Photo: misterjerk2 · CC BY-SA 3.0Heritage within reach of Upper Tantallon: 42 places, 25 km or closer
From Upper Tantallon, look 16 km away, to Bedford, for the nearest place of the highest designation. 2 people on record were born in Upper Tantallon before 1914, Bruce Boutlier McLean the earliest.
19 places of national importance within 25 km of Upper Tantallon
Nearest comes Bedford Petroglyphs, 17 km off, in Bedford. Within 25 km there are 42 in all. By designation: 15 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 14 National Historic Sites and 8 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Bedford PetroglyphsNational Historic Site · 17 km away, in Bedford |
| Scott Manor HouseProvincially Registered Property · 17 km away, in Bedford |
| Fultz HouseMunicipally Registered Property · 1865 · 18 km away, in Lower Sackville |
| D'Anville's EncampmentNational Historic Site · 1746 · 19 km away, in Clayton Park West |
| Uniacke Estate Museum ParkProvincially Registered Property · 1810 · 21 km away, in Enfield |
| AfricvilleNational Historic Site · 1830 · 21 km away, in Windsor Park |
| Van Steenburgh and Polaris Buildings at The Bedford Institute of OceanographyRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1962–1963 · 22 km away, in Austinville |
| Mont Blanc Anchor SiteMunicipally Registered Property · 1917 · 23 km away, in Westmount |
| Halifax ForumMunicipally Registered Property · 1927 · 23 km away, in North End |
| Hydrostone DistrictNational Historic Site · 1917 · 23 km away, in North End |
| Building No. 4Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1916–1917 · 23 km away, in Austinville |
| Wellington HouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1852–1861 · 23 km away, in North End |
Most of what stands within 25 km of Upper Tantallon dates from the years before Confederation
Places as far as 25 km from Upper Tantallon, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Oldest of all: D'Anville's Encampment, Clayton Park West, 1746. Dated places within 25 km: 40. 24 go back before 1867.
Upper Tantallon is still building: 12% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
16% of Upper Tantallon’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. Few of Upper Tantallon’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 8.4%, the norm 27%. Upper Tantallon has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 41%, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Upper Tantallon compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,200 to 5,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Just one has more: Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover. The middle one has 0. 15 of them have none.
Upper Tantallon and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Tantallon | 5,248 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Head of St Margarets Bay | 2,885 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hubley | 6,337 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hammonds Plains | 13,844 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Timberlea | 11,014 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Middle Sackville | 14,898 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bedford | 28,848 | 2 | 1 | — |
Upper Tantallon in brief
Counted by age, only 16% 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. Beyond that, its past has lives on the record such as Bruce Boutlier McLean (1858) and Lytton Shatford (1873).
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.
- 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.
- 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 Upper Tantallon’s history
How many historic places does Upper Tantallon have on the registers?
None in Upper Tantallon itself. The closest is Bedford Petroglyphs in Bedford, 17 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Upper Tantallon?
16% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Upper Tantallon be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 2 further listings in Upper Tantallon 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).