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Photo: JustSomePics · CC BY-SA 4.0Before 1961: 34% of Meaford’s homes, where most towns have 18%. Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Owen Sound, Ontario, 22 km from Meaford, heads a list of 6 historic places within 50 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Owen Sound, 21 km from here. The earliest of 13 people born in Meaford before 1914 is John McDougall.
Meaford was on the railway from 1872. Meaford was incorporated as a town in 1874.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Meaford, Ontario”, revision 1377749821 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
No place near Meaford is close: these lie up to 50 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
The bars count 5 dated places within 50 km. 2 are older than 1867. The oldest is Fort Sainte Marie II in Tiny, from 1649.
Closest of all is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Owen Sound, Ontario”, in Owen Sound, 22 km off. Collingwood, Owen Sound and Tiny hold most of them, among 3 towns. Its 4 places of national rank start with Billy Bishop Boyhood Home, at 22 km.
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Owen Sound, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1946–1948 · 22 km away, in Owen Sound |
| Billy Bishop Boyhood HomeNational Historic Site · 1884–1885 · 22 km away, in Owen Sound |
| LighttowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1857–1859 · 34 km away, in Collingwood |
| Federal BuildingClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1913–1916 · 38 km away, in Collingwood |
| Collingwood Downtown Heritage Conservation DistrictHeritage conservation district · 38 km away, in Collingwood |
| Fort Sainte Marie IINational Historic Site · 1649–1650 · 47 km away, in Tiny |
Count back from today and half of Meaford’s homes are older than 1981. In Meaford, 24% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%). Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Meaford 23% of its homes, near the usual 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
It starts with John McDougall, born in 1842. Lyman Duff is the most written about, in 8 languages. The most recent birth is Keith Bissell’s, in 1912. Before 1914, 13 births here made the record.
Everyone born in Meaford → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
The pre-1961 share of Meaford’s homes is 34%, against 18% in the typical town. Lyman Duff (1865), Keith Bissell (1912) and Glenn Smith (1895) lead its people of the past. The rest is about typical: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
None within Meaford itself; the nearest is 22 km off: Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Owen Sound, Ontario, in Owen Sound.
34% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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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).