Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: K Danko · CC BY-SA 3.0Gananoque has 2.8 times what the typical town has (18%). Lansdowne Iron Works, 24 km from Gananoque, heads a list of 42 historic places within 50 km. Heritage of the first rank begins 12 km away, in Leeds and the Thousand Islands. Byron Moffatt Britton heads a list of 5 people born in Gananoque before 1914.
Its oldest recorded station, Gananoque railway station, dates from 1915. On Wikidata the municipality of Gananoque dates to 1789, with no word on whether that was its founding or a later incorporation. Its charter made Gananoque a town in 1890.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Gananoque”, revision 1378441923 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
Places as far as 50 km from Gananoque, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
The oldest is Fort Frontenac in Kingston, from 1673. The bars count 40 dated places within 50 km. 28 are older than 1867.
Among them are 28 National Historic Sites, 8 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 3 Classified Federal Heritage Buildings. By age, Fort Frontenac leads, from 1673, at 27 km. Their towns number 7: Kingston, Brockville and Leeds and the Thousand Islands first.
| Lansdowne Iron WorksNational Historic Site · 1801–1813 · 24 km away, in Leeds and the Thousand Islands |
| Cedar Island Cathcart TowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1846–1849 · 26 km away, in Kingston |
| Fort HenryNational Historic Site · 1832–1841 · 26 km away, in Kingston |
| Stone Frigate (No. 23)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1820–1821 · 27 km away, in Kingston |
| Commandants Residence, former Royal Navy Hospital, Building 10Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1813–1815 · 27 km away, in Kingston |
| Royal Military College, Old GymnasiumRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1903–1904 · 27 km away, in Kingston |
| Royal Military College, Mackenzie BuildingClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1876–1879 · 27 km away, in Kingston |
| Currie Building, Building No. 15Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1918–1921 · 27 km away, in Kingston |
| Fort Lasalle DormitoryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1913 · 27 km away, in Kingston |
| Kingston Navy YardNational Historic Site · 1789–1854 · 27 km away, in Kingston |
| Royal Military College, Yeo Hall Mess BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1936 · 27 km away, in Kingston |
| Wolfe Island Township HallNational Historic Site · 1859–1860 · 27 km away, in Frontenac Islands |
New building in Gananoque runs at the usual pace: 3.5% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. Only 5.1% of Gananoque’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Count back from today and half of Gananoque’s homes are older than 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
There are 5 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it. Best known is Herbert Stone MacDonald, with articles in 4 Wikipedia languages. Most of them, 3 of 5, came into the world in the decades after Confederation. The longest life was Byron Moffatt Britton’s: 87 years, to 1920.
Everyone born in Gananoque → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gananoque | 5,568 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Leeds and the Thousand Islands | 10,185 | 1 | 1 | 1801 |
Housing in Gananoque includes 50% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Of its people of the past, the best known are Herbert Stone MacDonald (1842), George Webb (1886) and Harry W. Brown (1898). The rest is about typical: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
Nothing inside Gananoque; Lansdowne Iron Works in Leeds and the Thousand Islands, 24 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
Before 1961: 50% 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).