Photo: Renard Franco · CC0Within 50 km of Embrun, 197 places are on the heritage registers
Its housing is mostly newer: 8.4% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Billings Bridge - Heron Park, 32 km away. Harold Hume heads a list of 3 people born in Embrun before 1914.
53 places of national importance within 50 km of Embrun
The mix: 85 municipal citations, 48 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 27 National Historic Sites. Nearest comes “Canadian National Railways Station, Casselman, Ontario”, 17 km off, in Casselman. Oldest of them is Battle of Crysler's Farm (1813), 41 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Canadian National Railways Station, Casselman, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1938–1940 · 17 km away, in Casselman |
| Powell HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1880–1881 · 24 km away, in Greenbelt (east) |
| VIA Rail Station, Ottawa, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1965–1967 · 32 km away, in Riverview |
| Masson railway stationHeritage Railway Station of Canada · 32 km away, in Bassin-de-la-Lièvre |
| Billings HouseNational Historic Site · 1828–1830 · 32 km away, in Billings Bridge - Heron Park |
| Sir Leonard Tilley BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1962 · 33 km away, in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay |
| CBC BuildingClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1961–1965 · 33 km away, in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay |
| Sir Charles Tupper BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1961 · 33 km away, in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay |
| Aberdeen PavilionNational Historic Site · 1898–1899 · 33 km away, in Glebe-Dows Lake |
| Patterson Creek PavilionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1923–1924 · 34 km away, in Glebe-Dows Lake |
| First Avenue Public SchoolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1898 · 34 km away, in Glebe-Dows Lake |
| Mutchmor Public SchoolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1895 · 34 km away, in Glebe-Dows Lake |
Within 50 km of Embrun, the decades after Confederation left the most
The area here stretches to 50 km around Embrun: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
Oldest of all: Battle of Crysler's Farm, Morrisburg, 1813. The chart rests on 178 dated places within 50 km. 58 predate Confederation.
19% of Embrun’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Embrun has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 26%, where most towns have 15%. Few of Embrun’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 13%, the norm 27%. The busiest building years in Embrun were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 33% 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.
3 Embrun births on record from before 1914
Maurice Brenot closes the list, born in 1894. Best known is Harold Hume, with articles in 6 Wikipedia languages. Harold Hume reached 90, the longest life here, ending in 1965. In 1875 came the earliest, Harold Hume.
Everyone born in Embrun → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Embrun and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embrun | 23,655 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Vars | 2,767 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Metcalfe | 5,434 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Edwards - Carlsbad Springs | 3,536 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Casselman | 4,535 | 1 | 0 | 1938 |
| Limoges | 15,122 | 0 | 0 | — |
| North Stormont | 7,946 | 0 | 0 | — |
Embrun in brief
The town’s people of the past are Harold Hume (1875), William Stanley Jenkins (1890) and Maurice Brenot (1894). Its housing is young: only 8.4% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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. 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
Questions about Embrun’s history
How many historic places does Embrun have on the registers?
None within Embrun itself; the nearest is 17 km off: Canadian National Railways Station, Casselman, Ontario, in Casselman.
How old are the homes in Embrun?
Before 1961: 8.4% 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).