Photo: Not specified · Public domainWithin 25 km of Richmond, 6 places are on the heritage registers
Heritage of the first rank begins 14 km from Richmond, in Woodstock. The newest homes, 2016 to 2021, are 1.9% of the total, the typical town 4.1%.
Nearest to Richmond: Connell House, 14 km away
The registers hold 6 within 25 km. Old Carleton County Court House, 15 km off, is the oldest: 1833. Among them are 2 National Historic Sites, 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 2 provincial or municipal listings.
The 6 nearest, within 25 km
| Connell HouseNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 14 km away, in Woodstock |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1904–1906 · 14 km away, in Woodstock |
| L. P. Fisher Public LibraryLocal historic place · 1914 · 14 km away, in Woodstock |
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1956 · 14 km away, in Woodstock |
| Old Carleton County Court HouseProvincial heritage place · 1833 · 15 km away, in Woodstock |
| Mehtawtik (Meductic) VillageNational Historic Site · 21 km away, in Southampton |
Within 25 km of Richmond, the oldest record dates from 1833
Reaching 25 km out from Richmond: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Dated places within 25 km: 5. Before Confederation: 2. First by date comes Old Carleton County Court House in Woodstock, from 1833.
Richmond built the most from 1981 to 2000, 38% of today’s homes
Count back from today and half of Richmond’s homes are older than 2001. 21% of Richmond’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 21% of Richmond’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Richmond and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 1,516 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woodstock | 2,371 | 1 | 0 | 1833 |
| Woodstock | 6,260 | 4 | 1 | 1839 |
| Northampton | 1,981 | 0 | 0 | — |
Richmond in brief
The pre-1961 share of Richmond’s homes is 21%, against 18% in the typical town.
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 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. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- 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.
Questions about Richmond’s history
How many historic places does Richmond have on the registers?
None in Richmond itself. The closest is Connell House in Woodstock, 14 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Richmond?
The 2021 Census dates 21% 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).