Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0One heritage place lies within 100 km of Fortune
Local registers add 3 more places, counted here but not paged: Wikidata holds their numbers and little else. Homes from before 1961 make up 22% of the stock, above the 18% of the typical town.
The closest heritage to Fortune is Rocky Point Lighthouse, 45 km off
The radius of 100 km holds one.
The nearest, within 100 km
| Rocky Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1881 · 45 km away, in Harbour Breton |
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Fortune, against 4.1% elsewhere
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 58% of Fortune’s, against 27% in the typical town. Only 5.7% of Fortune’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Fortune built little from 1981 to 2000: 13% of its homes, where most towns have 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Fortune and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortune | 1,249 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Grand Bank | 2,082 | 0 | 0 | — |
Fortune in brief
Counted by age, 22% of Fortune’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its past has one life on the record, H. B. C. Lake (1884).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- 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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- 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.
Questions about Fortune’s history
How many historic places does Fortune have on the registers?
Inside Fortune, none so far; Rocky Point Lighthouse, 45 km away in Harbour Breton, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Fortune?
22% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Fortune be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 3 more listings in Fortune are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).