TopNational Historic Site · 1790–2010Walled Landscape of Grates CovePhoto: Sgriffin241 · Public domain · Commons file
Walled Landscape of Grates Cove · Photo: Sgriffin241 · Public domain1historic place on the registers
History of Division No. 1, Subdivision G · Canada’s heritage registers
Division No. 1, Subdivision G keeps a building from 1790: Walled Landscape of Grates Cove
Behind these stand 3 more local or provincial listings that only Wikidata records. The 2021 Census dates 1.2% of its homes to 2016 or later, against 4.1% in most towns.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1790
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
23%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s top designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
12 designated places lie within 50 km of Division No. 1, Subdivision G
Among them are 7 National Historic Sites, 3 provincial or municipal listings and 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. Former Carbonear Railway Station (Newfoundland Railway) in Carbonear is the nearest, 27 km away. They belong to 6 towns, chiefly St. John's, Division No. 1, Subdivision M and Carbonear.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Former Carbonear Railway Station (Newfoundland Railway)National Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 27 km away, in Carbonear |
| Harbour Grace Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1830–1831 · 30 km away, in Harbour Grace |
| LighttowerRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1894–1895 · 39 km away, in Division No. 7, Subdivision L |
| Cable BuildingNational Historic Site · 1913–1914 · 42 km away, in Bay Roberts |
| Kent CottageRegistered heritage structure · 47 km away, in Division No. 1, Subdivision M |
| Brigus Stone BarnRegistered heritage structure · 47 km away, in Division No. 1, Subdivision M |
| Hawthorne CottageNational Historic Site · 1830–1831 · 47 km away, in Division No. 1, Subdivision M |
| Pleasantville-Building 223Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1957 · 49 km away, in St. John's |
| WinterholmeNational Historic Site · 1905–1908 · 50 km away, in St. John's |
| Rennie's Mill Road Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1846–1921 · 50 km away, in St. John's |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1827–1832 · 50 km away, in St. John's |
| Colonial BuildingProvincial historic site · 50 km away, in St. John's |
Homes by age
Old houses stand out in Division No. 1, Subdivision G: 23% predate 1961, where most towns have 18%
Count back from today and half of Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s homes are older than 1981. Division No. 1, Subdivision G built little from 2001 to 2015: 7.2% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 34% of Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s homes.
23%
Before 1961
34%
1961–80
34%
1981–2000
7.2%
2001–15
1.2%
2016–21
Division No. 1, Subdivision GTypical 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
Division No. 1, Subdivision G in brief
In Division No. 1, Subdivision G, 23% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, including Walled Landscape of Grates Cove. The other figures are unremarkable: E. J. Pratt (1882) is its person of the past on the record; and its one place was designated in 1995.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s history
What is the oldest building in Division No. 1, Subdivision G?
Walled Landscape of Grates Cove (National Historic Site): the first construction date on its record is 1790.
Which places in Division No. 1, Subdivision G have the highest designation?
It is Walled Landscape of Grates Cove.
Why might a heritage building in Division No. 1, Subdivision G be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 3 more listings in Division No. 1, Subdivision G are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
How old are the homes in Division No. 1, Subdivision G?
Before 1961: 23% of its homes; 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).