FedHeritage Railway Station · 1911–1914Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Regina, Saskatchewan1880 Saskatchewan Dr.Photo: Drm310 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Knox-Metropolitan United Church · Photo: Shanahay · CC BY-SA 3.04historic places on the registers
History of Downtown · Canada’s heritage registers
4 historic places on the heritage registers in Downtown
The list takes in 3 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. Downtown’s 9.3 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 98% of Canadian towns. The earliest construction date, 1907, belongs to Knox-Metropolitan United Church. There are also 8 listings on provincial or municipal registers with no open description, so no pages.
Historic places
4
9.3 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Provincial and local listings
3
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1907
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
27%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
4 pictures of Downtown today, 3 from its past
Knox-Metropolitan United Church and Hotel Saskatchewan lead the set. The photos cover every place on Downtown’s registers. Old pictures of 3 places in Downtown fill their own pages.
Hotel Saskatchewan
Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Regina, Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Building+1See all photosPhotos 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.
Through time
Old Downtown, 1900 to 1927
Here in time order: the oldest views of 3 of its historic places. Pick a dot to see the year; pick a picture to see it large.
c. 1900
1911
1927Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Downtown’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designationsProvincial and local listings
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 4, by tier
1 Other federal designations3 Provincial and local listings
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Other federal designations
One more federal designation in Downtown
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Provincial and local listings
3 more places Downtown or its province protects
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Knox-Metropolitan United Church and Prince Edward Building lead the list. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal heritage property · 1907Knox-Metropolitan United ChurchPhoto: Shanahay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Local
LocalHomes by age
Downtown added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.2%, where most towns have 4.1%
The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 39% of Downtown’s homes. 27% of Downtown’s homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Downtown built little from 2001 to 2015: 7.1% of its homes, where most towns have 15%.
27%
Before 1961
39%
1961–80
24%
1981–2000
7.1%
2001–15
1.2%
2016–21
DowntownTypical 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
Downtown has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,300 to 4,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Downtown4
Just these have more: Victoria County, Subdivision B and East Angus. Their median is 0. For 11, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Downtown and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown | 4,282 | 4 | 0 | 1907 |
| Heritage | 5,172 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cathedral Village | 7,311 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dewdney Place | 3,021 | 1 | 0 | 1930 |
| Lakeview | 7,770 | 0 | 0 | — |
| North Central | 9,124 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Al Ritchie | 8,087 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Downtown in brief
The pre-1961 share of Downtown’s homes is 27%, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 4 historic places. Just 2 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. Everything else is close to the norm: its designation dates from 1991.
How to read these numbers
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
Questions about Downtown’s history
How many historic places does Downtown have on the registers?
The registers list 4 historic places inside Downtown.
What is the oldest building in Downtown?
Knox-Metropolitan United Church, a Municipal heritage property, begun in 1907.
How old are the homes in Downtown?
Before 1961: 27% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Downtown be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 8 more listings in Downtown are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).