Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 4.0Wabana keeps its older homes: 57% from before 1961
Wabana’s share is 3.2 times the typical 18%. Admiralty House Museum & Archives, 19 km from Wabana, heads a list of 36 historic places within 25 km. Look 18 km away, to St. John's, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Within 25 km of Wabana, the record goes back to 1697
The nearest historic places to Wabana, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Fort William, in St. John's, goes back furthest, to 1697. 29 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 19 are older than 1867.
Nearest to Wabana: Admiralty House Museum & Archives, 19 km away
By age, Fort William leads, from 1697, at 20 km. Of the 25 of the highest rank, the nearest is Winterholme, 19 km away. The registers hold 36 within 25 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Admiralty House Museum & ArchivesCity of Mount Pearl heritage site · 1914 · 19 km away, in Mount Pearl |
| WinterholmeNational Historic Site · 1905–1908 · 19 km away, in St. John's |
| Rennie's Mill Road Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1846–1921 · 19 km away, in St. John's |
| St. John's Ecclesiastical DistrictCity of St. John's heritage district · 19 km away, in St. John's |
| Fort TownshendNational Historic Site · 1773–1780 · 20 km away, in St. John's |
| Basilica of St. John the BaptistNational Historic Site · 1839–1856 · 20 km away, in St. John's |
| Murray PremisesNational Historic Site · 1847–1850 · 20 km away, in St. John's |
| Colonial BuildingProvincial historic site · 20 km away, in St. John's |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1827–1832 · 20 km away, in St. John's |
| Bishop Feild CollegeCity of St. John's heritage site · 1844 · 20 km away, in St. John's |
| St. John the Baptist Anglican CathedralNational Historic Site · 1847–1851 · 20 km away, in St. John's |
| St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchNational Historic Site · 1864–1882 · 20 km away, in St. John's |
Little new building in Wabana: 2.6% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Wabana were already standing by 1961. Few of Wabana’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 2.6%, the norm 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 17% of Wabana’s, against 23% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Wabana and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabana | 2,008 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Paradise | 26,155 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Torbay | 8,297 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Conception Bay South | 29,725 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Pearl | 24,266 | 1 | 0 | 1914 |
| St. John's | 128,693 | 35 | 25 | 1697 |
Wabana in brief
Housing in Wabana includes 57% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Wabana’s history
How many historic places does Wabana have on the registers?
Inside Wabana, none so far; Admiralty House Museum & Archives, 19 km away in Mount Pearl, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Wabana?
The 2021 Census dates 57% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Wabana be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 2 further listings in Wabana 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).