Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Havelock, Ontario · Photo: Bobjones315 · Public domain

1historic place on the registers

History of Havelock · Canada’s heritage registers

1 historic place on the heritage registers in Havelock

In Havelock that place is Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Havelock, Ontario, a heritage railway station, from 1914. Per resident Havelock has more than 84% of Canadian towns: 1.8 for every 10,000 people.

1914oldest building

Historic places

1.8 per 10,000 residents

Highest designations

National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings

Other federal designations

Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses

Oldest building

1914

the first construction date on its record

Homes built before 1961

29%

typical town: 18%

Through time

The old face of Havelock

A single old picture: the oldest view of one of its historic places. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.

The wars and betweenHavelock station circa 1920Public domain

Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.

How it began

The dates behind Havelock, from 1823

In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Havelock dates from 1823; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger. Havelock railway station, the earliest station on record, opened in 1914.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Havelock’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Other federal designations

Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.

The 1, by tier

1 Other federal designations

The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.

Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.

Other federal designations

One more federal designation in Havelock

Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.

Heritage Railway Station · 1914–1930Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Havelock, OntarioOttawa Street (Hwy No. 7 at Orange St.)Photo: Bobjones315 · Public domain · Commons file

Around the town

Near Havelock, within 50 km: 8 places of national rank

The mix: 8 National Historic Sites, 3 provincial or municipal listings and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. All told, 12 places are within 50 km. By age, Carrying Place of the Bay of Quinte leads, from 1787, at 50 km.

The 12 nearest, within 50 km

Peterborough PetroglyphsNational Historic Site · 23 km away, in North Kawartha

Serpent MoundsNational Historic Site · 35 km away, in Otonabee-South Monaghan

Peterborough Lift LockNational Historic Site · 1896–1905 · 37 km away, in Peterborough

St. John the Evangelist Anglican ChurchOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1837 · 39 km away, in Peterborough

Peterborough Drill Hall / ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1907–1910 · 39 km away, in Peterborough

Market Hall Performing Arts CentreDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1890 · 39 km away, in Peterborough

Cox TerraceNational Historic Site · 1884–1885 · 40 km away, in Peterborough

Cathedral of Saint Peter-in-ChainsDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1837 · 40 km away, in Peterborough

Trent – Severn WaterwayNational Historic Site · 1830–1921 · 45 km away, in Quinte West

Belleville Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 49 km away, in Belleville

Carrying Place of the Bay of QuinteNational Historic Site · 1787 · 50 km away, in Picton

ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1909 · 50 km away, in Belleville

Homes by age

Havelock keeps more old homes than most towns: 29% from before 1961, against 18%

From 2016 on, Havelock built 6.3% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%. The busiest building years in Havelock were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 31% of today’s homes. Half of the homes standing in Havelock today were built before 1981.

29%

Before 1961

31%

1961–80

23%

1981–2000

12%

2001–15

6.3%

2016–21

HavelockTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Towns its size

Havelock has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size

Towns of 5,600 to 5,700 residents, by places on the registers.

Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan9

Annapolis County, Subdivision C1

Havelock1

Ahead of it: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan. The middle one has 0. For 10, the registers list nothing.

Neighbours

Havelock and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Oldest
Havelock	5,663	1	1914
Norwood	5,308	0	—
Campbellford	15,103	0	—
Marmora	4,761	0	—

In brief

Havelock in brief

The pre-1961 share of Havelock’s homes is 29%, against 18% in the typical town. There are 1 historic place in all. Just one town of its size, out of 16, has more historic places. The other figures are unremarkable: one person of its past, Wilfred Curtis (1893); and its designation dates from 1991.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
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.
The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
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.

Questions about Havelock’s history

How many historic places does Havelock have on the registers?

1 historic place in Havelock, from Canada’s heritage registers.

What is the oldest building in Havelock?

Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Havelock, Ontario — its record dates it to 1914 (Heritage Railway Station).

How old are the homes in Havelock?

Before 1961: 29% 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).