Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Older housing stands out in Howick: 48% predates 1961
Howick has 2.7 times what the typical town has (18%). Huron County Gaol, 51 km from Howick, heads a list of 67 historic places within 100 km. The nearest town with a top designation is Huron-Kinloss, 43 km away. Robert John Woods heads a list of 6 people born in Howick before 1914.
The places within 100 km of Howick lean to the decades after Confederation
The nearest historic places to Howick, out to 100 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Joseph Schneider Haus, in Victoria Park, is the oldest (1816). The chart rests on 61 dated places within 100 km. 24 predate Confederation.
The highest designation, 29 times, within 100 km of Howick
The radius of 100 km holds 67. Closest of all is Huron County Gaol, in Goderich, 51 km off. Joseph Schneider Haus, 68 km off, is the oldest: 1816.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Huron County GaolNational Historic Site · 1839–1842 · 51 km away, in Goderich |
| Goderich Branch, Huron County LibraryDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1904 · 52 km away, in Goderich |
| Goderich Train StationDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1900 · 52 km away, in Goderich |
| Gallery StratfordDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 56 km away, in Stratford |
| Stratford City HallNational Historic Site · 1898–1900 · 56 km away, in Stratford |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Stratford, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1914 · 57 km away, in Stratford |
| Former Elora Drill ShedNational Historic Site · 1865–1866 · 57 km away, in Fergus |
| Point Clark LighthouseNational Historic Site · 1856–1860 · 58 km away, in Huron-Kinloss |
| West Montrose Covered BridgeDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 59 km away, in Elmira |
| Wellington County House of Industry and RefugeNational Historic Site · 1876–1878 · 59 km away, in Fergus |
| Brubacher HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1850 · 62 km away, in Waterloo |
| Castle KilbrideNational Historic Site · 1877–1879 · 62 km away, in New Hamburg |
48% of Howick’s homes were built before 1961
Howick built little from 1961 to 1980: 18% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 11% of Howick’s, against 15% in the typical town. From 2016 on, Howick built 4.1% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Howick’s 6 natives of the years before 1914
4 of the 6 were born in the decades after Confederation. The widest known is George M. Young: 7 Wikipedia editions. Longest lived was William Clarke Chambers, 96 years in all (1958). In 1859 came the earliest, Robert John Woods.
Everyone born in Howick → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Howick and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howick | 4,517 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Morris-Turnberry | 4,028 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wingham | 5,411 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Palmerston | 10,029 | 0 | 0 | — |
Howick in brief
Howick has 48% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Of its people of the past, the best known are George M. Young (1870), Frank Armington (1876) and Robert John Woods (1859). For the rest, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- 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.
Questions about Howick’s history
How many historic places does Howick have on the registers?
None in Howick itself. The closest is Huron County Gaol in Goderich, 51 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Howick?
48% 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).