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History of Wakaw · Canada’s heritage registers

Heritage within reach of Wakaw: 7 places, 50 km or closer

For the highest designations, the closest town to Wakaw is St. Louis No. 431, 15 km off. The census puts 20% of its homes before 1961, much as in most towns (18%).

Historic places within 50 km
7
4 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
28 km
Batoche
Homes built before 1961
20%
typical town: 18%
Around the town

4 places of national importance within 50 km of Wakaw

Among them are 4 National Historic Sites and 3 provincial or municipal listings. The registers hold 7 within 50 km. Batoche in St. Louis No. 431 is the nearest, 28 km away.

The 7 nearest, within 50 km

BatocheNational Historic Site · 1870–1931 · 28 km away, in St. Louis No. 431
Battle of Tourond's Coulee / Fish CreekNational Historic Site · 1885 · 31 km away, in Aberdeen No. 373
Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove FarmNational Historic Site · 1898–1929 · 32 km away, in Rosthern No. 403
South Branch HouseProvincial or municipal listing · 1986 · 33 km away, in St. Louis No. 431
All Saints Anglican ChurchMunicipal heritage property · 1896 · 38 km away, in Duck Lake No. 463
Battle of Duck LakeNational Historic Site · 1885 · 41 km away, in Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96
Vonda RinkMunicipal heritage property · 1942 · 44 km away, in Aberdeen No. 373
How it began

The record of Wakaw, from 1905 on

A single date stands for Wakaw as a municipality on Wikidata, May 1, 1905, and it may be an incorporation rather than a founding. On paper, Wakaw became a town in 1953.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Wakaw”, revision 1375488295 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The age of the area

Within 50 km of Wakaw, the oldest record dates from 1870

Places as far as 50 km from Wakaw, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.

British North America 1760–18660
After Confederation 1867–19135
Wars and Depression 1914–19451
Since 1946 1946 on1

7 dated places within 50 km make up the record. Batoche, in St. Louis No. 431, is the oldest (1870).

Homes by age

Wakaw added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%

Few of Wakaw’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 11%, the norm 23%. Wakaw built little from 2001 to 2015: 6% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. 61% of Wakaw’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, more than the typical town’s 27%.

20%
Before 1961
61%
1961–80
11%
1981–2000
6%
2001–15
0%
2016–21
WakawTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Neighbours

Wakaw and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Wakaw1,05200—
St. Louis No. 4311,080211870
In brief

Wakaw in brief

Older stock first: 20% of homes in Wakaw were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
  • 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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 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 Wakaw’s history

How many historic places does Wakaw have on the registers?

None in Wakaw itself. The closest is Batoche in St. Louis No. 431, 28 km away, a place of the highest rank.

How old are the homes in Wakaw?

The 2021 Census dates 20% 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).