How it began
Back to 1936: Port McNeill’s first record
Wikidata gives the municipality of Port McNeill the date 1936, which can mark a founding, an incorporation or a merger. Port McNeill takes its name from William Henry McNeill.
Photo: David Abercrombie · CC BY-SA 2.00historic places on the registers
History of Port McNeill · Canada’s heritage registers
Behind the name Port McNeill: William Henry McNeill
Just beyond the boundary, the registers place one more. Homes from before 1961 are 5.4% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town.
Homes built before 1961
5.4%
typical town: 18%
Just outside
Just outside Port McNeill
Places the registers give to the town from within 5 km of its edge, nearest first.
Just outside Port McNeill: 1
| Pulteney Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 2 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Little new building in Port McNeill: 1% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Only 3.9% of Port McNeill’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 57% of Port McNeill’s, against 27% in the typical town. 33% of Port McNeill’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%.
5.4%
Before 1961
57%
1961–80
33%
1981–2000
3.9%
2001–15
1%
2016–21
Port McNeillTypical 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
Port McNeill in brief
Its housing is young: only 5.4% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- 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. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Port McNeill’s history
How old are the homes in Port McNeill?
5.4% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).