Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Before 1961: 44% of the homes in Mitchell
Mitchell has 2.5 times what the typical town has (18%). 5 places on the heritage registers lie within 25 km of Mitchell, the nearest Stratford City Hall, 21 km away. For the highest designations, the closest town is Stratford, 21 km off. The earliest of 8 people born in Mitchell before 1914 is James Johnson.
Near Mitchell, within 25 km: 2 places of national rank
Stratford and St. Marys hold most of them, among 2 towns. The nearest is Stratford City Hall, 21 km away in Stratford. St. Marys Junction Railway Station (Grand Trunk), 23 km off, is the oldest: 1858.
The 5 nearest, within 25 km
| Stratford City HallNational Historic Site · 1898–1900 · 21 km away, in Stratford |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Stratford, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1914 · 22 km away, in Stratford |
| Gallery StratfordDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 22 km away, in Stratford |
| St. Marys Junction Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1858–1859 · 23 km away, in St. Marys |
| St. MarysDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 24 km away, in St. Marys |
A growing town: 5.2% of Mitchell’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
More than half of Mitchell’s housing predates 1981. Mitchell built little from 1961 to 1980: 19% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 19% of Mitchell’s, about the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Mitchell’s person of national historic significance, and others
The earliest is James Johnson, born in 1855. 21 Wikipedias cover Howie Morenz, the most of anyone here. There are 8 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it. Of them all, Walter Allan Hall lived longest: 77 years, until 1944.
Everyone born in Mitchell → 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.
How Mitchell compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 10,000 to 10,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Amherst, Lac-des-Fées and Kitimat. The middle one has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Mitchell and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | 10,080 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Seaforth | 10,402 | 0 | 0 | — |
Mitchell in brief
Of the homes standing in Mitchell, 44% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Howie Morenz (1902), James Johnson (1855) and Walter Allan Hall (1867) are the best known of its historic lives. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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.
Questions about Mitchell’s history
How many historic places does Mitchell have on the registers?
Mitchell has none of its own; Stratford City Hall, in Stratford, the closest at 21 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Mitchell?
Before 1961: 44% 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).