Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1952–1953Hangar 9
Photo: Madereugeneandrew · CC BY-SA 4.02historic places on the registers
History of Kingston · Canada’s heritage registers
Kingston’s past, on the record: 2 historic places
The oldest building on Kingston’s record is Hangar 9, from 1952. Kingston has 0.8 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 78% of Canadian towns. Behind these stand 4 more local or provincial listings that only Wikidata records. On the list: 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings.
Historic places
2
0.8 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
2
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1952
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
25%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Kingston’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 2, by tier
2 Other federal designations
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.
Other federal designations
2 other places Canada recognizes in Kingston
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Hangar 9 is the earliest, from 1952; the latest dates from 1953. Each one opens its own page.
Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1953–1954Hangar 10
Around the town
7 places of national importance within 50 km of Kingston
They are 6 National Historic Sites, 3 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 3 provincial or municipal listings. The oldest, Grand-Pré Rural Historic District, dates from 1680, 42 km away. Within 50 km there are 15 in all.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Margaretsville LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1859–1860 · 18 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision C |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1902–1903 · 21 km away, in Middleton |
| Charles Macdonald Concrete House MuseumProvincially Registered Property · 1910 · 27 km away, in Kings County, Subdivision B |
| Mount Hanley Schoolhouse MuseumProvincially Registered Property · 1850 · 27 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision C |
| Building 18Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1913 · 28 km away, in Kentville |
| Kentville Research Station, Research Station #5Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1913 · 28 km away, in Kentville |
| Sir Frederick Borden ResidenceNational Historic Site · 1864–1903 · 35 km away, in Kings County, Subdivision B |
| Acacia Grove / Prescott HouseNational Historic Site · 1799–1810 · 37 km away, in Kings County, Subdivision B |
| Ladies' SeminaryNational Historic Site · 1878–1879 · 37 km away, in Wolfville |
| Wolfville Canadian Pacific, Wolfville, Nova ScotiaHeritage Railway Station · 1912–1913 · 38 km away, in Wolfville |
| Commemorative ChurchClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1922–1923 · 42 km away, in Kings County, Subdivision D |
| Grand-PréNational Historic Site · 1922–1924 · 42 km away, in Kings County, Subdivision D |
Homes by age
Kingston keeps more old homes than most towns: 25% from before 1961, against 18%
More of Kingston’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000 than in any other period: 32%. From 2016 to 2021 Kingston added 4.3% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Count back from today and half of Kingston’s homes are older than 2001.
25%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
32%
1981–2000
14%
2001–15
4.3%
2016–21
KingstonTypical 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
Lives that started in Kingston, 1788–1913
Joyce Barkhouse lived longest, to 99, dying in 2012. Of the 10, 6 were born in the decades after Confederation. Before 1914, 10 births here made the record. By Wikipedia’s reach, Ernest Howard Armstrong leads, with 5 articles.
Lindley Murray Moore
Alfred Parker Welton
Ernest Howard Armstrong
Frederick Gilbert King
Ernest William Robinson
Leslie R. Fairn
Joseph Willis Margeson
Alfred Fuller
Edwin Hansford
Joyce Barkhouse
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Ernest Howard Armstrong1864–1946 · Canadian politician
ER
Ernest William Robinson1875–1952 · Canadian politician
AF
Alfred Fuller1885–1973 · American businessman
JB
Joyce Barkhouse1913–2012 · Canadian writer
LF
Leslie R. Fairn1875–1971 · Canadian architect
EH
Edwin Hansford1895–1959 · Canadian politician
Lindley Murray Moore1788–1871 · American abolitionist
AW
Alfred Parker Welton1836– · Canadian politician from Nova Scotia (1836–1916/1917)
Everyone born in Kingston → 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
Kingston has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 24,100 to 25,100 residents, by places on the registers.
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Just one has more: Mile End. Their median is 1. 7 of them have none.
Neighbours
Kingston and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | 24,574 | 2 | 0 | 1952 |
| Berwick | 2,631 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C | 5,694 | 1 | 0 | 1850 |
In brief
Kingston in brief
Counted by age, 25% of Kingston’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. There are 2 historic places in all. Just one town of its size, out of 16, has more historic places. Ernest Howard Armstrong (1864), Ernest William Robinson (1875) and Alfred Fuller (1885) are the best known of its historic lives. The other figures are unremarkable: every designation dates from 2010.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
Questions about Kingston’s history
How many historic places does Kingston have on the registers?
2 historic places inside Kingston, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
What is the oldest building in Kingston?
By its record, Hangar 9, from 1952 (Recognized Federal Heritage Building).
How old are the homes in Kingston?
Before 1961: 25% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Kingston be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 4 more listings in Kingston 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).