62% of Atikokan’s homes were built before 1961

For Atikokan, that is 3.5 times the typical town’s share, 18%. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1899: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.

Homes by age

Only 1.2% of Atikokan’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)

Few of Atikokan’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 2%, the norm 15%. Atikokan built little from 1981 to 2000: 6.3% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Over half of the homes in Atikokan were already standing by 1961.

62%

Before 1961

29%

1961–80

6.3%

1981–2000

2001–15

1.2%

2016–21

AtikokanTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

In brief

Atikokan in brief

Of the homes standing in Atikokan, 62% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical 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).