Photo: Quincylvania · CC0Around Bishop's Falls, 2 historic places within 100 km
Building from 2016 to 2021 gave it 3.5% of its homes, where most towns have 4.1%. The census puts 19% of its homes before 1961, much as in most towns (18%).
The registers find 2 places within 100 km of Bishop's Falls
They are spread over 2 towns, including Division No. 8, Subdivision L and Twillingate. Oldest of them is Lighthouse (1883), 90 km off. The mix: a National Historic Site and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 2 nearest, within 100 km
| Boyd's Cove BeothukNational Historic Site · 1981 · 79 km away, in Division No. 8, Subdivision L |
| LighthouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1883–1884 · 90 km away, in Twillingate |
Bishop's Falls’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 42% of its homes
More than half of Bishop's Falls’s housing predates 1981. In Bishop's Falls, 22% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%). Building from 2001 to 2015 gave Bishop's Falls 14% of its homes, near the usual 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Bishop's Falls compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,100 to 3,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Kingsclear and Thorhild County. The typical town its size has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Bishop's Falls and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Falls | 3,162 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Grand Falls-Windsor | 14,510 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Botwood | 2,884 | 0 | 0 | — |
Bishop's Falls in brief
Housing in Bishop's Falls includes 19% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
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. 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.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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. 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 Bishop's Falls’s history
How many historic places does Bishop's Falls have on the registers?
None inside Bishop's Falls yet. The nearest, Boyd's Cove Beothuk, carries the highest designation, 79 km away in Division No. 8, Subdivision L.
How old are the homes in Bishop's Falls?
The 2021 Census dates 19% 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).