Photo: Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0History around Springdale: one designated place within 100 km
Wikidata gives 1877 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged. Behind these stands one more local or provincial listing that only Wikidata records.
The heritage closest to Springdale: Lighthouse, at 94 km
Count to 100 km and there is one.
The nearest, within 100 km
| LighthouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1883–1884 · 94 km away, in Twillingate |
New homes are rare in Springdale: 2.7% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
29% of Springdale’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%. The busiest building years in Springdale were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 37% of today’s homes. Like the typical town (18%), Springdale has 17% of its homes from before 1961.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Springdale compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,900 to 2,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Moosomin and Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford. Their median is 0. 14 of them have none.
Springdale in brief
Counted by age, only 17% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- 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 Springdale’s history
How many historic places does Springdale have on the registers?
None within Springdale itself; the nearest is 94 km off: Lighthouse, in Twillingate.
When did Springdale become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Springdale dates from 1877; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Springdale?
Before 1961: 17% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Springdale be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Springdale, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets no page.
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).