TopNational Historic Site · 1873–1874Springhill Coal MiningCorner of Industrial Park Dr and Memorial CrescentPhoto: RobNS · Public domain · Commons file
Springhill Coal Mining · Photo: RobNS · Public domain3historic places on the registers
History of Springhill · Canada’s heritage registers
Older housing stands out in Springhill: 45% predates 1961
Springhill’s share is 2.5 times the typical 18%. The lists give 3 historic places here, one in the top tier. Its 4.3 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 94% of Canadian towns. On the list: 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings.
Historic places
3
4.3 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
2
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1873
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
45%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Springhill’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsOther federal designations
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 3, by tier
1 Highest designations2 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.
Highest designations
Springhill’s top designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Other federal designations
2 more federal designations in Springhill
Their dates run from 1892, with Building 16, to 1935. Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. They were designated between 2000 and 2002. Each one opens its own page.
Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1892–1893Building 16Highway 2
Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1936Nappan Experimental Farm, Cereal Forage Building #29
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Springhill: 0.7% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Springhill built little from 2001 to 2015: 6% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Half of the homes standing in Springhill today were built before 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 29% of Springhill’s, about the typical 27%.
45%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
20%
1981–2000
6%
2001–15
0.7%
2016–21
SpringhillTypical 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
Before 1914, Springhill gave 3 lives to the record
In 1823 came the earliest, John A. Humphrey. By Wikipedia’s reach, Will R. Bird leads, with 3 articles. Roddie MacDonald closes the list, born in 1894. The longest life was Will R. Bird’s: 93 years, to 1984.
John A. Humphrey
Will R. Bird
Roddie MacDonald
1800182518501875190019251950
WB
Will R. Bird1891–1984 · Canadian writer
JH
John A. Humphrey1823–1895 · Canadian politician
RM
Roddie MacDonald1894–1961 · Canadian boxer
Everyone born in Springhill → 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
Springhill has the 1st most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,000 to 7,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Springhill3
The middle one has 1. 8 of them have none.
In brief
Springhill in brief
Counted by age, 45% of Springhill’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 3 historic places, one with the highest designation, including Springhill Coal Mining. No town its size has more historic places: it leads the 16 nearest in population. Will R. Bird (1891), John A. Humphrey (1823) and Roddie MacDonald (1894) are the town’s people of the past on the record. The rest is about typical: its places were designated between 1998 and 2002.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
Questions about Springhill’s history
How old are the homes in Springhill?
The 2021 Census dates 45% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Which places in Springhill have the highest designation?
Just one: Springhill Coal Mining.
What is the oldest building in Springhill?
Springhill Coal Mining — its record dates it to 1873 (National Historic Site).
Why might a heritage building in Springhill be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 3 more listings in Springhill 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).