Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0An older town: 34% of Chatsworth’s homes predate 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Chatsworth has 2 times as much. The registers count 8 places within 50 km of Chatsworth; the closest, Billy Bishop Boyhood Home, is 21 km away. Heritage of the first rank begins 21 km away, in Owen Sound. Records name 3 people born in Chatsworth before 1914; the first is Nellie McClung.
Within 50 km of Chatsworth, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
The area here stretches to 50 km around Chatsworth: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
The chart rests on 7 dated places within 50 km. 2 go back before 1867. First by date comes Tower in Port Elgin, from 1855.
The highest designation, 4 times, within 50 km of Chatsworth
8 places lie within 50 km. Among them are 3 heritage lighthouses, 2 National Historic Sites and 2 Classified Federal Heritage Buildings. They are spread over 3 towns, including Port Elgin, Owen Sound and Collingwood.
The 8 nearest, within 50 km
| Billy Bishop Boyhood HomeNational Historic Site · 1884–1885 · 21 km away, in Owen Sound |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Owen Sound, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1946–1948 · 22 km away, in Owen Sound |
| Donaldson SiteNational Historic Site · 41 km away, in Port Elgin |
| Saugeen River Rear Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1903–1904 · 43 km away, in Port Elgin |
| Saugeen River Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1903–1904 · 44 km away, in Port Elgin |
| McNab Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1877–1878 · 44 km away, in Port Elgin |
| TowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1855–1860 · 45 km away, in Port Elgin |
| LighttowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1857–1859 · 50 km away, in Collingwood |
5.6% of Chatsworth’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 21% of Chatsworth’s, against 27% in the typical town. Count back from today and half of Chatsworth’s homes are older than 1981. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Chatsworth 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.
Chatsworth’s past in lives: one nationally designated
Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on 3 births here before 1914. At the other end is William Henry Collins, from 1878. Of them all, Nellie McClung lived longest: 78 years, until 1951. Best known is Nellie McClung, with articles in 23 Wikipedia languages.
Everyone born in Chatsworth → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
How Chatsworth compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,700 to 7,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Baie-Saint-Paul, Central St. Boniface and Augusta have more. The typical town its size has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Chatsworth in brief
The 2021 Census dates 34% of Chatsworth’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Its history in lives: Nellie McClung (1873), William Henry Collins (1878) and Clement Melville Keys (1876). Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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 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.
Questions about Chatsworth’s history
How many historic places does Chatsworth have on the registers?
Not within Chatsworth. Its nearest is a top designation: Billy Bishop Boyhood Home, 21 km away in Owen Sound.
How old are the homes in Chatsworth?
Before 1961: 34% 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).