Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0The heritage near Dryden: one place in a 100 km radius
As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from 1895, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding. Before 1961: 28% of the homes, where most towns have 18%.
The registers find one place within 100 km of Dryden
Closest of all is “Canadian National Railway/VIA Rail Station, Sioux Lookout, Ontario”, in Sioux Lookout, 73 km off.
The nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian National Railway/VIA Rail Station, Sioux Lookout, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1911–1912 · 73 km away, in Sioux Lookout |
Little new building in Dryden: 1.7% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Half of the homes standing in Dryden today were built before 1981. Only 6% of Dryden’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. The busiest building years in Dryden were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 39% of today’s homes.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Dryden in brief
Housing in Dryden includes 28% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed; and its past has one life on the record, Orvis A. Kennedy (1907).
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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- 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.
Questions about Dryden’s history
How many historic places does Dryden have on the registers?
Dryden has none of its own yet. Canadian National Railway/VIA Rail Station, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, in Sioux Lookout, is the nearest, 73 km away.
When did Dryden become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Dryden to 1895. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Dryden?
The 2021 Census dates 28% 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).