Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0History around Central Frontenac: 74 designated places within 100 km
The closest top-tier heritage to Central Frontenac is in North Frontenac, 27 km away. More of its homes are old than in most towns: 29% before 1961, against 18%.
The highest designation, 57 times, within 100 km of Central Frontenac
They belong to 27 towns, chiefly Kingston, Perth and Belleville. Count to 100 km and there are 74. The earliest date is Fort Frontenac’s, 1673, 60 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Mazinaw PictographsNational Historic Site · 40 km away, in North Frontenac |
| Matheson HouseNational Historic Site · 1840–1841 · 42 km away, in Perth |
| Perth Town HallNational Historic Site · 1863–1865 · 42 km away, in Perth |
| McMartin HouseNational Historic Site · 1830–1831 · 42 km away, in Perth |
| Old Stone MillNational Historic Site · 1810–1811 · 50 km away, in Rideau Lakes |
| Lansdowne Iron WorksNational Historic Site · 1801–1813 · 52 km away, in Leeds and the Thousand Islands |
| Cataraqui CemeteryNational Historic Site · 55 km away, in Kingston |
| Sir John A. Macdonald GravesiteNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 55 km away, in Kingston |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kingston, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1855–1856 · 57 km away, in Kingston |
| Napanee Town HallNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 58 km away, in Greater Napanee |
| Smiths Falls Bascule BridgeNational Historic Site · 1912–1914 · 58 km away, in Smiths Falls |
| Collins Bay Institution, Administration Building, A-1Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1931–1944 · 58 km away, in Kingston |
Within 100 km of Central Frontenac, the years before Confederation left the most
Places as far as 100 km from Central Frontenac, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
71 dated places within 100 km make up the record. 45 predate Confederation. Fort Frontenac, in Kingston, is the oldest (1673).
5.7% of Central Frontenac’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
More than half of Central Frontenac’s housing predates 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 26% of Central Frontenac’s, about the typical 27%. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Central Frontenac 25% of its homes, near the usual 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Central Frontenac in brief
Before 1961: 29% of Central Frontenac’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: like most towns its size, it has no historic place; and J. Earl McEwen (1911) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Central Frontenac’s history
How many historic places does Central Frontenac have on the registers?
Not within Central Frontenac. Its nearest is a top designation: Mazinaw Pictographs, 40 km away in North Frontenac.
How old are the homes in Central Frontenac?
Before 1961: 29% of its homes; 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).