Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Within 100 km of McKellar, 13 places are on the heritage registers
From McKellar, look 53 km away, to Georgian Bay, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Building from 2016 to 2021 gave it 4.3% of its homes, where most towns have 4.1%.
McKellar in old pictures
One old photograph of the town, made before 1950. Tap the picture to enlarge it.
c. 1913Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Near McKellar, within 100 km: 6 places of national rank
The radius of 100 km holds 13. They are spread over 11 towns, including Tay, Parry Sound and The Archipelago. “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Parry Sound, Ontario” in Parry Sound is the nearest, 17 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Parry Sound, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 17 km away, in Parry Sound |
| LighthouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1890 · 48 km away, in The Archipelago |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Huntsville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1924–1925 · 55 km away, in Huntsville |
| Lighthouse and DwellingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1880–1881 · 66 km away, in Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part |
| Beausoleil IslandNational Historic Site · 66 km away, in Georgian Bay |
| Woodchester VillaOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1882 · 67 km away, in Bracebridge |
| Bethune Memorial HouseNational Historic Site · 1880–1881 · 73 km away, in Gravenhurst |
| Fort Sainte Marie IINational Historic Site · 1649–1650 · 74 km away, in Tiny |
| St. James on-the-LinesOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1840 · 76 km away, in Penetanguishene |
| Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons MissionNational Historic Site · 1639 · 82 km away, in Tay |
| Saint-Louis MissionNational Historic Site · 1640 · 83 km away, in Tay |
| Mission of St. Ignace IINational Historic Site · 1649 · 84 km away, in Tay |
Within 100 km of McKellar, the record goes back to 1639
Places as far as 100 km from McKellar, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Within 100 km, 12 records give a date. Before Confederation: 5. The oldest is Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Mission in Tay, from 1639.
McKellar built the most from 1981 to 2000, 29% of today’s homes
Count back from today and half of McKellar’s homes are older than 2001. 25% of McKellar’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Homes from before 1961 are 15% of McKellar’s housing, about the typical 18%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
McKellar and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKellar | 1,534 | 0 | 0 | — |
| McDougall | 3,002 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Parry Sound | 7,584 | 2 | 0 | 1890 |
| Seguin | 5,761 | 1 | 0 | — |
McKellar in brief
Counted by age, only 15% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: one person of its past, Milton Taylor Armstrong (1887).
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. 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about McKellar’s history
How many historic places does McKellar have on the registers?
None inside McKellar yet. The nearest is Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Parry Sound, Ontario, 17 km away in Parry Sound.
How old are the homes in McKellar?
Before 1961: 15% 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).