Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0An older town: 51% of Dawn-Euphemia’s homes predate 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Dawn-Euphemia has 2.9 times the share. The registers count 9 places within 50 km of Dawn-Euphemia; the closest, First Commercial Oil Field, is 11 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Petrolia, 22 km from here.
Near Dawn-Euphemia (50 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the years before Confederation
Out to 50 km from Dawn-Euphemia, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
First by date comes Fairfield on the Thames in Chatham, from 1792. Within 50 km, building dates exist for 8 places. 3 go back before 1867.
The closest heritage to Dawn-Euphemia is First Commercial Oil Field, 11 km off
All told, 9 places are within 50 km. The earliest date is Fairfield on the Thames’s, 1792, 17 km away. Among them are 5 National Historic Sites, 2 heritage railway stations and 2 heritage lighthouses.
The 9 nearest, within 50 km
| First Commercial Oil FieldNational Historic Site · 1858–1859 · 11 km away, in Enniskillen |
| Fairfield on the ThamesNational Historic Site · 1792–1793 · 17 km away, in Chatham |
| Victoria Hall / Petrolia Town HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1890 · 22 km away, in Petrolia |
| Battle HillNational Historic Site · 1814 · 28 km away, in Glencoe |
| Canadian National Railways/VIA Rail Station, Chatham, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1879–1880 · 36 km away, in Chatham |
| Walpole Island Upper A34 LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1929 · 39 km away, in Walpole Island 46 |
| Walpole Island Lower A32 LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1931 · 40 km away, in Walpole Island 46 |
| VIA Rail Station, Sarnia, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1891–1892 · 40 km away, in Sarnia |
| Buxton SettlementNational Historic Site · 46 km away, in Chatham |
Dawn-Euphemia added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2%, where most towns have 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Dawn-Euphemia’s homes are older than 1961. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 6.5% of Dawn-Euphemia’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 14% of Dawn-Euphemia’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Dawn-Euphemia and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn-Euphemia | 2,127 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Brooke-Alvinston | 2,557 | 0 | 0 | — |
Dawn-Euphemia in brief
Counted by age, 51% of Dawn-Euphemia’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
Questions about Dawn-Euphemia’s history
How many historic places does Dawn-Euphemia have on the registers?
Dawn-Euphemia has none of its own; First Commercial Oil Field, in Enniskillen, the closest at 11 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Dawn-Euphemia?
The 2021 Census dates 51% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).