Photo: Hearst1958 · CC BY-SA 4.0In a 100 km circle around Hearst: one place on the registers
For the municipality itself, Wikidata has 1913, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding. Of its homes, 27% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Leave Hearst and the first historic place is Hornepayne railway station, 96 km away
One place lies within 100 km.
The nearest, within 100 km
| Hornepayne railway stationHeritage Railway Station of Canada · 96 km away, in Hornepayne |
Little new building in Hearst: 0.7% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 46% of Hearst’s homes. Only 4.9% of Hearst’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Over half of the homes in Hearst were already standing by 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Hearst compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,000 to 5,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Carbonear and Saint-Germain-de-Grantham. The middle one has 0. 14 of them have none.
Hearst in brief
Hearst’s homes from before 1961 come to 27%, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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 Hearst’s history
How many historic places does Hearst have on the registers?
None inside Hearst yet. The nearest is Hornepayne railway station, 96 km away in Hornepayne.
When did Hearst become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Hearst dates from 1913; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Hearst?
27% 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).