TopNational Historic Site · 1901–1903Liverpool Town Hall221 Main StreetPhoto: RegionofQueens · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Liverpool Town Hall · Photo: RegionofQueens · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Liverpool · Canada’s heritage registers
Liverpool keeps its older homes: 44% from before 1961
Liverpool has 2.5 times what the typical town has (18%). Inside the town there is 1 historic place, a top designation. Per resident that is more than in 79% of Canadian towns: 0.9 for every 10,000 people. That place is Liverpool Town Hall, a national historic site, from 1901.
Historic places
1
0.9 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1901
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
44%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Liverpool’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
Liverpool’s top designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
7 historic places within 50 km of Liverpool
At 40 km, Fort Sainte Marie de Grace in Lunenburg is the closest. By designation: 5 National Historic Sites and 2 provincial or municipal listings.
The 7 nearest, within 50 km
| Fort Sainte Marie de GraceNational Historic Site · 1632–1633 · 40 km away, in Lunenburg |
| Old Town Lunenburg Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1753–1992 · 49 km away, in Lunenburg |
| St. John's Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1754–1764 · 49 km away, in Lunenburg |
| Lunenburg AcademyNational Historic Site · 1894–1896 · 49 km away, in Lunenburg |
| Knaut-Rhuland HouseNational Historic Site · 1793–1794 · 49 km away, in Lunenburg |
| Zion Evangelical Lutheran ChurchMunicipally Registered Property · 1891 · 49 km away, in Lunenburg |
| St. Andrew's Presbyterian ChurchMunicipally Registered Property · 1828 · 49 km away, in Lunenburg |
Just outside Liverpool: 3
| Perkins HouseProvincially Registered Property · 100 m outside the town |
| Port Mouton LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 100 m outside the town |
| Fort Point LighthouseProvincially Registered Property · 500 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Only 2.6% of Liverpool’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Only 6.8% of Liverpool’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Over half of the homes in Liverpool were already standing by 1981. In Liverpool, 28% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).
44%
Before 1961
28%
1961–80
19%
1981–2000
6.8%
2001–15
2.6%
2016–21
LiverpoolTypical 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
People of Liverpool’s past, 2 of them designated by Canada
The first on the line is Enos Collins (1774). Enos Collins reached 97, the longest life here, ending in 1871. At the other end is Donald Smith, from 1905. Best known is Margaret Marshall Saunders, with articles in 7 Wikipedia languages.
Enos Collins
Joseph Barss
Isaac N. Mack
Joseph B. Noil
Silas Tertius Rand Bill
Edward Doran Davison, Jr.
Edward Matthew Farrell
Alfred B. Morine
Margaret Marshall Saunders
Grace Dean Rogers
Angus MacDonald Morton
George Spurr McClearn
Allison G. Catheron
Gene Ford
Seth M. Bartling
Jessie G. Garnett
Donald Smith
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Margaret Marshall Saunders1861–1947 · Person of national historic significance (1947) · Canadian writer
Jessie G. Garnett1897–1976 · Canadian-American dentist
Joseph Barss1776–1824 · Canadian sea captain
EF
Edward Matthew Farrell1854–1931 · Canadian politician
GR
Grace Dean Rogers1863–1958 · Canadian novelist
GF
Gene Ford1881–1973 · American baseball player
DS
Donald Smith1905–1985 · Politician, dentist
JN
Joseph B. Noil1841–1881 · United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Everyone born in Liverpool → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
Towns its size
Liverpool has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 11,000 to 11,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Liverpool1
Just these have more: Smiths Falls and East London. The typical town its size has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
In brief
Liverpool in brief
Counted by age, 44% of Liverpool’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, with Liverpool Town Hall first. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places. Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861), Jessie G. Garnett (1897) and Joseph Barss (1776) are the best known of its historic lives. The other figures are unremarkable: its one place was designated in 1984.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Liverpool’s history
How old are the homes in Liverpool?
44% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Liverpool have the highest designation?
Liverpool Town Hall.
What is the oldest building in Liverpool?
Liverpool Town Hall, a National Historic Site, begun in 1901.
Why might a heritage building in Liverpool be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 8 further listings in Liverpool 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).