Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn Wilmot, 39% of homes go back before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Wilmot has 2.2 times as much. The registers count 7 places within 25 km of Wilmot; the closest, Florenceville Bridge, is 11 km away. For the highest designations, the closest town is Wakefield, 11 km off. The earliest of 3 people born in Wilmot before 1914 is Frank Broadstreet Carvell.
Within 25 km of Wilmot, the record goes back to 1833
Out to 25 km from Wilmot, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Within 25 km, building dates exist for 6 places. 2 go back before 1867. Old Carleton County Court House, in Woodstock, goes back furthest, to 1833.
Wilmot’s surroundings: 7 historic places within 25 km
They stand in 3 towns, Woodstock, Florenceville-Bristol and Wakefield among them. Of 2 top designations nearby, Hartland Covered Bridge is the closest, at 12 km. At 11 km, Florenceville Bridge in Florenceville-Bristol is the closest.
The 7 nearest, within 25 km
| Florenceville BridgeLocal historic place · 11 km away, in Florenceville-Bristol |
| Hartland Covered BridgeNational Historic Site · 1901–1902 · 12 km away, in Wakefield |
| Old Carleton County Court HouseProvincial heritage place · 1833 · 20 km away, in Woodstock |
| Connell HouseNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 23 km away, in Woodstock |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1904–1906 · 23 km away, in Woodstock |
| L. P. Fisher Public LibraryLocal historic place · 1914 · 23 km away, in Woodstock |
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1956 · 23 km away, in Woodstock |
39% of Wilmot’s homes were built before 1961
More than half of Wilmot’s housing predates 1981. Only 4.8% of Wilmot’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. New building in Wilmot runs at the usual pace: 3.6% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born in Wilmot before the First World War: 3 lives
The earliest is Frank Broadstreet Carvell, born in 1862. Best known is Frank Broadstreet Carvell, with articles in 4 Wikipedia languages. Of them all, Fred McLean lived longest: 78 years, until 1971. Fred McLean closes the list, born in 1893.
Everyone born in Wilmot → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Wilmot and its neighbours
Wilmot in brief
Wilmot’s homes from before 1961 come to 39%, against 18% in the typical town. Three lives from its past stand out: Frank Broadstreet Carvell (1862), Fred McLean (1893) and Rennie K. Tracey (1874).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- 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.
Questions about Wilmot’s history
How many historic places does Wilmot have on the registers?
None inside Wilmot yet. The nearest is Florenceville Bridge, 11 km away in Florenceville-Bristol.
How old are the homes in Wilmot?
39% 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).