Photo: Chicken4War · CC BY-SA 4.0Within 25 km of Midland, 6 places are on the heritage registers
Tay, 8.9 km from Midland, has the nearest place of the highest rank. The earliest of 7 people born in Midland before 1914 is Howard Dea. Wikidata dates the municipality to 1890, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
6 historic places within 25 km of Midland
Nearest comes Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Mission, 3.5 km off, in Tay. They are 5 National Historic Sites and a provincial or municipal listing. Their towns number 4: Tay, Penetanguishene and Georgian Bay first.
The 6 nearest, within 25 km
| Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons MissionNational Historic Site · 1639 · 3.5 km away, in Tay |
| St. James on-the-LinesOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1840 · 5.3 km away, in Penetanguishene |
| Saint-Louis MissionNational Historic Site · 1640 · 8.4 km away, in Tay |
| Beausoleil IslandNational Historic Site · 13 km away, in Georgian Bay |
| Mission of St. Ignace IINational Historic Site · 1649 · 14 km away, in Tay |
| Fort Sainte Marie IINational Historic Site · 1649–1650 · 24 km away, in Tiny |
Near Midland, within 25 km: built places from 1639 on
The nearest historic places to Midland, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
5 places within 25 km have a date. 5 predate Confederation. Oldest of all: Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Mission, Tay, 1639.
Midland keeps more old homes than most towns: 30% from before 1961, against 18%
From 2016 to 2021 Midland added 4.8% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. More of Midland’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 32%. Few of Midland’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 11%, the norm 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
7 lives that began in Midland before 1914
The widest known is Herb Drury: 19 Wikipedia editions. At the other end is Tom Miller, from 1913. Longest lived was Marie Curtis, 94 years in all (2006). In 1891 came the earliest, Howard Dea.
Everyone born in Midland → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Midland and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland | 19,305 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Penetanguishene | 11,141 | 1 | 0 | 1840 |
| Tay | 11,968 | 3 | 3 | 1639 |
| Tiny | 14,195 | 0 | 0 | — |
Midland in brief
Midland has 30% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Its people of the past include Herb Drury (1895), Morley Drury (1903) and Tom Miller (1913). The other figures are unremarkable: it has no historic place, where the middle town its size has 1.
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. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Midland’s history
How many historic places does Midland have on the registers?
Nothing inside Midland; Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Mission in Tay, 3.5 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
When did Midland become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Midland to 1890. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Midland?
The 2021 Census dates 30% 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).