Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1962–1963Van Steenburgh and Polaris Buildings at The Bedford Institute of OceanographyBaffin Boulevard
Quaker Whaler House · Photo: Hantsheroes · CC BY-SA 3.03historic places on the registers
History of Austinville · Canada’s heritage registers
Austinville keeps a building from 1786: Quaker Whaler House
Federal, provincial and local lists together give Austinville 3 historic places. Measured against its size, 1.1 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 80% of Canadian towns. On the list: 2 provincial or municipal listings and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. A further one sits a short way past the edge of town.
Historic places
3
1.1 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Provincial and local listings
2
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1786
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
28%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Austinville’s historic places in 2 photos
2 of the places on Austinville’s heritage registers are pictured here; the others keep their register record. First come Quaker Whaler House and Greenvale School.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The map
Where Austinville’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designationsProvincial and local listings
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 3, by tier
1 Other federal designations2 Provincial and local listings
What the map shows is the open record: the federal directory in full, and from provincial or municipal lists only the places Wikidata ties to an encyclopedia article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Other federal designations
Federal heritage in Austinville: one more place
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Provincial and local listings
On provincial and local lists in Austinville: 2 places
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Quaker Whaler House is the earliest, from 1786; the latest dates from 1915. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipally Registered Property · 1786Quaker Whaler HousePhoto: Hantsheroes · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipally Registered Property · 1915Greenvale SchoolPhoto: Stephanie Clay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Just outside
Just outside Austinville
Places the registers give to the town from within 5 km of its edge, nearest first.
Just outside Austinville: 1
| Building No. 4Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 100 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Austinville keeps more old homes than most towns: 28% from before 1961, against 18%
Over half of the homes in Austinville were already standing by 1981. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 33% of Austinville’s homes. From 2016 to 2021 Austinville added 3.4% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%.
28%
Before 1961
33%
1961–80
23%
1981–2000
11%
2001–15
3.4%
2016–21
AustinvilleTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Austinville has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 27,500 to 28,400 residents, by places on the registers.
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Ahead of it: René-Lévesque. The middle one has 1. 8 of them have none.
Neighbours
Austinville and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austinville | 28,021 | 3 | 0 | 1786 |
| Manor Park | 14,148 | 0 | 0 | — |
| North End | 19,733 | 14 | 7 | 1756 |
| Windsor Park | 13,044 | 1 | 1 | 1830 |
| Schmidtville | 18,105 | 53 | 23 | 1749 |
| Woodlawn | 20,925 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fairview | 16,296 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Austinville in brief
Of the homes standing in Austinville, 28% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 3 historic places. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just one has more historic places. For the rest, its one place was designated in 2004.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- 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.
Questions about Austinville’s history
What is the oldest building in Austinville?
Quaker Whaler House, a Municipally Registered Property, begun in 1786.
How many historic places does Austinville have on the registers?
Inside Austinville: 3 historic places.
How old are the homes in Austinville?
Before 1961: 28% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Austinville be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 25 more listings in Austinville, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article they get 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).