Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1902–1903Armoury150 Commercial Street
Photo: A Disappearing Act · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of Middleton · Canada’s heritage registers
An older town: 41% of Middleton’s homes predate 1961
For Middleton, that is 2.4 times the typical town’s share, 18%. The registers put 1 historic place inside its boundary. It is Armoury, a recognized federal heritage building begun in 1902. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1810: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1902
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
41%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Middleton’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 1, by tier
1 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
One other place Canada recognizes in Middleton
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Mount Hanley Schoolhouse Museum, 8.9 km from Middleton, is the closest
They are spread over 3 towns, including Annapolis County, Subdivision C, Kingston and Annapolis County, Subdivision B. 5 places lie within 25 km. The mix: 2 provincial or municipal listings, 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and a heritage lighthouse.
The 5 nearest, within 25 km
| Mount Hanley Schoolhouse MuseumProvincially Registered Property · 1850 · 8.9 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision C |
| Margaretsville LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1859–1860 · 12 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision C |
| Hangar 9Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1952–1953 · 13 km away, in Kingston |
| Hangar 10Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1953–1954 · 13 km away, in Kingston |
| Hampton LighthouseProvincially Registered Property · 1911 · 23 km away, in Annapolis County, Subdivision B |
Homes by age
Only 2.2% of Middleton’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
More than half of Middleton’s housing predates 1981. Middleton built little from 1981 to 2000: 17% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Only 11% of Middleton’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%.
41%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
17%
1981–2000
11%
2001–15
2.2%
2016–21
MiddletonTypical 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 1867 to 1901: lives that began in Middleton
Fannie Fern Andrews reached 83, the longest life here, ending in 1950. Fame, by Wikipedia: Reginald Ruggles Gates first, in 10 languages. 4 people on the record were born here before 1914.
Fannie Fern Andrews
Reginald Ruggles Gates
John I. Marshall
Mona Louise Parsons
18501875190019251950
RG
Reginald Ruggles Gates1882–1962 · Canadian eugenicist
MP
Mona Louise Parsons1901–1976 · Canadian actress
FA
Fannie Fern Andrews1867–1950 · American lecturer, teacher, social worker, and writer
JM
John I. Marshall1899–1976 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Middleton → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Neighbours
Middleton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton | 1,978 | 1 | 0 | 1902 |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C | 5,694 | 1 | 0 | 1850 |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B | 5,086 | 1 | 0 | 1911 |
In brief
Middleton in brief
Older stock first: 41% of homes in Middleton were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 1 historic place. Reginald Ruggles Gates (1882), Mona Louise Parsons (1901) and Fannie Fern Andrews (1867) are the best known of its historic lives. Everything else is close to the norm: its designation dates from 1993.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- 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.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
Questions about Middleton’s history
How old are the homes in Middleton?
41% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
How many historic places does Middleton have on the registers?
The registers list 1 historic place inside Middleton.
What is the oldest building in Middleton?
By its record, Armoury, from 1902 (Recognized Federal Heritage Building).
Why might a heritage building in Middleton be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Middleton, 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).