Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.01959: the date of Labrador City as a municipality
Its housing is mostly newer: 6.2% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. The 2021 Census dates 0.8% of its homes to 2016 or later, against 4.1% in most towns.
Labrador City built the most from 1961 to 1980, 77% of today’s homes
Labrador City built little from 1981 to 2000: 5.4% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Only 10% of Labrador City’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Count back from today and half of Labrador City’s homes are older than 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Labrador City compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,900 to 8,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Cardinal, Acton Vale and Bayham. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have none.
Labrador City and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labrador City | 7,965 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wabush | 2,105 | 0 | 0 | — |
Labrador City in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 6.2% of the total, 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. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- 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.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Labrador City’s history
When did Labrador City become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Labrador City to 1959. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Labrador City?
Before 1961: 6.2% 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).