Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainAround Northampton, 5 historic places within 10 km
From Northampton, look 7.8 km away, to Woodstock, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Homes from 2016 to 2021 make up 2.8% of the stock; the typical town has 4.1%.
The registers find 5 places within 10 km of Northampton
Nearest comes Government of Canada Building, 7.2 km off, in Woodstock. Its one place of national rank is Connell House, at 7.4 km. They are 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 2 provincial or municipal listings and a National Historic Site.
The 5 nearest, within 10 km
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1956 · 7.2 km away, in Woodstock |
| L. P. Fisher Public LibraryLocal historic place · 1914 · 7.2 km away, in Woodstock |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1904–1906 · 7.3 km away, in Woodstock |
| Connell HouseNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 7.4 km away, in Woodstock |
| Old Carleton County Court HouseProvincial heritage place · 1833 · 8.8 km away, in Woodstock |
The places within 10 km of Northampton lean to the years before Confederation
Around Northampton, not inside it: the places within 10 km, by the first construction date on record.
The oldest is Old Carleton County Court House in Woodstock, from 1833. 5 places within 10 km carry a construction date. Before Confederation: 2.
Northampton’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 47% of its homes
Homes from before 1961 are 16% of Northampton’s housing, about the typical 18%. Northampton built little from 2001 to 2015: 10% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. More than half of Northampton’s housing predates 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Northampton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton | 1,981 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woodstock | 6,260 | 4 | 1 | 1839 |
| Woodstock | 2,371 | 1 | 0 | 1833 |
| Wakefield | 2,749 | 1 | 1 | 1901 |
| Southampton | 1,616 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Richmond | 1,516 | 0 | 0 | — |
Northampton in brief
Its housing is young: only 16% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: its past has one life on the record, Charles Connell (1810).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
Questions about Northampton’s history
How many historic places does Northampton have on the registers?
Northampton has none of its own yet. Government of Canada Building, in Woodstock, is the nearest, 7.2 km away.
How old are the homes in Northampton?
16% 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).