Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.034% of Black River-Matheson’s homes were built before 1961
For Black River-Matheson, that is 2 times the typical town’s share, 18%. The nearest heritage to Black River-Matheson is Museum of Northern History, 49 km off, one of 4 places within 100 km.
The closest heritage to Black River-Matheson is Museum of Northern History, 49 km off
The nearest of the highest rank is Apitipik, 86 km away. Apitipik, 86 km off, is the oldest: 1689. By designation: 2 municipal citations, a provincial or municipal listing and a National Historic Site.
The 4 nearest, within 100 km
| Museum of Northern HistoryOntario Heritage Trust property · 49 km away, in Kirkland Lake |
| ApitipikNational Historic Site · 1689 · 86 km away, in Palmarolle |
| Manoir BordeleauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1922–1924 · 99 km away, in La Sarre |
| Maison LavigneMunicipal citation (Québec) · 99 km away, in La Sarre |
Black River-Matheson is still building: 6% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Black River-Matheson built little from 2001 to 2015: 6.5% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Over half of the homes in Black River-Matheson were already standing by 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 29% of Black River-Matheson’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.
How Black River-Matheson compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,900 to 2,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Moosomin and Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have none.
Black River-Matheson in brief
Older stock first: 34% of homes in Black River-Matheson were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Black River-Matheson’s history
How many historic places does Black River-Matheson have on the registers?
Not inside Black River-Matheson. The closest is Museum of Northern History in Kirkland Lake, 49 km away.
How old are the homes in Black River-Matheson?
34% 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).