Photo: P199 · Public domain33% of Huron Shores’s homes were built before 1961
For Huron Shores, that is 1.9 times the typical town’s share, 18%. Within 100 km of Huron Shores there are 11 designated places; Searchmont railway station, at 79 km, is the closest. Look 80 km away, to Sault Ste. Marie, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Most of what stands within 100 km of Huron Shores dates from the decades after Confederation
Reaching 100 km out from Huron Shores: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
The earliest is Ermatinger House in Sault Ste. Marie, begun in 1812. 9 dated places within 100 km make up the record. One goes back before 1867.
Near Huron Shores, within 100 km: 5 places of national rank
The mix: 4 National Historic Sites, 3 provincial or municipal listings and 3 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. All told, 11 places are within 100 km. By age, Ermatinger House leads, from 1812, at 79 km.
The 11 nearest, within 100 km
| Searchmont railway stationHeritage Railway Station of Canada · 79 km away, in Algoma, Unorganized, North Part |
| Canadian Bushplane Heritage CentreDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1987 · 79 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Ermatinger HouseNational Historic Site · 1812–1824 · 79 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Precious Blood CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1875 · 79 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Power HouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1894–1895 · 81 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| WorkshopRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1895–1897 · 81 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Office BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1895–1897 · 81 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Sault Ste. Marie CanalNational Historic Site · 1894–1896 · 81 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Whitefish IslandNational Historic Site · 82 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Superintendent's HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1896–1897 · 82 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Algoma Central Engine HouseNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 82 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
New homes are rare in Huron Shores: 3% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Half of the homes standing in Huron Shores today were built before 1981. Huron Shores built little from 2001 to 2015: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 31% of Huron Shores’s, about the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Huron Shores and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron Shores | 2,030 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Thessalon | 1,363 | 0 | 0 | — |
Huron Shores in brief
In Huron Shores, 33% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
Questions about Huron Shores’s history
How many historic places does Huron Shores have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Huron Shores; Searchmont railway station, in Algoma, Unorganized, North Part, is 79 km away.
How old are the homes in Huron Shores?
33% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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).