Photo: A Disappearing Act · CC BY-SA 2.0In a 5 km circle around Fairview: 52 places on the registers
For the highest designations, the closest town to Fairview is Windsor Park, 1.9 km off. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 7% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.
The heritage closest to Fairview: D'Anville's Encampment, at 2.1 km
They are 19 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 18 National Historic Sites and 8 provincial or municipal listings. Schmidtville, North End and South End hold most of them, among 7 towns. The radius of 5 km holds 52.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| D'Anville's EncampmentNational Historic Site · 1746 · 2.1 km away, in Clayton Park West |
| AfricvilleNational Historic Site · 1830 · 2.3 km away, in Windsor Park |
| Halifax ForumMunicipally Registered Property · 1927 · 2.5 km away, in North End |
| Mont Blanc Anchor SiteMunicipally Registered Property · 1917 · 2.7 km away, in Westmount |
| Hydrostone DistrictNational Historic Site · 1917 · 2.9 km away, in North End |
| Carall Building S-17Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1941–1945 · 3.3 km away, in North End |
| Wellington HouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1852–1861 · 3.3 km away, in North End |
| Admiralty HouseNational Historic Site · 1815–1820 · 3.4 km away, in North End |
| Murray Building (S-15)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1941–1944 · 3.4 km away, in North End |
| Currie Building, S37Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1942–1943 · 3.4 km away, in North End |
| Van Steenburgh and Polaris Buildings at The Bedford Institute of OceanographyRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1962–1963 · 3.4 km away, in Austinville |
| Lorne TerraceRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1900–1901 · 3.6 km away, in North End |
The 5 km around Fairview keep buildings from as early as 1746
Around Fairview, not inside it: the places within 5 km, by the first construction date on record.
51 places within 5 km carry a construction date. 31 are older than 1867. The earliest is D'Anville's Encampment in Clayton Park West, begun in 1746.
Fairview keeps more old homes than most towns: 23% from before 1961, against 18%
More of Fairview’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 39%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 9.6% of Fairview’s, against 15% in the typical town. Over half of the homes in Fairview were already standing by 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Fairview and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 16,296 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Royale | 9,340 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Windsor Park | 13,044 | 1 | 1 | 1830 |
| Westmount | 23,207 | 1 | 0 | 1917 |
| Clayton Park West | 34,404 | 1 | 1 | 1746 |
| North End | 19,733 | 14 | 7 | 1756 |
| Schmidtville | 18,105 | 53 | 23 | 1749 |
Fairview in brief
In Fairview, 23% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
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.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
Questions about Fairview’s history
How many historic places does Fairview have on the registers?
Fairview has none of its own; D'Anville's Encampment, in Clayton Park West, the closest at 2.1 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Fairview?
The 2021 Census dates 23% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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).