Macassa keeps its older homes: 58% from before 1961
The typical town has 18%: Macassa has 3.3 times the share. Auchmar, 3.5 km from Macassa, heads a list of 9 historic places within 5 km. Corktown, 3.5 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Most of what stands within 5 km of Macassa dates from the years before Confederation
Places near Macassa (within 5 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
Within 5 km, building dates exist for 9 places. 4 are older than 1867. Oldest of all: McQuesten House / Whitehern, Durand, 1848.
Macassa’s surroundings: 9 historic places within 5 km
Of the 6 of the highest rank, the nearest is Sandyford Place, 3.9 km away. Closest of all is Auchmar, in Centremount, 3.5 km off. Corktown, Beasley and Durand hold most of them, among 4 towns.
The 9 nearest, within 5 km
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 3.5 km away, in Centremount |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 3.8 km away, in Corktown |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 3.9 km away, in Durand |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 4 km away, in Corktown |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 4 km away, in Corktown |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 4.1 km away, in Durand |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 4.6 km away, in Beasley |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 4.7 km away, in Beasley |
| Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)National Historic Site · 1929–1932 · 4.9 km away, in Beasley |
Macassa added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 0.9%, where most towns have 4.1%
Half of the homes standing in Macassa today were built before 1961. Macassa built little from 1981 to 2000: 3.1% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Few of Macassa’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 0%, the norm 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Macassa and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macassa | 2,584 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hampton Heights | 3,498 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Burkholme | 3,580 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Raleigh | 7,113 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lawfield | 6,021 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Eastmount | 4,496 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Berrisfield | 3,773 | 0 | 0 | — |
Macassa in brief
Older stock first: 58% of homes in Macassa were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- 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 tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
Questions about Macassa’s history
How many historic places does Macassa have on the registers?
None inside Macassa yet. The nearest is Auchmar, 3.5 km away in Centremount.
How old are the homes in Macassa?
58% 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).