Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Chapleau keeps its older homes: 55% from before 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Chapleau has 3.1 times the share. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is 1885; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
None of Chapleau’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Chapleau built little from 2001 to 2015: 0% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Only 17% of Chapleau’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Half of the homes standing in Chapleau today were built before 1961.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Chapleau in brief
The 2021 Census dates 55% of Chapleau’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
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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).