Photo: cate cuerden from Stratford, Canada · CC BY 2.0Before 1961: 38% of the homes in Bayfield
For Bayfield, that is 2.2 times the typical town’s share, 18%. The registers count 6 places within 50 km of Bayfield; the closest, Parkhill, is 33 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Parkhill, 32 km from here. Of the 5 people born in Bayfield before 1914, William D. Gordon came first.
Near Bayfield, within 50 km: 3 places of national rank
They are spread over 3 towns, including Goderich, St. Marys and Parkhill. Huron County Gaol, 35 km off, is the oldest: 1839. The registers hold 6 within 50 km.
The 6 nearest, within 50 km
| ParkhillNational Historic Site · 33 km away, in Parkhill |
| Goderich Branch, Huron County LibraryDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1904 · 34 km away, in Goderich |
| Goderich Train StationDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1900 · 34 km away, in Goderich |
| Huron County GaolNational Historic Site · 1839–1842 · 35 km away, in Goderich |
| St. Marys Junction Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1858–1859 · 44 km away, in St. Marys |
| St. MarysDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 44 km away, in St. Marys |
Bayfield is still building: 5.6% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Bayfield built little from 1981 to 2000: 18% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Count back from today and half of Bayfield’s homes are older than 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 23% of Bayfield’s, about the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Lives begun in Bayfield between 1858 and 1901
Longest lived was Jennie Smillie Robertson Daniel Mario Shattenburg, 103 years in all (1981). Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on 5 births here before 1914. 9 Wikipedias cover Jennie Smillie Robertson Daniel Mario Shattenburg, the most of anyone here. Most of them, 4 of 5, came into the world in the decades after Confederation.
Everyone born in Bayfield → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Bayfield and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayfield | 8,327 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Exeter | 10,781 | 0 | 0 | — |
Bayfield in brief
Bayfield’s homes from before 1961 come to 38%, against 18% in the typical town. Jennie Smillie Robertson Daniel Mario Shattenburg (1878), William D. Gordon (1858) and Ezra Dumart (1882) are the best known of its historic lives. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Bayfield’s history
How many historic places does Bayfield have on the registers?
None in Bayfield itself. The closest is Parkhill in Parkhill, 33 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Bayfield?
38% 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).