Photo: davestew89 · CC BY 3.0In a 100 km circle around Marathon: 3 places on the registers
Homes from before 1961 make up 24% of Marathon’s stock, above the 18% of the typical town.
The registers find 3 places within 100 km of Marathon
At 11 km, Pic River Site in Thunder Bay, Unorganized is the closest. By designation: 2 heritage railway stations and a National Historic Site. Between them, 2 towns share them, mainly Thunder Bay, Unorganized and Schreiber.
The 3 nearest, within 100 km
| Pic River SiteNational Historic Site · 1780 · 11 km away, in Thunder Bay, Unorganized |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Schreiber, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1924–1925 · 66 km away, in Schreiber |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, White River, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1928 · 81 km away, in Thunder Bay, Unorganized |
None of Marathon’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Over half of the homes in Marathon were already standing by 2001. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 0% of Marathon’s, against 15% in the typical town. 52% of Marathon’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, more than the typical town’s 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Marathon compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,200 to 3,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Seven Oaks and North Cypress-Langford. The middle one has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Marathon in brief
Marathon has 24% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- 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.
Questions about Marathon’s history
How many historic places does Marathon have on the registers?
None inside Marathon yet. The nearest, Pic River Site, carries the highest designation, 11 km away in Thunder Bay, Unorganized.
How old are the homes in Marathon?
The 2021 Census dates 24% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).