FedHeritage Lighthouse · 1915–1916St. Paul Island Southwest Lighthouse575 Dingwall RoadPhoto: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Photo: Plumzee · CC BY-SA 4.04historic places on the registers
History of Victoria County, Subdivision A · Canada’s heritage registers
The registers record 4 historic places in Victoria County, Subdivision A
The record has 3 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and a heritage lighthouse. Few towns have as much for their size as Victoria County, Subdivision A: 15 for every 10,000 residents, more than 99% of Canadian towns. The earliest construction date, 1915, belongs to St. Paul Island Southwest Lighthouse. Add one just outside the town.
Historic places
4
15 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
4
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1915
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
31%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
A look at historic Victoria County, Subdivision A
Among Victoria County, Subdivision A’s designated places, only St. Paul Island Southwest Lighthouse has a photo here.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The map
Where Victoria County, Subdivision A’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 4, by tier
4 Other federal 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.
Other federal designations
Federal heritage in Victoria County, Subdivision A: 4 more places
The first was designated in 1989, the latest in 2012. Here that means 3 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and a heritage lighthouse. Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1938–1940Administration Building
Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1938–1940Superintendent's Residence
Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1939–1941Information Bureau
Just outside
Just outside Victoria County, Subdivision A
Places the registers give to the town from within 5 km of its edge, nearest first.
Just outside Victoria County, Subdivision A: 1
| Neil's Harbour LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 100 m outside the town |
Homes by age
Victoria County, Subdivision A keeps more old homes than most towns: 31% from before 1961, against 18%
New building has been slow in Victoria County, Subdivision A: 2.1% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%. Over half of the homes in Victoria County, Subdivision A were already standing by 1981. 28% of Victoria County, Subdivision A’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.
31%
Before 1961
28%
1961–80
27%
1981–2000
12%
2001–15
2.1%
2016–21
Victoria County, Subdivision ATypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Victoria County, Subdivision A has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,700 to 2,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Victoria County, Subdivision A4
Just one has more: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
In brief
Victoria County, Subdivision A in brief
In Victoria County, Subdivision A, 31% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. There are 4 historic places in all. Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more historic places. Everything else is close to the norm: people of its past such as Elmer Ernest Roper (1893) and John Malcolm Campbell (1874); and the list grew between 1989 and 2012.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
Questions about Victoria County, Subdivision A’s history
How many historic places does Victoria County, Subdivision A have on the registers?
Inside Victoria County, Subdivision A: 4 historic places.
How old are the homes in Victoria County, Subdivision A?
31% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
What is the oldest building in Victoria County, Subdivision A?
St. Paul Island Southwest Lighthouse, a Heritage Lighthouse, begun in 1915.
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).