Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Wynyard, Saskatchewan · Photo: Pseudopanax at en · Public domain

1historic place on the registers

History of Wynyard · Canada’s heritage registers

Wynyard’s past, on the record: 1 historic place

Before 1961: 33% of Wynyard’s homes, where most towns have 18%. Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Wynyard, Saskatchewan, from 1909, is the town’s heritage railway station.

1909oldest building

Historic places

Highest designations

National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings

Other federal designations

Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses

Oldest building

1909

the first construction date on its record

Homes built before 1961

33%

typical town: 18%

How it began

Wynyard’s record begins in 1905

By 1909 the place had a station: Wynyard railway station. The date Wikidata keeps for Wynyard is 1905; whether it was a founding or a legal act, the entry leaves open.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Wynyard’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Other federal designations

Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.

The 1, by tier

1 Other federal designations

Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.

Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.

Other federal designations

Federal heritage in Wynyard: one more place

Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.

Heritage Railway Station · 1909–1910Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Wynyard, SaskatchewanAvenue A & Bosworth Sts.Photo: Pseudopanax at en · Public domain · Commons file

Around the town

The heritage closest to Wynyard: St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, at 47 km

Their towns number 2: Humboldt and Foam Lake first. The nearest of the highest rank is Humboldt Post Office, 80 km away. By age, “Canadian National Railways (Canadian Northern Railway) Station, Humboldt, Saskatchewan” leads, from 1905, at 80 km.

The 3 nearest, within 100 km

St. John the Evangelist Anglican ChurchMunicipal heritage property · 1911 · 47 km away, in Foam Lake

Humboldt Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1911–1913 · 80 km away, in Humboldt

Canadian National Railways (Canadian Northern Railway) Station, Humboldt, SaskatchewanHeritage Railway Station · 1905–1906 · 80 km away, in Humboldt

Homes by age

Little new building in Wynyard: 1.9% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%

Over half of the homes in Wynyard were already standing by 1981. Only 3.7% of Wynyard’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 41% of Wynyard’s homes.

33%

Before 1961

41%

1961–80

20%

1981–2000

3.7%

2001–15

1.9%

2016–21

WynyardTypical town

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

In brief

Wynyard in brief

The pre-1961 share of Wynyard’s homes is 33%, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 1 historic place. For the rest, its designation dates from 1991.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
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. 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.
Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.

Questions about Wynyard’s history

How many historic places does Wynyard have on the registers?

1 historic place inside Wynyard, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.

How old are the homes in Wynyard?

The 2021 Census dates 33% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).

What is the oldest building in Wynyard?

Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Wynyard, Saskatchewan, a Heritage Railway Station, begun in 1909.

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).