LocalMunicipal heritage property · 1884Nutana Pioneer CemeteryPhoto: SriMesh · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Nutana Pioneer Cemetery · Photo: SriMesh · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Avalon · Canada’s heritage registers
48% of Avalon’s homes were built before 1961
For Avalon, that is 2.7 times the typical town’s share, 18%. All told, the heritage lists hold 1 historic place within the town. Per resident that is more than in 80% of Canadian towns: 1.1 for every 10,000 people. Nutana Pioneer Cemetery, from 1884, is the town’s municipal heritage property.
Historic places
1
1.1 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1884
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
48%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Avalon’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 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.
Provincial and local listings
One more place Avalon or its province protects
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
17 places on Canada’s registers lie 5 km or less from Avalon
Marr Residence, 2.2 km off, is the oldest: 1884. For the highest designations, the nearest of 2 is Saskatoon Railway Station (Canadian Pacific), 3.8 km away. Bowerman House in South West Industrial is the nearest, 2 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Bowerman HouseMunicipal heritage property · 1907 · 2 km away, in South West Industrial |
| Saskatoon Electrical System SubstationMunicipal heritage property · 2.1 km away, in Haultain |
| Gustin HouseMunicipal heritage property · 1920 · 2.1 km away, in Buena Vista |
| Broadway TheatreMunicipal heritage property · 1946 · 2.2 km away, in Haultain |
| Marr ResidenceMunicipal heritage property · 1884 · 2.2 km away, in Buena Vista |
| Arrand BlockMunicipal heritage property · 1912 · 2.2 km away, in Buena Vista |
| Former Fire Hall No. 3Municipal heritage property · 1911 · 2.2 km away, in Haultain |
| Land Titles BuildingProvincial heritage property · 1910 · 3.1 km away, in Central Business District |
| Sommerville/Petitt HouseMunicipal heritage property · 1912 · 3.1 km away, in Central Business District |
| Hutchinson BuildingMunicipal heritage property · 1923 · 3.2 km away, in Central Business District |
| Landa ResidenceMunicipal heritage property · 1913 · 3.4 km away, in Pleasant Hill |
| Cathedral of St. John the EvangelistMunicipal heritage property · 1917 · 3.5 km away, in Central Business District |
Homes by age
Only 2.1% of Avalon’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Over half of the homes in Avalon were already standing by 1981. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 12% of Avalon’s, against 23% in the typical town. Only 9.5% of Avalon’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%.
48%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
12%
1981–2000
9.5%
2001–15
2.1%
2016–21
AvalonTypical 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
Avalon has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 9,400 to 9,600 residents, by places on the registers.
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Only Oromocto and Manor Park have more. Their median is 0. 9 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Avalon and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon | 9,488 | 1 | 0 | 1884 |
| Adelaide/Churchill | 2,652 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Buena Vista | 5,777 | 3 | 0 | 1884 |
| Haultain | 6,126 | 3 | 0 | 1911 |
| Nutana Park | 3,045 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Holliston | 2,963 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Grosvenor Park | 6,240 | 2 | 1 | 1888 |
In brief
Avalon in brief
The pre-1961 share of Avalon’s homes is 48%, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 1 historic place. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 2 have more historic places.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- 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 federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
Questions about Avalon’s history
How old are the homes in Avalon?
48% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
How many historic places does Avalon have on the registers?
1 historic place inside Avalon, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
What is the oldest building in Avalon?
Nutana Pioneer Cemetery, a Municipal heritage property, begun in 1884.
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).