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History of Deep River · Canada’s heritage registers

Deep River keeps its older homes: 49% from before 1961

Most towns have 18%, so Deep River has 2.8 times as much. 3 places on the heritage registers lie within 100 km of Deep River, the nearest Fort William, 24 km away. Look 65 km away, to Mansfield-et-Pontefract, for the nearest place of the highest designation.

Historic places within 100 km
3
3 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
24 km
Fort William
Homes built before 1961
49%
typical town: 18%
How it began

1944 and after: Deep River’s milestones

On the open record, Deep River as a municipality goes back to 1944, though that may be a charter rather than a first settlement. Deep River was incorporated as a town in 1957.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Deep River, Ontario”, revision 1375777699 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

Around the town

Deep River’s area holds 3 top-tier places within 100 km

Count to 100 km and there are 3. Between them, 2 towns share them, mainly Mansfield-et-Pontefract and Petawawa. Closest of all is Fort William, in Petawawa, 24 km off.

The 3 nearest, within 100 km

Fort WilliamClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1828 · 24 km away, in Petawawa
George Bryson HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1854 · 64 km away, in Mansfield-et-Pontefract
Félix-Gabriel-Marchand BridgeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1898 · 64 km away, in Mansfield-et-Pontefract
Homes by age

Only 0.8% of Deep River’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)

Few of Deep River’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 4.6%, the norm 15%. Deep River built little from 1981 to 2000: 9.4% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 35% of Deep River’s, against 27% in the typical town.

49%
Before 1961
35%
1961–80
9.4%
1981–2000
4.6%
2001–15
0.8%
2016–21
Deep RiverTypical 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

Deep River and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Deep River4,35300—
Chalk River3,14700—
In brief

Deep River in brief

Older stock first: 49% of homes in Deep River were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
  • People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
  • The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
  • Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
  • Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.

Questions about Deep River’s history

How many historic places does Deep River have on the registers?

Not within Deep River. Its nearest is a top designation: Fort William, 24 km away in Petawawa.

How old are the homes in Deep River?

49% 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).