Ehdaa · Photo: Angela Fiebelkorn · CC BY 2.0All of Fort Simpson’s 2 historic places are top designations
Ehdaa, begun in 1984, is the oldest in Fort Simpson by its record. Homes from before 1961 are 4.4% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is 1803; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation. There are also 5 listings on provincial or municipal registers with no open description, so no pages.
Where Fort Simpson’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. One place, placed by its register’s municipality, has no point and isn’t on the map.
2 places in Fort Simpson with the highest designation
Designations came from 1969 to 2002. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. They include Ehdaa and Fort Simpson. Each one opens its own page.
TopFort Simpson’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 50% of its homes
Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 3.3% of Fort Simpson’s, about the typical 4.1%. Fort Simpson has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 19%, where most towns have 15%. More than half of Fort Simpson’s housing predates 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Fort Simpson in brief
Fort Simpson has 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation, among them Ehdaa. Before 1961: just 4.4% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, its places were designated between 1969 and 2002.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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. 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.
- 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 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.
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- 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.
Questions about Fort Simpson’s history
Which places in Fort Simpson have the highest designation?
Ehdaa and Fort Simpson.
How old are the homes in Fort Simpson?
4.4% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
What is the oldest building in Fort Simpson?
By its record, Ehdaa, from 1984 (National Historic Site).
Why might a heritage building in Fort Simpson be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 5 further listings in Fort Simpson 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).