Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Heritage within reach of Armour: 8 places, 100 km or closer
The closest top-tier heritage to Armour is in Georgian Bay, 76 km away. Homes from 2016 to 2021 make up 5.3% of the stock; the typical town has 4.1%.
2 places of national importance within 100 km of Armour
Among them are 4 heritage railway stations, 2 National Historic Sites and a provincial or municipal listing. Between them, 7 towns share them, mainly North Bay, Huntsville and Parry Sound. The oldest, Bethune Memorial House, dates from 1880, 75 km away.
The 8 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian National Railway Station, Huntsville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1924–1925 · 32 km away, in Huntsville |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Parry Sound, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 61 km away, in Parry Sound |
| Woodchester VillaOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1882 · 62 km away, in Bracebridge |
| Bethune Memorial HouseNational Historic Site · 1880–1881 · 75 km away, in Gravenhurst |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 80 km away, in North Bay |
| Canadian National Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1916–1917 · 80 km away, in North Bay |
| Beausoleil IslandNational Historic Site · 91 km away, in Georgian Bay |
| LighthouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1890 · 91 km away, in The Archipelago |
The places within 100 km of Armour lean to the decades after Confederation
The area here stretches to 100 km around Armour: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
The chart rests on 7 dated places within 100 km. Bethune Memorial House, in Gravenhurst, is the oldest (1880).
Armour built the most from 1981 to 2000, 43% of today’s homes
Like the typical town (18%), Armour has 21% of its homes from before 1961. Only 17% of Armour’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. Count back from today and half of Armour’s homes are older than 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Armour and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armour | 1,698 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Burk's Falls | 1,031 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Perry | 2,866 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kearney | 1,055 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Strong | 1,624 | 0 | 0 | — |
Armour in brief
Older stock first: 21% of homes in Armour were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- 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.
Questions about Armour’s history
How many historic places does Armour have on the registers?
Inside Armour, none so far; Canadian National Railway Station, Huntsville, Ontario, 32 km away in Huntsville, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Armour?
21% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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).