Photo: mark.watmough from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0Within 50 km of Madoc, 8 places are on the heritage registers
Belleville, 39 km from Madoc, has the nearest place of the highest rank. Records name 6 people born in Madoc before 1914; the first is Herbert Goldsmith Squiers.
Within 50 km of Madoc: 8 places on the registers
The record reaches back to 1830 with Trent – Severn Waterway, 49 km away. Of the 6 of the highest rank, the nearest is Belleville Railway Station (Grand Trunk), 40 km away. By designation: 6 National Historic Sites, a heritage railway station and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 8 nearest, within 50 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Havelock, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1914–1930 · 36 km away, in Havelock |
| Belleville Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 40 km away, in Belleville |
| Glanmore / Phillips-Faulkner HouseNational Historic Site · 1882–1884 · 41 km away, in Belleville |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1909 · 41 km away, in Belleville |
| Mazinaw PictographsNational Historic Site · 46 km away, in North Frontenac |
| Peterborough PetroglyphsNational Historic Site · 48 km away, in North Kawartha |
| Trent – Severn WaterwayNational Historic Site · 1830–1921 · 49 km away, in Quinte West |
| Christ Church, Her Majesty's Chapel Royal of the MohawkNational Historic Site · 1843–1844 · 49 km away, in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory |
Within 50 km of Madoc, the years before Confederation left the most
The nearest historic places to Madoc, out to 50 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Trent – Severn Waterway, in Quinte West, goes back furthest, to 1830. 6 places within 50 km carry a construction date. 3 predate Confederation.
Madoc keeps more old homes than most towns: 30% from before 1961, against 18%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 18% of Madoc’s, against 27% in the typical town. The busiest building years in Madoc were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 31% of today’s homes. New building has been slow in Madoc: 2.9% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 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.
Born in Madoc before the First World War: 6 lives
The decades after Confederation gave 5 of the 6. It starts with Herbert Goldsmith Squiers, born in 1859. John Weir Foote closes the list, born in 1904. Longest lived was John Weir Foote, 84 years in all (1988).
Everyone born in Madoc → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Madoc and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madoc | 2,467 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Centre Hastings | 5,170 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tweed | 6,504 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Marmora | 4,761 | 0 | 0 | — |
Madoc in brief
The 2021 Census dates 30% of Madoc’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Its people of the past include Charles Wilson Cross (1872), George Stanley White (1897) and Herbert Goldsmith Squiers (1859).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Madoc’s history
How many historic places does Madoc have on the registers?
None inside Madoc yet. The nearest is Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Havelock, Ontario, 36 km away in Havelock.
How old are the homes in Madoc?
30% 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).