Photo: Ross Dunn · CC BY-SA 2.0Within 25 km of Glen Cairn, 170 places are on the heritage registers
Its housing is mostly newer: 0.5% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Carp, 13 km away.
12 km from Glen Cairn: Symmes Hotel, the nearest on the registers
All told, 170 places are within 25 km. By age, Saint James cemetery leads, from 1820, at 19 km. Between them, 21 towns share them, mainly Centretown, Des Explorateurs and Les Golfs.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Symmes HotelNational Historic Site · 1831–1832 · 12 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Maison John-OgilvieMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1886 · 12 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Maison William-BourgeauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1886 · 12 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Site patrimonial d'AylmerCited heritage site (Québec) · 12 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Maison TakerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1896 · 12 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Maison Peter-Aylen-PèreMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850 · 12 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Maison Conroy-McDonaldMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850–1860 · 12 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| 19, rue ThomasMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1880 · 12 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Maison Charles-DevlinMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1870 · 12 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Ancienne station de pompage d'AylmerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1895 · 12 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Église Saint-AndrewMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1923 · 12 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Maison John-DavisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1890 · 12 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
From 1820 on: the dated places within 25 km of Glen Cairn
Out to 25 km from Glen Cairn, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Dated places within 25 km: 161. 50 are older than 1867. Saint James cemetery, in Du Parc, goes back furthest, to 1820.
Glen Cairn is still building: 18% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Half of the homes standing in Glen Cairn today were built before 2001. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 30% of Glen Cairn’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 12% of Glen Cairn’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.
Glen Cairn and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Cairn | 14,020 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stittsville East | 10,482 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows | 25,824 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Katimavik-Hazeldean | 11,437 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stittsville North | 13,331 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stittsville | 19,753 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beaverbrook | 6,762 | 0 | 0 | — |
Glen Cairn in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 0.5% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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. 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 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. 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Glen Cairn’s history
How many historic places does Glen Cairn have on the registers?
None in Glen Cairn itself. The closest is Symmes Hotel in Des Explorateurs, 12 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Glen Cairn?
Before 1961: 0.5% 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).