TopNational Historic Site · 1813Battle of Crysler's FarmPhoto: D. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Photo: Doktor Ellis · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Morrisburg · Canada’s heritage registers
An older town: 39% of Morrisburg’s homes predate 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Morrisburg has 2.3 times as much. Inside the town there is 1 historic place, a top designation. That place is Battle of Crysler's Farm, a national historic site, from 1813. Wikidata dates the municipality to 1785, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
Historic places
1
0.8 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1813
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
39%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Historic Morrisburg, pictured
One place in Morrisburg is on the registers, and this is it: Battle of Crysler's Farm.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Through time
Looking back at Morrisburg
One picture from before 1950: the oldest view of one of its historic places. Open it full screen with a tap.
c. 1923Public 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 Morrisburg’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
Morrisburg’s top designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Within 50 km of Morrisburg, 12 top designations
They are 11 National Historic Sites, a Classified Federal Heritage Building and a heritage railway station. At 29 km, Windmill Tower in Cardinal is the closest. All told, 13 places are within 50 km.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Windmill TowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1832–1833 · 29 km away, in Cardinal |
| Battle of the WindmillNational Historic Site · 1838 · 29 km away, in Cardinal |
| Fort WellingtonNational Historic Site · 1813–1815 · 30 km away, in Prescott |
| Prescott Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1855–1856 · 31 km away, in Prescott |
| Oxford-on-Rideau Township HallNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 33 km away, in Kemptville |
| Pointe au BarilNational Historic Site · 1758–1760 · 42 km away, in Augusta |
| HomewoodNational Historic Site · 1800–1802 · 43 km away, in Augusta |
| Merrickville BlockhouseNational Historic Site · 1832–1834 · 45 km away, in Merrickville |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Casselman, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1938–1940 · 45 km away, in Casselman |
| Inverarden HouseNational Historic Site · 1816–1824 · 48 km away, in Cornwall |
| Fulford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1899–1902 · 48 km away, in Brockville |
| Leeds and Grenville County Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1842–1845 · 50 km away, in Brockville |
Homes by age
Morrisburg added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.9%, where most towns have 4.1%
More than half of Morrisburg’s housing predates 1981. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 11% of Morrisburg’s, against 15% in the typical town. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Morrisburg 24% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
39%
Before 1961
24%
1961–80
23%
1981–2000
11%
2001–15
1.9%
2016–21
MorrisburgTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
Morrisburg’s people of the past, born 1838–1902
9 Wikipedias cover Willard Mack, the most of anyone here. Before 1914, 14 births here made the record. Of the 14, 10 were born in the decades after Confederation. Florence Deeks reached 95, the longest life here, ending in 1959.
John Plummer Marcellus
Donald Greenfield MacDonell
William Russell Robertson
Florence Deeks
Willard Mack
Elgin Albert Munro
Jim Mallen
Ken Mallen
Stoke Doran
George Van Allen
John Charles Alexander Cameron
John Ross Bradfield
Joe Miller
Anna Marion Hilliard
1800182518501875190019251950
Willard Mack1873–1934 · American actor, film director
Joe Miller1900–1963 · Canadian ice hockey and football player
Ken Mallen1884–1930 · Canadian ice hockey player
JC
John Charles Alexander Cameron1891–1976 · Canadian politician
Florence Deeks1864–1959 · Canadian academic
EM
Elgin Albert Munro1874–1931 · Canadian politician
JM
John Plummer Marcellus1838–1932 · Canadian politician
DM
Donald Greenfield MacDonell1849–1916 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Morrisburg → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Neighbours
Morrisburg and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrisburg | 11,943 | 1 | 1 | 1813 |
| Cardinal | 7,952 | 2 | 2 | 1832 |
In brief
Morrisburg in brief
Before 1961: 39% of Morrisburg’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, including Battle of Crysler's Farm. Of its people of the past, the best known are Willard Mack (1873), Joe Miller (1900) and Ken Mallen (1884). Beyond that, one historic place is about usual for its size (the median is 0); and its designation dates from 1920.
How to read these numbers
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.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
Questions about Morrisburg’s history
How old are the homes in Morrisburg?
39% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Morrisburg have the highest designation?
It is Battle of Crysler's Farm.
What is the oldest building in Morrisburg?
By its record, Battle of Crysler's Farm, from 1813 (National Historic Site).
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).