FedRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1942–1943Lone ShielingPhoto: Loneshieling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Lone Shieling · Photo: Loneshieling · CC BY-SA 4.02historic places on the registers
History of Inverness County, Subdivision A · Canada’s heritage registers
Canada’s registers list 2 historic places in Inverness County, Subdivision A
The record has a Recognized Federal Heritage Building and a provincial or municipal listing. Inverness County, Subdivision A’s 3.7 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 92% of Canadian towns. More of its homes are old than in most towns: 35% before 1961, against 18%. The earliest construction date, 1893, belongs to Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Chéticamp.
Historic places
2
3.7 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
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1893
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
35%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
2 photos and 1 old pictures of heritage Inverness County, Subdivision A
Leading off: Lone Shieling and Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Chéticamp. Photos show both of the places Inverness County, Subdivision A’s registers name.
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.
Through time
Old pictures of Inverness County, Subdivision A
One picture from before 1950: the oldest view of one of its historic places. Tap the picture to enlarge it.
c. 1909Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Inverness County, Subdivision A’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 2, by tier
1 Other federal designations1 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 Inverness County, Subdivision A: one more place
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Provincial and local listings
One local listing in Inverness County, Subdivision A
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipally Registered Property · 1893Paroisse Saint-Pierre de ChéticampPhoto: artq55 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Around the town
The highest designation, 7 times, within 100 km of Inverness County, Subdivision A
Nearest comes St. Mark's Masonic Lodge, 51 km off, in Victoria County, Subdivision B. Count to 100 km and there are 32. They stand in 9 towns, Cape Breton, Victoria County, Subdivision B and Victoria County, Subdivision A among them.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| St. Mark's Masonic LodgeMunicipally Registered Property · 1898 · 51 km away, in Victoria County, Subdivision B |
| Alexander Graham BellNational Historic Site · 1954–1955 · 51 km away, in Victoria County, Subdivision B |
| Palais de justice du comté de VictoriaMunicipally Registered Property · 1889 · 51 km away, in Victoria County, Subdivision B |
| Gilbert H. Grosvenor HallProvincially Registered Property · 1886 · 51 km away, in Victoria County, Subdivision B |
| Saint Peter's and Saint John's Anglican ChurchProvincially Registered Property · 1883 · 51 km away, in Victoria County, Subdivision B |
| Beinn Bhreagh HallNational Historic Site · 1892–1894 · 53 km away, in Victoria County, Subdivision B |
| Superintendent's ResidenceRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1938–1940 · 54 km away, in Victoria County, Subdivision A |
| Administration BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1938–1940 · 54 km away, in Victoria County, Subdivision A |
| Black Rock Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1978–1979 · 56 km away, in Victoria County, Subdivision B |
| Information BureauRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1939–1941 · 58 km away, in Victoria County, Subdivision A |
| St. Paul Island Southwest LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1915–1916 · 64 km away, in Victoria County, Subdivision A |
| Neil's Harbour LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1899 · 67 km away, in Victoria County, Subdivision A |
Homes by age
35% of Inverness County, Subdivision A’s homes were built before 1961
New building in Inverness County, Subdivision A runs at the usual pace: 3.8% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. Inverness County, Subdivision A built little from 2001 to 2015: 8.1% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Count back from today and half of Inverness County, Subdivision A’s homes are older than 1981.
35%
Before 1961
30%
1961–80
23%
1981–2000
8.1%
2001–15
3.8%
2016–21
Inverness County, Subdivision ATypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
Inverness County, Subdivision A’s people of the past, born 1838–1911
Most of them, 8 of 11, came into the world in the decades after Confederation. The widest known is Daniel Sutherland: 7 Wikipedia editions. Before 1914, 11 births here made the record. Of them all, Anselme Chiasson lived longest: 93 years, until 2004.
Malcolm McFadyen
Thomas Robert McInnes
Duncan J. Campbell
Daniel Sutherland
James Tompkins
Moses E. Kiley
Moses Coady
John Angus MacMillan
Duncan MacMillan
Angus Chisholm
Anselme Chiasson
1800182518501875190019251950
Daniel Sutherland1869–1955 · American politician
MK
Moses E. Kiley1876–1953 · Canadian Catholic prelate in the United States
Thomas Robert McInnes1840–1904 · Canadian politician
Anselme Chiasson1911–2004 · Canadian catholic priest and historian
JT
James Tompkins1870–1953 · Antigonish Movement leader
MC
Moses Coady1882–1959 · Priest, co-operative organiser
DC
Duncan J. Campbell1845–1882 · Canadian politician
JM
John Angus MacMillan1889–1956 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Inverness County, Subdivision A → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns its size
Inverness County, Subdivision A has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,400 to 5,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Inverness County, Subdivision A2
Just one has more: Saint-Jean-de-Matha. The typical town its size has 0. 10 of them have none.
In brief
Inverness County, Subdivision A in brief
Inverness County, Subdivision A has 35% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 2 historic places. Just one town of its size, out of 16, has more historic places. Its people of the past include Daniel Sutherland (1869), Moses E. Kiley (1876) and Thomas Robert McInnes (1840). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its designation dates from 1994.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
Questions about Inverness County, Subdivision A’s history
How many historic places does Inverness County, Subdivision A have on the registers?
Inside Inverness County, Subdivision A: 2 historic places.
How old are the homes in Inverness County, Subdivision A?
Before 1961: 35% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
What is the oldest building in Inverness County, Subdivision A?
Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Chéticamp (Municipally Registered Property): the first construction date on its record is 1893.
Why might a heritage building in Inverness County, Subdivision A be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Inverness County, Subdivision A, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets 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).