Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0An older town: 44% of Mattawa’s homes predate 1961
Mattawa has 2.5 times what the typical town has (18%). Within 100 km of Mattawa there are 4 designated places; Témiscaming station, at 54 km, is the closest. Heritage of the first rank begins 54 km away, in Témiscaming. Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald heads a list of 8 people born in Mattawa before 1914.
The registers find 4 places within 100 km of Mattawa
The record reaches back to 1883 with Poste de relais pour le flottage du bois d'Opémican, 68 km away. Témiscaming station in Témiscaming is the nearest, 54 km away. They stand in 2 towns, Témiscaming and North Bay among them.
The 4 nearest, within 100 km
| Témiscaming stationClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1927 · 54 km away, in Témiscaming |
| Canadian National Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1916–1917 · 57 km away, in North Bay |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 58 km away, in North Bay |
| Poste de relais pour le flottage du bois d'OpémicanClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1883 · 68 km away, in Témiscaming |
None of Mattawa’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 16% of Mattawa’s, against 23% in the typical town. Mattawa built little from 2001 to 2015: 4.7% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. 35% of Mattawa’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, more than the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Lives begun in Mattawa between 1872 and 1910
Of them all, Mike Rodden lived longest: 87 years, until 1978. Before 1914, 8 births here made the record. 6 Wikipedias cover Anahareo, the most of anyone here.
Everyone born in Mattawa → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Mattawa and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattawa | 2,193 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Papineau-Cameron | 1,136 | 0 | 0 | — |
Mattawa in brief
Counted by age, 44% of Mattawa’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Among the lives from its past: Anahareo (1906), Joseph Beaulieu (1895) and Mike Rodden (1891).
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 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Mattawa’s history
How many historic places does Mattawa have on the registers?
Inside Mattawa, none so far. At 54 km, Témiscaming station in Témiscaming is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Mattawa?
Before 1961: 44% of its homes; 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).