Photo: Mhsheikholeslami · CC BY-SA 4.0In Campbellford, 39% of homes go back before 1961
Campbellford’s share is 2.2 times the typical 18%. Within 50 km of Campbellford there are 17 designated places; Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Havelock, Ontario, at 15 km, is the closest. The closest top-tier heritage is in Alnwick/Haldimand, 32 km from here. 16 people on record were born in Campbellford before 1914, John Henry Douglas the earliest.
Within 50 km of Campbellford, the oldest record dates from 1787
The nearest historic places to Campbellford, out to 50 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Within 50 km, building dates exist for 15 places. 7 predate Confederation. The earliest is Carrying Place of the Bay of Quinte in Picton, begun in 1787.
15 km from Campbellford: “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Havelock, Ontario”, the nearest on the registers
Of 11 top designations nearby, Serpent Mounds is the closest, at 28 km. The oldest, Carrying Place of the Bay of Quinte, dates from 1787, 35 km away. Count to 50 km and there are 17.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Havelock, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1914–1930 · 15 km away, in Havelock |
| Serpent MoundsNational Historic Site · 28 km away, in Otonabee-South Monaghan |
| Trent – Severn WaterwayNational Historic Site · 1830–1921 · 31 km away, in Quinte West |
| Carrying Place of the Bay of QuinteNational Historic Site · 1787 · 35 km away, in Picton |
| Peterborough Lift LockNational Historic Site · 1896–1905 · 37 km away, in Peterborough |
| Peterborough PetroglyphsNational Historic Site · 38 km away, in North Kawartha |
| St. John the Evangelist Anglican ChurchOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1837 · 39 km away, in Peterborough |
| Belleville Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 39 km away, in Belleville |
| Market Hall Performing Arts CentreDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1890 · 39 km away, in Peterborough |
| Barnum HouseNational Historic Site · 1820–1821 · 39 km away, in Alnwick/Haldimand |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1909 · 39 km away, in Belleville |
| Peterborough Drill Hall / ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1907–1910 · 39 km away, in Peterborough |
A growing town: 5.8% of Campbellford’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Campbellford’s homes are older than 1981. Only 11% of Campbellford’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. In Campbellford, 25% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
From 1851 to 1910: lives that began in Campbellford
The longest life here was Escott Reid’s, 94 years, ending in 1999. Escott Reid is the most written about, in 5 languages. Most of them, 14 of 16, came into the world in the decades after Confederation. There are 16 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it.
Everyone born in Campbellford → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Campbellford and its neighbours
Campbellford in brief
The 2021 Census dates 39% of Campbellford’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Escott Reid (1905), Gerry Shannon (1910) and Elizabeth Scott Matheson (1866) are the best known of its historic lives. The rest is about typical: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- 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.
Questions about Campbellford’s history
How many historic places does Campbellford have on the registers?
Inside Campbellford, none so far; Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Havelock, Ontario, 15 km away in Havelock, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Campbellford?
39% 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).