Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Around Fort William 52, 5 historic places within 25 km
Before 1961: just 0% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Thunder Bay, 9.6 km away.
3 places of national importance within 25 km of Fort William 52
The mix: 3 National Historic Sites, a heritage railway station and a provincial or municipal listing. Count to 25 km and there are 5. Canadian Car & Foundry in Thunder Bay is the nearest, 4.6 km away.
The 5 nearest, within 25 km
| Canadian Car & FoundryNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 4.6 km away, in Thunder Bay |
| Union Station, Thunder Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 5.4 km away, in Thunder Bay |
| Cummins Pre-contact SiteNational Historic Site · 11 km away, in Thunder Bay |
| Finnish Labour TempleDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1910 · 12 km away, in Thunder Bay |
| Thunder Bay Tourist PagodaNational Historic Site · 1909–1910 · 12 km away, in Thunder Bay |
Fort William 52 is still building: 8.3% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
21% of Fort William 52’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Fort William 52 has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 47%, where most towns have 23%. Half of the homes standing in Fort William 52 today were built before 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Fort William 52 and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort William 52 | 1,038 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Thunder Bay | 117,671 | 11 | 5 | 1909 |
| Oliver Paipoonge | 6,524 | 0 | 0 | — |
Fort William 52 in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 0% of the total, against 18% in the typical town.
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.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- 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. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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 Fort William 52’s history
How many historic places does Fort William 52 have on the registers?
None in Fort William 52 itself. The closest is Canadian Car & Foundry in Thunder Bay, 4.6 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Fort William 52?
Before 1961: 0% 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).