Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Beyond Greely’s limits, 121 historic places within 25 km
Few homes are old by the census: 5.8% before 1961, against 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay, 15 km away.
Sir Charles Tupper Building, 16 km from Greely, is the closest
The mix: 35 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 29 municipal citations and 23 National Historic Sites. Their towns number 18: Centretown, Les Golfs and Centre-Ville first. CBC Building, 16 km away, leads 48 places with the top designation.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Sir Charles Tupper BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1961 · 16 km away, in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay |
| Powell HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1880–1881 · 16 km away, in Greenbelt (east) |
| CBC BuildingClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1961–1965 · 16 km away, in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay |
| Sir Leonard Tilley BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1962 · 16 km away, in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay |
| Billings HouseNational Historic Site · 1828–1830 · 17 km away, in Billings Bridge - Heron Park |
| Central Experimental FarmNational Historic Site · 1886–1981 · 17 km away, in Carleton Heights-Courtland Park |
| Dairy Technology Annex #57Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1920–1921 · 18 km away, in Carleton Heights-Courtland Park |
| Carpenter's Shop #98Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1889–1991 · 18 km away, in Carleton Heights-Courtland Park |
| Cereal Barn #76Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1915–1917 · 18 km away, in Carleton Heights-Courtland Park |
| Aberdeen PavilionNational Historic Site · 1898–1899 · 18 km away, in Glebe-Dows Lake |
| Service Building (No. 56)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1918–1921 · 18 km away, in Carleton Heights-Courtland Park |
| Arc Biotech Building (No. 34)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1920–1921 · 18 km away, in Carleton Heights-Courtland Park |
Most of what stands within 25 km of Greely dates from the decades after Confederation
The nearest historic places to Greely, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Within 25 km, building dates exist for 114 places. Before Confederation: 32. The oldest is Saint James cemetery in Du Parc, from 1820.
A growing town: 8.2% of Greely’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
32% of Greely’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 39% of Greely’s, against 15% in the typical town. Greely built little from 1961 to 1980: 14% of its homes, where most towns have 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 Greely compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 10,300 to 10,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Coal Harbour, Markham Village and Masonville. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Greely and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greely | 10,359 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Manotick | 8,770 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Findlay Creek | 14,089 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riverside South - Leitrim | 19,802 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Metcalfe | 5,434 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights | 13,998 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Chapman Mills | 12,075 | 0 | 0 | — |
Greely in brief
Few of its homes are old, 5.8% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Greely’s history
How many historic places does Greely have on the registers?
Inside Greely, none so far; Sir Charles Tupper Building, 16 km away in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Greely?
The 2021 Census dates 5.8% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).