Photo: Erikallen920 · CC BY-SA 4.0The heritage near St. George's: 2 places in a 100 km radius
St. George's has kept more old homes than most towns: 29% were built before 1961, against 18%. Wikidata knows 3 more provincial or municipal listings here that get no page, lacking an open statement or an encyclopedia article.
Glynmill Inn, 71 km from St. George's, is the closest
By age, Cape Anguille Light Tower leads, from 1958, at 90 km. Within 100 km there are 2 in all. Among them are a provincial or municipal listing and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 2 nearest, within 100 km
| Glynmill InnRegistered heritage structure · 71 km away, in Corner Brook |
| Cape Anguille Light TowerRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1961 · 90 km away, in Division No. 4, Subdivision A |
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in St. George's, against 4.1% elsewhere
Only 6.6% of St. George's’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 42% of St. George's’s homes. St. George's built little from 1981 to 2000: 18% 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.
St. George's and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George's | 1,181 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stephenville Crossing | 1,731 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stephenville | 6,840 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kippens | 1,927 | 0 | 0 | — |
St. George's in brief
Counted by age, 29% of St. George's’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
Questions about St. George's’s history
How many historic places does St. George's have on the registers?
None within St. George's itself; the nearest is 71 km off: Glynmill Inn, in Corner Brook.
How old are the homes in St. George's?
The 2021 Census dates 29% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in St. George's be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 3 further listings in St. George's show up only as Wikidata numbers.
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).