Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Patrick Tomasso impatrickt · CC011 places on the heritage registers lie within 100 km of Bancroft, the nearest Wilberforce Red Cross Outpost, 32 km away. For the highest designations, the closest town is Highlands East, 35 km off.
One old photograph of the town, made before 1950. Open it full screen with a tap.
c. 1900Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The tracks reached Bancroft in 1900. For the municipality of Bancroft itself, Wikidata records 1852, a date that can be a founding as much as a merger. Its charter made Bancroft a village in 1904.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Bancroft, Ontario”, revision 1383442146 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
No place near Bancroft is close: these lie up to 100 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
8 dated places within 100 km make up the record. 2 predate Confederation. St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, in Peterborough, goes back furthest, to 1837.
They are 7 National Historic Sites, 3 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. Between them, 6 towns share them, mainly Peterborough, Highlands East and North Frontenac. St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 94 km off, is the oldest: 1837.
| Wilberforce Red Cross OutpostNational Historic Site · 1914–1917 · 32 km away, in Highlands East |
| Mazinaw PictographsNational Historic Site · 53 km away, in North Frontenac |
| Peterborough PetroglyphsNational Historic Site · 54 km away, in North Kawartha |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Havelock, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1914–1930 · 72 km away, in Havelock |
| Peterborough Lift LockNational Historic Site · 1896–1905 · 93 km away, in Peterborough |
| Peterborough Drill Hall / ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1907–1910 · 94 km away, in Peterborough |
| St. John the Evangelist Anglican ChurchOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1837 · 94 km away, in Peterborough |
| Market Hall Performing Arts CentreDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1890 · 94 km away, in Peterborough |
| Cathedral of Saint Peter-in-ChainsDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1837 · 94 km away, in Peterborough |
| Cox TerraceNational Historic Site · 1884–1885 · 95 km away, in Peterborough |
| Serpent MoundsNational Historic Site · 100 km away, in Otonabee-South Monaghan |
More of Bancroft’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 32%. Homes from before 1961 make up 28% of Bancroft’s housing; the typical town has 18%. Bancroft built little from 2001 to 2015: 8.1% of its homes, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft | 4,331 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Faraday | 1,820 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hastings Highlands | 4,957 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Carlow/Mayo | 1,048 | 0 | 0 | — |
Of the homes standing in Bancroft, 28% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
None in Bancroft itself. The closest is Wilberforce Red Cross Outpost in Highlands East, 32 km away, a place of the highest rank.
The 2021 Census dates 28% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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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).