Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1902–1903Lighttower
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.03historic places on the registers
History of Inverness · Canada’s heritage registers
Inverness’s past, on the record: 3 historic places
On the list: 2 heritage lighthouses and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. Per resident Inverness outdoes 95% of Canadian towns, with 5.8 for every 10,000 people. Margaree Harbour Front Range Lighthouse, begun in 1900, is the oldest by its record. 10 more places on provincial or local lists are counted from Wikidata without pages.
Historic places
3
5.8 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
3
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1900
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
30%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Inverness’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 3, by tier
3 Other federal designations
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. 2 places, placed by their register’s municipality, have no point and aren’t on the map.
Other federal designations
3 more federal designations in Inverness
They are 2 heritage lighthouses and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Their dates run from 1900, with Margaree Harbour Front Range Lighthouse, to 1902. Each one opens its own page.
Heritage Lighthouse · 1900–1901Margaree Harbour Front Range Lighthouse
Heritage Lighthouse · 1900–1901Margaree Harbour Rear Range Lighthouse
Homes by age
A town of older homes: 30% of Inverness’s were built before 1961 (18% is typical)
From 2016 on, Inverness built 4.4% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. Over half of the homes in Inverness were already standing by 1981. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Inverness 27% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
30%
Before 1961
27%
1961–80
24%
1981–2000
15%
2001–15
4.4%
2016–21
InvernessTypical 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
From 1837 to 1912: lives that began in Inverness
4 Wikipedias cover William McDonald, the most of anyone here. The longest life was Bobby Beaton’s: 95 years, to 2007. 7 of the 13 were born in the decades after Confederation. There are 13 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it.
William McDonald
David MacKeen
Henry T. Laurence
Frederick Andrew Laurence
James MacDonald
Archibald Beaton Gillis
Isaac Duncan MacDougall
Roderick MacLean
Alexander H. McKinnon
Donald A. McLean
William N. MacLean
Dan R. MacDonald
Bobby Beaton
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William McDonald1837–1916 · Canadian politician
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Donald A. McLean1907–1973 · Canadian politician
David MacKeen1839–1916 · Canadian politician
Frederick Andrew Laurence1843–1912 · Canadian politician
AM
Alexander H. McKinnon1904–1973 · Canadian politician
Archibald Beaton Gillis1864–1940 · Canadian politician
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Isaac Duncan MacDougall1897–1969 · Canadian politician
WM
William N. MacLean1907–1997 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Inverness → 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 has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,100 to 5,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Inverness3
The typical town its size has 0. 12 of them have nothing on the registers.
In brief
Inverness in brief
Older stock first: 30% of homes in Inverness were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 3 historic places. Among the 16 towns nearest its size, none has more historic places. Among the lives from its past: William McDonald (1837), Donald A. McLean (1907) and David MacKeen (1839). For the rest, its places were designated between 1991 and 2019.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
Questions about Inverness’s history
How many historic places does Inverness have on the registers?
3 historic places in Inverness, from Canada’s heritage registers.
How old are the homes in Inverness?
The 2021 Census dates 30% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
What is the oldest building in Inverness?
Margaree Harbour Front Range Lighthouse, a Heritage Lighthouse, begun in 1900.
Why might a heritage building in Inverness be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 10 more listings in Inverness are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).