They are spread over 5 towns, including Fort Qu'Appelle, Melville and Esterhazy.
The 6 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian National Railways Station, Melville, SaskatchewanHeritage Railway Station · 1908–1909 · 31 km away, in Melville |
| Esterhazy Flour MillNational Historic Site · 1904–1908 · 72 km away, in Esterhazy |
| St. John the Evangelist Anglican ChurchMunicipal heritage property · 1911 · 80 km away, in Foam Lake |
| Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Roblin, ManitobaHeritage Railway Station · 1906–1907 · 90 km away, in Roblin |
| Fort Qu'AppelleNational Historic Site · 1864–1865 · 93 km away, in Fort Qu'Appelle |
| Fort Qu'Appelle railway stationMunicipal heritage property · 1911 · 93 km away, in Fort Qu'Appelle |
From 1864 on: the dated places within 100 km of Orkney No. 244
No place near Orkney No. 244 is close: these lie up to 100 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Fort Qu'Appelle, in Fort Qu'Appelle, goes back furthest, to 1864. Within 100 km, 6 records give a date. Before Confederation: one.
Most of Orkney No. 244’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 31%
Before 1961: 22% of Orkney No. 244’s homes, against 18% in most towns. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 22% of Orkney No. 244’s, against 15% in the typical town. Over half of the homes in Orkney No. 244 were already standing by 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Orkney No. 244 and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orkney No. 244 | 1,957 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Yorkton | 17,543 | 1 | 0 | 1939 |
Orkney No. 244 in brief
Counted by age, 22% of Orkney No. 244’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Orkney No. 244’s history
How many historic places does Orkney No. 244 have on the registers?
None inside Orkney No. 244 yet. The nearest is Canadian National Railways Station, Melville, Saskatchewan, 31 km away in Melville.
How old are the homes in Orkney No. 244?
The 2021 Census dates 22% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).