Photo: Qui1che · CC BY-SA 3.0Beyond Greater Madawaska’s limits, 203 historic places within 100 km
The registers count 203 places within 100 km of Greater Madawaska; the closest, D.A. Gillies Building, is 35 km away. Look 27 km away, to McNab/Braeside, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
35 km from Greater Madawaska: D.A. Gillies Building, the nearest on the registers
Count to 100 km and there are 203. The earliest date is Lansdowne Iron Works’s, 1801, 96 km away. Among them are 68 municipal citations, 52 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 40 National Historic Sites.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| D.A. Gillies BuildingNational Historic Site · 1896–1899 · 35 km away, in Arnprior |
| Gillies Grove and HouseNational Historic Site · 1937–1938 · 35 km away, in McNab/Braeside |
| Rosamond Woollen MillNational Historic Site · 1866–1901 · 44 km away, in Almonte |
| Former Almonte Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1889–1892 · 45 km away, in Almonte |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Carleton Place, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1921–1923 · 52 km away, in Carleton Place |
| Mazinaw PictographsNational Historic Site · 55 km away, in North Frontenac |
| Diefenbunker / Central Emergency Government HeadquartersNational Historic Site · 1959–1962 · 56 km away, in Carp |
| Matheson HouseNational Historic Site · 1840–1841 · 59 km away, in Perth |
| Perth Town HallNational Historic Site · 1863–1865 · 59 km away, in Perth |
| McMartin HouseNational Historic Site · 1830–1831 · 59 km away, in Perth |
| Félix-Gabriel-Marchand BridgeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1898 · 63 km away, in Mansfield-et-Pontefract |
| George Bryson HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1854 · 64 km away, in Mansfield-et-Pontefract |
Within 100 km of Greater Madawaska, the oldest record dates from 1801
Out to 100 km from Greater Madawaska, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
The earliest is Lansdowne Iron Works in Leeds and the Thousand Islands, begun in 1801. Within 100 km, 191 records give a date. 63 are older than 1867.
The biggest share of Greater Madawaska’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 33%
17% of Greater Madawaska’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. New building is strong in Greater Madawaska: 5.9% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 21% of Greater Madawaska’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Greater Madawaska compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,200 to 3,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Seven Oaks and North Cypress-Langford have more. Their median is 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Greater Madawaska in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 17%, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- 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 Greater Madawaska’s history
How many historic places does Greater Madawaska have on the registers?
None in Greater Madawaska itself. The closest is D.A. Gillies Building in Arnprior, 35 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Greater Madawaska?
17% predate 1961, where 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).