TopNational Historic Site · 1832–1834Merrickville Blockhouse279 Saint Lawrence StreetPhoto: Kenn Chaplin from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Merrickville Blockhouse · Photo: Kenn Chaplin from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.02historic places on the registers
History of Merrickville · Canada’s heritage registers
The registers list 2 historic places in Merrickville, one at the top
Counted by designation, there are a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. Per resident Merrickville outdoes 95% of Canadian towns, with 5.9 for every 10,000 people. Before 1961: 35% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Go back to 1832 and you reach Merrickville Blockhouse, the oldest of them.
Historic places
2
5.9 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1832
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
35%
typical town: 18%
Through time
The old face of Merrickville
The past in one picture: the oldest view of one of its historic places. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.
1898Public 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.
The map
Where Merrickville’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 2, by tier
1 Highest designations1 Other federal designations
What the map shows is the open record: the federal directory in full, and from provincial or municipal lists only the places Wikidata ties to an encyclopedia article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. One place, placed by its register’s municipality, has no point and isn’t on the map.
Highest designations
One place in Merrickville with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Other federal designations
Federal heritage in Merrickville: one more place
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1838–1839Defensible Lockmaster's House
Around the town
21 places on Canada’s registers lie 50 km or less from Merrickville
Closest of all is Smiths Falls Bascule Bridge, in Smiths Falls, 13 km off. Oldest of them is Pointe au Baril (1758), 33 km off. By designation: 19 National Historic Sites, a Classified Federal Heritage Building and a heritage railway station.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Smiths Falls Bascule BridgeNational Historic Site · 1912–1914 · 13 km away, in Smiths Falls |
| Smiths Falls Railway Station (Canadian Northern)National Historic Site · 1912–1915 · 13 km away, in Smiths Falls |
| Oxford-on-Rideau Township HallNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 18 km away, in Kemptville |
| McMartin HouseNational Historic Site · 1830–1831 · 30 km away, in Perth |
| Perth Town HallNational Historic Site · 1863–1865 · 30 km away, in Perth |
| Matheson HouseNational Historic Site · 1840–1841 · 31 km away, in Perth |
| Prescott Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1855–1856 · 32 km away, in Prescott |
| Pointe au BarilNational Historic Site · 1758–1760 · 33 km away, in Augusta |
| HomewoodNational Historic Site · 1800–1802 · 33 km away, in Augusta |
| Fort WellingtonNational Historic Site · 1813–1815 · 33 km away, in Prescott |
| Fulford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1899–1902 · 34 km away, in Brockville |
| Windmill TowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1832–1833 · 34 km away, in Cardinal |
Homes by age
Merrickville is still building: 8.5% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Few of Merrickville’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 17%, the norm 27%. Over half of the homes in Merrickville were already standing by 1981. 24% of Merrickville’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, close to the typical town’s 23%.
35%
Before 1961
17%
1961–80
24%
1981–2000
15%
2001–15
8.5%
2016–21
MerrickvilleTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Merrickville has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,400 to 3,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Merrickville2
Just these have more: Portneuf and Richmond. Their median is 0. 11 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Merrickville and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrickville | 3,411 | 2 | 1 | 1832 |
| Montague | 4,414 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Smiths Falls | 11,093 | 4 | 2 | 1852 |
In brief
Merrickville in brief
Older stock first: 35% of homes in Merrickville were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, Merrickville Blockhouse among them. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 2 have more historic places. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1939 and 1992.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- 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 Merrickville’s history
How old are the homes in Merrickville?
The 2021 Census dates 35% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Which places in Merrickville have the highest designation?
Merrickville Blockhouse.
What is the oldest building in Merrickville?
Merrickville Blockhouse, a National Historic Site, begun in 1832.
Why might a heritage building in Merrickville be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 3 more listings in Merrickville are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).