Photo: Garth Bishop · CC BY-SA 3.0Within 25 km of Summerside, 27 places are on the heritage registers
Its housing is mostly newer: 0.2% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Look 16 km away, to Glenora, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
The closest heritage to Summerside is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, 11 km off
Government House, 15 km away, leads 2 places with the top designation. The radius of 25 km holds 27. They stand in 12 towns, Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra among them.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 11 km away, in Ritchie |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 12 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 12 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 12 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 13 km away, in Downtown |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 13 km away, in Garneau |
Within 25 km of Summerside, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
The nearest historic places to Summerside, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
15 places within 25 km carry a construction date. The oldest is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie, from 1907.
New homes stand out in Summerside: 19% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 1.4% of Summerside’s, against 23% in the typical town. Summerside built little from 1961 to 1980: 0% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. 79% of Summerside’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Summerside and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerside | 16,760 | 0 | 0 | — |
| The Orchards At Ellerslie | 6,267 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ellerslie | 5,963 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Walker | 13,388 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Charlesworth | 8,135 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Anthony Henday South East | 4,960 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cavanagh | 7,300 | 0 | 0 | — |
Summerside in brief
Counted by age, only 0.2% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
Questions about Summerside’s history
How many historic places does Summerside have on the registers?
Inside Summerside, none so far; Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta, 11 km away in Ritchie, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Summerside?
0.2% predate 1961, where 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).