Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Mildmay keeps its older homes: 50% from before 1961
Mildmay has 2.8 times what the typical town has (18%). Point Clark Lighthouse, 46 km from Mildmay, heads a list of 43 historic places within 100 km. The nearest town with a top designation is Huron-Kinloss, 32 km away. John Michael Uhrich heads a list of 2 people born in Mildmay before 1914.
Within 100 km of Mildmay, the record goes back to 1816
The area here stretches to 100 km around Mildmay: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
The oldest is Joseph Schneider Haus in Victoria Park, from 1816. Within 100 km, 38 records give a date. 14 are older than 1867.
Mildmay’s surroundings: 43 historic places within 100 km
The mix: 16 National Historic Sites, 14 provincial or municipal listings and 4 Classified Federal Heritage Buildings. At 46 km, Point Clark Lighthouse in Huron-Kinloss is the closest. Oldest of them is Joseph Schneider Haus (1816), 88 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Point Clark LighthouseNational Historic Site · 1856–1860 · 46 km away, in Huron-Kinloss |
| McNab Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1877–1878 · 48 km away, in Port Elgin |
| TowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1855–1860 · 50 km away, in Port Elgin |
| Saugeen River Rear Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1903–1904 · 50 km away, in Port Elgin |
| Saugeen River Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1903–1904 · 51 km away, in Port Elgin |
| Donaldson SiteNational Historic Site · 51 km away, in Port Elgin |
| Huron County GaolNational Historic Site · 1839–1842 · 55 km away, in Goderich |
| Goderich Branch, Huron County LibraryDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1904 · 56 km away, in Goderich |
| Goderich Train StationDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1900 · 57 km away, in Goderich |
| Billy Bishop Boyhood HomeNational Historic Site · 1884–1885 · 58 km away, in Owen Sound |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Owen Sound, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1946–1948 · 59 km away, in Owen Sound |
| Former Elora Drill ShedNational Historic Site · 1865–1866 · 74 km away, in Fergus |
50% of Mildmay’s homes were built before 1961
Half of the homes standing in Mildmay today were built before 1981. Few of Mildmay’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 9%, the norm 15%. Only 15% of Mildmay’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Mildmay and its neighbours
Mildmay in brief
Before 1961: 50% of Mildmay’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, like most towns its size, it has no historic place; and John Michael Uhrich (1877) and Harry Johnston (1883) are its people of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
Questions about Mildmay’s history
How many historic places does Mildmay have on the registers?
None inside Mildmay yet. The nearest, Point Clark Lighthouse, carries the highest designation, 46 km away in Huron-Kinloss.
How old are the homes in Mildmay?
Before 1961: 50% 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).