History around Wadena: 4 designated places within 100 km
For the highest designations, the closest town to Wadena is Humboldt, 95 km off. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has 1906, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
One place of the highest rank within 100 km of Wadena
The nearest is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Wynyard, Saskatchewan”, 33 km away in Wynyard. By age, “Canadian National Railways (Canadian Northern Railway) Station, Humboldt, Saskatchewan” leads, from 1905, at 95 km. 4 places lie within 100 km.
The 4 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Wynyard, SaskatchewanHeritage Railway Station · 1909–1910 · 33 km away, in Wynyard |
| St. John the Evangelist Anglican ChurchMunicipal heritage property · 1911 · 39 km away, in Foam Lake |
| Humboldt Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1911–1913 · 94 km away, in Humboldt |
| Canadian National Railways (Canadian Northern Railway) Station, Humboldt, SaskatchewanHeritage Railway Station · 1905–1906 · 95 km away, in Humboldt |
No home in Wadena dates from 2016 to 2021; the typical town has 4.1%
27% of Wadena’s homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Wadena built little from 2001 to 2015: 5.8% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. More of Wadena’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 45%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Wadena in brief
Wadena has 27% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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. 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. 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. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- 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 Wadena’s history
How many historic places does Wadena have on the registers?
Not inside Wadena. The closest is Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Wynyard, Saskatchewan in Wynyard, 33 km away.
When did Wadena become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Wadena to 1906. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Wadena?
Before 1961: 27% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).