LocalMunicipally Registered Property · 1917Mont Blanc Anchor SitePhoto: Vonkiegr8 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Mont Blanc Anchor Site · Photo: Vonkiegr8 · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Westmount · Canada’s heritage registers
An older town: 43% of Westmount’s homes predate 1961
Westmount has 2.5 times what the typical town has (18%). Inside the town the registers count 1 historic place. For every 10,000 residents that makes 0.4, ahead of 74% of Canadian towns. That place is Mont Blanc Anchor Site, a municipally registered property, from 1917.
Historic places
1
0.4 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1917
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
43%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Westmount’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
On a provincial or local list in Westmount: one place
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
78 designated places lie within 5 km of Westmount
Of 39 top designations nearby, Memorial Tower is the closest, at 1.8 km. The nearest is Sir Sandford Fleming Park, 1.7 km away in South End. Oldest of them is D'Anville's Encampment (1746), 4.7 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Sir Sandford Fleming ParkMunicipally Registered Property · 1908 · 1.7 km away, in South End |
| Memorial TowerNational Historic Site · 1910–1913 · 1.8 km away, in South End |
| Halifax ForumMunicipally Registered Property · 1927 · 2.2 km away, in North End |
| Southeast SalientClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1830–1848 · 2.8 km away, in South End |
| Halifax Public GardensNational Historic Site · 1874–1880 · 2.9 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Halifax Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1895–1900 · 2.9 km away, in North End |
| Hydrostone DistrictNational Historic Site · 1917 · 3 km away, in North End |
| FernwoodNational Historic Site · 1860–1861 · 3.1 km away, in South End |
| Cavalier BuildingClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1830–1833 · 3.1 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Counterscarp GalleryClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1829–1833 · 3.1 km away, in Schmidtville |
| RedanClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1840–1854 · 3.1 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Defensive Casemates 5-6Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1846–1849 · 3.1 km away, in Schmidtville |
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Westmount: 2.2% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Westmount built little from 1981 to 2000: 18% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Only 8% of Westmount’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Count back from today and half of Westmount’s homes are older than 1981.
43%
Before 1961
27%
1961–80
18%
1981–2000
8%
2001–15
2.2%
2016–21
WestmountTypical 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
Westmount has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 22,800 to 23,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Westmount1
Ahead of it: Yellowknife and Saint-Lambert. The middle one has 0. 11 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Westmount and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 23,207 | 1 | 0 | 1917 |
| South End | 22,012 | 5 | 4 | 1796 |
| Fairview | 16,296 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Windsor Park | 13,044 | 1 | 1 | 1830 |
| North End | 19,733 | 14 | 7 | 1756 |
| Mount Royale | 9,340 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Schmidtville | 18,105 | 53 | 23 | 1749 |
In brief
Westmount in brief
Westmount’s homes from before 1961 come to 43%, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 1 historic place. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- 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.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
Questions about Westmount’s history
How old are the homes in Westmount?
43% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
How many historic places does Westmount have on the registers?
1 historic place in Westmount, from Canada’s heritage registers.
What is the oldest building in Westmount?
Mont Blanc Anchor Site (Municipally Registered Property): the first construction date on its record is 1917.
Why might a heritage building in Westmount be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 3 further listings in Westmount 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).