Photo: Ross Dunn · CC BY-SA 2.0Around Fitzroy, 55 historic places within 25 km
From Fitzroy, look 17 km away, to Carp, for the nearest place of the highest designation. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 2.7% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.
10 places of national importance within 25 km of Fitzroy
They are 31 municipal citations, 14 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 5 National Historic Sites. Nearest comes Diefenbunker / Central Emergency Government Headquarters, 15 km off, in Carp. Between them, 8 towns share them, mainly Des Explorateurs, Chelsea and Du Plateau.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Diefenbunker / Central Emergency Government HeadquartersNational Historic Site · 1959–1962 · 15 km away, in Carp |
| D.A. Gillies BuildingNational Historic Site · 1896–1899 · 17 km away, in Arnprior |
| Gillies Grove and HouseNational Historic Site · 1937–1938 · 17 km away, in McNab/Braeside |
| Prime Minister's CottageRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1925–1926 · 19 km away, in Pontiac |
| Herridge ChaletRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1880–1881 · 19 km away, in Pontiac |
| Maison Bolton-McGrathMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1842 · 21 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| First Geodetic Survey StationNational Historic Site · 1905–1906 · 22 km away, in Chelsea |
| Main HouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 22 km away, in Chelsea |
| Garage and Caretaker's QuartersClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 22 km away, in Chelsea |
| ChapelClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 22 km away, in Chelsea |
| Wood ShedClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 22 km away, in Chelsea |
| Stable and Carriage HouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 22 km away, in Chelsea |
Around Fitzroy, within 25 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
Places as far as 25 km from Fitzroy, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
53 dated places within 25 km make up the record. 18 go back before 1867. The oldest is Symmes Hotel in Des Explorateurs, from 1831.
Fitzroy’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 37% of its homes
More than half of Fitzroy’s housing predates 2001. Like the typical town (18%), Fitzroy has 16% of its homes from before 1961. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 31% of Fitzroy’s, about the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Fitzroy compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,400 to 6,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Bay Roberts and Petrolia. The typical town its size has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Fitzroy and its neighbours
Fitzroy in brief
Counted by age, only 16% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0. The other figures are unremarkable: James C. Willson (1833) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
Questions about Fitzroy’s history
How many historic places does Fitzroy have on the registers?
None inside Fitzroy yet. The nearest, Diefenbunker / Central Emergency Government Headquarters, carries the highest designation, 15 km away in Carp.
How old are the homes in Fitzroy?
16% 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).