Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0An older town: 56% of Nipigon’s homes predate 1961
The typical town has 18%: Nipigon has 3.2 times the share. Lamb Island Lighthouse, 46 km from Nipigon, heads a list of 6 historic places within 100 km. For the highest designations, the closest town is Thunder Bay, 97 km off.
Old pictures of Nipigon
One old photograph of the town, made before 1950. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.
1889Public 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.
Around Nipigon, within 100 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1909
The nearest historic places to Nipigon, out to 100 km, by the first construction date on each record.
First by date comes Thunder Bay Tourist Pagoda in Thunder Bay, from 1909. 6 places within 100 km carry a construction date.
Within 100 km of Nipigon: 6 places on the registers
The one top designation nearby is Thunder Bay Tourist Pagoda, at 94 km. By age, Thunder Bay Tourist Pagoda leads, from 1909, at 94 km. At 46 km, Lamb Island Lighthouse in Thunder Bay, Unorganized is the closest.
The 6 nearest, within 100 km
| Lamb Island LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1961 · 46 km away, in Thunder Bay, Unorganized |
| Shaganash Island LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1922–1923 · 65 km away, in Thunder Bay, Unorganized |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Schreiber, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1924–1925 · 77 km away, in Schreiber |
| Thunder Bay Tourist PagodaNational Historic Site · 1909–1910 · 94 km away, in Thunder Bay |
| Finnish Labour TempleDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1910 · 95 km away, in Thunder Bay |
| Union Station, Thunder Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 100 km away, in Thunder Bay |
Little new building in Nipigon: 2.3% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
More than half of Nipigon’s housing predates 1961. Few of Nipigon’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 1.5%, the norm 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 8.3% of Nipigon’s, against 23% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Nipigon in brief
Nipigon has 56% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- 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.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
Questions about Nipigon’s history
How many historic places does Nipigon have on the registers?
Inside Nipigon, none so far; Lamb Island Lighthouse, 46 km away in Thunder Bay, Unorganized, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Nipigon?
56% predate 1961, where 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).