Heritage Lighthouse · 1893Snug Harbour Rear Range LighthouseSnug Island
Photo: Paul Vincent Dimaranan · CC BY 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Carling · Canada’s heritage registers
Canada’s registers list 1 historic place in Carling
Carling’s one place is Snug Harbour Rear Range Lighthouse, a heritage lighthouse begun in 1893. The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 10%.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1893
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
10%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Carling’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. One place, placed by its register’s municipality, has no point and isn’t on the map.
Other federal designations
Federal heritage in Carling: one more place
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Top-ranked heritage near Carling: 7 places within 100 km
“Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Parry Sound, Ontario” in Parry Sound is the nearest, 17 km away. The mix: 6 National Historic Sites, 2 heritage railway stations and 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Mission, 81 km off, is the oldest: 1639.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Parry Sound, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 17 km away, in Parry Sound |
| LighthouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1890 · 27 km away, in The Archipelago |
| Lighthouse and DwellingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1880–1881 · 50 km away, in Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part |
| Fort Sainte Marie IINational Historic Site · 1649–1650 · 66 km away, in Tiny |
| Beausoleil IslandNational Historic Site · 67 km away, in Georgian Bay |
| St. James on-the-LinesOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1840 · 74 km away, in Penetanguishene |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Huntsville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1924–1925 · 79 km away, in Huntsville |
| Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons MissionNational Historic Site · 1639 · 81 km away, in Tay |
| Woodchester VillaOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1882 · 84 km away, in Bracebridge |
| Saint-Louis MissionNational Historic Site · 1640 · 84 km away, in Tay |
| Bethune Memorial HouseNational Historic Site · 1880–1881 · 87 km away, in Gravenhurst |
| Mission of St. Ignace IINational Historic Site · 1649 · 87 km away, in Tay |
Homes by age
Carling is still building: 10% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Half of the homes standing in Carling today were built before 2001. The busiest building years in Carling were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 36% of today’s homes. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 27% of Carling’s, about the typical 27%.
10%
Before 1961
27%
1961–80
36%
1981–2000
17%
2001–15
10%
2016–21
CarlingTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Carling and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carling | 1,609 | 1 | 0 | 1893 |
| McDougall | 3,002 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Parry Sound | 7,584 | 2 | 0 | 1890 |
| The Archipelago | 1,057 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Carling in brief
Canada’s heritage lists give Carling 1 historic place. Most of its homes are post-1960: only 10% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its one place was designated in 2016.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- 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 Carling’s history
How many historic places does Carling have on the registers?
1 historic place inside Carling, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
What is the oldest building in Carling?
Snug Harbour Rear Range Lighthouse — its record dates it to 1893 (Heritage Lighthouse).
How old are the homes in Carling?
10% 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).