Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0An older town: 53% of Burk's Falls’s homes predate 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Burk's Falls has 3 times as much. The registers count 9 places within 100 km of Burk's Falls; the closest, Canadian National Railway Station, Huntsville, Ontario, is 36 km away. Heritage of the first rank begins 76 km away, in Georgian Bay.
Around Burk's Falls, within 100 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1880
The nearest historic places to Burk's Falls, out to 100 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Bethune Memorial House, in Gravenhurst, is the oldest (1880). 8 dated places within 100 km make up the record.
2 places of the highest rank within 100 km of Burk's Falls
The registers hold 9 within 100 km. By age, Bethune Memorial House leads, from 1880, at 78 km. Closest of all is “Canadian National Railway Station, Huntsville, Ontario”, in Huntsville, 36 km off.
The 9 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian National Railway Station, Huntsville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1924–1925 · 36 km away, in Huntsville |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Parry Sound, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 58 km away, in Parry Sound |
| Woodchester VillaOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1882 · 65 km away, in Bracebridge |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 77 km away, in North Bay |
| Canadian National Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1916–1917 · 77 km away, in North Bay |
| Bethune Memorial HouseNational Historic Site · 1880–1881 · 78 km away, in Gravenhurst |
| LighthouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1890 · 85 km away, in The Archipelago |
| Beausoleil IslandNational Historic Site · 91 km away, in Georgian Bay |
| Lighthouse and DwellingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1880–1881 · 98 km away, in Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part |
New homes are rare in Burk's Falls: 2.2% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Few of Burk's Falls’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 22%, the norm 27%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 7.5% of Burk's Falls’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 16% of Burk's Falls’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Burk's Falls and its neighbours
Burk's Falls in brief
The 2021 Census dates 53% of Burk's Falls’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: its past has one life on the record, Dave Downie (1909).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- 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.
- 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 federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
Questions about Burk's Falls’s history
How many historic places does Burk's Falls have on the registers?
None inside Burk's Falls yet. The nearest is Canadian National Railway Station, Huntsville, Ontario, 36 km away in Huntsville.
How old are the homes in Burk's Falls?
53% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
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).