Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Dutton keeps its older homes: 46% from before 1961
The typical town has 18%: Dutton has 2.6 times the share. Southwold Earthworks, 12 km from Dutton, heads a list of 24 historic places within 50 km. Look 17 km away, to Southwold, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Leonidas Burwell heads a list of 4 people born in Dutton before 1914.
Around Dutton, within 50 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1450
No place near Dutton is close: these lie up to 50 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
The chart rests on 24 dated places within 50 km. Before Confederation: 10. Southwold Earthworks, in Southwold, is the oldest (1450).
24 historic places within 50 km of Dutton
The mix: 13 provincial or municipal listings, 9 National Historic Sites and a heritage lighthouse. They belong to 12 towns, chiefly Central London, St. Thomas and Central Elgin. At 12 km, Southwold Earthworks in Southwold is the closest.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Southwold EarthworksNational Historic Site · 1450–1551 · 12 km away, in Southwold |
| Battle HillNational Historic Site · 1814 · 17 km away, in Glencoe |
| Port Stanley Breakwater LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1911 · 24 km away, in Central Elgin |
| Port StanleyNational Historic Site · 1669–1670 · 24 km away, in Central Elgin |
| Old St. Thomas ChurchOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1824 · 27 km away, in St. Thomas |
| St. Thomas City HallNational Historic Site · 1898–1900 · 28 km away, in St. Thomas |
| Former Canada Southern Railway Station, St. Thomas, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1874 · 29 km away, in St. Thomas |
| Fairfield on the ThamesNational Historic Site · 1792–1793 · 34 km away, in Chatham |
| London Normal SchoolOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1900 · 40 km away, in South London |
| WaverleyDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1882 · 40 km away, in South London |
| Labatt ParkDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1877 · 41 km away, in West London |
| Middlesex County Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1827–1830 · 41 km away, in Central London |
5.6% of Dutton’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Few of Dutton’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 15%, the norm 27%. Half of the homes standing in Dutton today were built before 1981. 19% of Dutton’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, close to 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.
Lives that started in Dutton, 1818–1891
Before 1914, 4 births here made the record. Of them all, Archibald Stuart Duncan lived longest: 68 years, until 1955.
Everyone born in Dutton → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Dutton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutton | 4,686 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West Lorne | 5,566 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Southwold | 5,473 | 1 | 1 | 1450 |
Dutton in brief
Of the homes standing in Dutton, 46% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Duncan McArthur (1885), Ellis Wellwood Sifton (1891) and Leonidas Burwell (1818) are the best known of its historic lives. Everything else is close to the norm: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- 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.
Questions about Dutton’s history
How many historic places does Dutton have on the registers?
None in Dutton itself. The closest is Southwold Earthworks in Southwold, 12 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Dutton?
Before 1961: 46% 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).