Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.015 heritage places lie within 10 km of Blackburn Hamlet
Only 5.4% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. For the highest designations, the closest town is Manor Park, 7.5 km off.
Within 10 km of Blackburn Hamlet, 5 top designations
Powell House in Greenbelt (east) is the nearest, 4.5 km away. Count to 10 km and there are 15. Between them, 10 towns share them, mainly Manor Park, Sandy Hill and New Edinburgh.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Powell HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1880–1881 · 4.5 km away, in Greenbelt (east) |
| VIA Rail Station, Ottawa, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1965–1967 · 7.2 km away, in Riverview |
| Beechwood CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873–1874 · 7.7 km away, in Manor Park |
| Site patrimonial du Quartier-du-MoulinCited heritage site (Québec) · 8.5 km away, in Du Moulin |
| Laurier HouseNational Historic Site · 1878–1879 · 9 km away, in Sandy Hill |
| StornowayRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1913–1915 · 9.2 km away, in Manor Park |
| Rideau CottageRecognized federal heritage building of Canada · 1867 · 9.4 km away, in New Edinburgh |
| St. Alban's Anglican ChurchOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1877 · 9.5 km away, in Sandy Hill |
| Rideau Hall and Landscaped GroundsNational Historic Site · 1838–1839 · 9.6 km away, in New Edinburgh |
| Patterson Creek PavilionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1923–1924 · 9.7 km away, in Glebe-Dows Lake |
| Ottawa Jail HostelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 9.9 km away, in Lowertown West |
| Lisgar Collegiate InstituteDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1843 · 9.9 km away, in Centretown |
Near Blackburn Hamlet (10 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
Each historic place within 10 km of Blackburn Hamlet, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
Billings House, in Billings Bridge - Heron Park, goes back furthest, to 1828. Within 10 km, 12 records give a date. Before Confederation: 3.
Only 0.7% of Blackburn Hamlet’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 2.7% of Blackburn Hamlet’s, against 15% in the typical town. 77% of Blackburn Hamlet’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, more than the typical town’s 27%. Only 12% of Blackburn Hamlet’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.
Blackburn Hamlet and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn Hamlet | 7,606 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Greenbelt (east) | 3,094 | 1 | 0 | 1880 |
| Beacon Hill South - Cardinal Heights | 7,746 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Chapel Hill North | 11,715 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Chapel Hill South | 14,278 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pineview | 6,346 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rothwell Heights - Beacon Hill North | 10,985 | 0 | 0 | — |
Blackburn Hamlet in brief
Before 1961: just 5.4% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed; and Hec Kilrea (1907) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Blackburn Hamlet’s history
How many historic places does Blackburn Hamlet have on the registers?
Blackburn Hamlet has none of its own yet. Powell House, in Greenbelt (east), is the nearest, 4.5 km away.
How old are the homes in Blackburn Hamlet?
5.4% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).