LocalOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1882Woodchester VillaPhoto: Colin Old · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Woodchester Villa · Photo: Colin Old · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Bracebridge · Canada’s heritage registers
Canada’s registers list 1 historic place in Bracebridge
Bracebridge’s one place is Woodchester Villa, a ontario heritage trust easement begun in 1882. Per resident Bracebridge has more than 75% of Canadian towns: 0.5 for every 10,000 people. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1875: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
Historic places
1
0.5 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1882
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
18%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Bracebridge’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
One more place Bracebridge or its province protects
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
5 places of the highest rank within 50 km of Bracebridge
Closest of all is Bethune Memorial House, in Gravenhurst, 15 km off. 7 places lie within 50 km. Among them are 5 National Historic Sites and 2 heritage railway stations.
The 7 nearest, within 50 km
| Bethune Memorial HouseNational Historic Site · 1880–1881 · 15 km away, in Gravenhurst |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Huntsville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1924–1925 · 31 km away, in Huntsville |
| Beausoleil IslandNational Historic Site · 49 km away, in Georgian Bay |
| Mission of St. Ignace IINational Historic Site · 1649 · 49 km away, in Tay |
| Stephen Leacock Museum / Old Brewery BayNational Historic Site · 1928–1929 · 49 km away, in Orillia |
| Mnjikaning Fish WeirsNational Historic Site · 1650 · 49 km away, in Ramara |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Orillia, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 50 km away, in Orillia |
Homes by age
Bracebridge built the most from 1981 to 2000, 29% of today’s homes
Count back from today and half of Bracebridge’s homes are older than 2001. New building is strong in Bracebridge: 6% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%. 18% of Bracebridge’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%.
18%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
29%
1981–2000
19%
2001–15
6%
2016–21
BracebridgeTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
Born in Bracebridge before the First World War: 8 lives
The most recent birth is Robert James Boyer’s, in 1913. Fame, by Wikipedia: Ace Bailey first, in 13 languages. In 1878 came the earliest, Maurice Dane MacCarthy. Robert James Boyer reached 92, the longest life here, ending in 2005.
Maurice Dane MacCarthy
Frank Lindsay Bastedo
Lawrence Kirk
Archie McLean
Bill Carson
Frank Carson
Ace Bailey
Robert James Boyer
18501875190019251950
Ace Bailey1903–1992 · Canadian ice hockey player
BC
Bill Carson1900–1967 · Canadian ice hockey player
FB
Frank Lindsay Bastedo1886–1973 · Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
FC
Frank Carson1902–1957 · National Hockey League forward from 1926 to 1934
LK
Lawrence Kirk1886–1969 · Canadian agronomist
Archie McLean1889–1960 · Canadian ice hockey player
RB
Robert James Boyer1913–2005 · Canadian politician and writer
MM
Maurice Dane MacCarthy1878–1953 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Bracebridge → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Neighbours
Bracebridge and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracebridge | 18,676 | 1 | 0 | 1882 |
| Gravenhurst | 14,576 | 1 | 1 | 1880 |
In brief
Bracebridge in brief
Of the homes standing in Bracebridge, 18% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 1 historic place. Its people of the past include Ace Bailey (1903), Bill Carson (1900) and Frank Lindsay Bastedo (1886). The rest is about typical: one historic place is about usual for its size (the median is 0).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
Questions about Bracebridge’s history
How many historic places does Bracebridge have on the registers?
1 historic place inside Bracebridge, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
What is the oldest building in Bracebridge?
Woodchester Villa (Ontario Heritage Trust easement): the first construction date on its record is 1882.
How old are the homes in Bracebridge?
18% 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).