Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0In a 50 km circle around Munster - Ashton: 194 places on the registers
Heritage of the first rank begins 24 km from Munster - Ashton, in Carp. 7 further listings on provincial or municipal registers are known only through Wikidata, so they have no page of their own.
67 places of the highest rank within 50 km of Munster - Ashton
Within 50 km there are 194 in all. Their towns number 33: Centretown, Des Explorateurs and Les Golfs first. The mix: 67 municipal citations, 50 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 37 National Historic Sites.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Carleton Place, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1921–1923 · 19 km away, in Carleton Place |
| Former Almonte Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1889–1892 · 25 km away, in Almonte |
| Diefenbunker / Central Emergency Government HeadquartersNational Historic Site · 1959–1962 · 26 km away, in Carp |
| Rosamond Woollen MillNational Historic Site · 1866–1901 · 26 km away, in Almonte |
| Merrickville BlockhouseNational Historic Site · 1832–1834 · 26 km away, in Merrickville |
| Oxford-on-Rideau Township HallNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 27 km away, in Kemptville |
| Symmes HotelNational Historic Site · 1831–1832 · 27 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Maison William-BourgeauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1886 · 27 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Maison John-OgilvieMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1886 · 27 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Maison Peter-Aylen-PèreMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850 · 27 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Site patrimonial d'AylmerCited heritage site (Québec) · 27 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
| Maison TakerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1896 · 28 km away, in Des Explorateurs |
Most of what stands within 50 km of Munster - Ashton dates from the decades after Confederation
No place near Munster - Ashton is close: these lie up to 50 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
The earliest is Saint James cemetery in Du Parc, begun in 1820. The bars count 183 dated places within 50 km. Before Confederation: 56.
The biggest share of Munster - Ashton’s homes dates from 1961 to 1980: 35%
Homes built from 2016 to 2021 make up 5.9% of Munster - Ashton’s, above the typical 4.1%. Before 1961: 17% of Munster - Ashton’s homes, near the usual 18%. Half of the homes standing in Munster - Ashton today were built before 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Munster - Ashton compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,300 to 6,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Beasley and Electoral Area C, Peace River. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Munster - Ashton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munster - Ashton | 6,372 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Richmond | 9,526 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stittsville | 19,753 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stittsville East | 10,482 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stittsville North | 13,331 | 0 | 0 | — |
| North Gower - Kars | 5,439 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Glen Cairn | 14,020 | 0 | 0 | — |
Munster - Ashton in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 17%, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0. For the rest, its past has one life on the record, Kenneth Burns Conn (1896).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Munster - Ashton’s history
How many historic places does Munster - Ashton have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Munster - Ashton; Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Carleton Place, Ontario, in Carleton Place, is 19 km away.
How old are the homes in Munster - Ashton?
17% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Munster - Ashton be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 7 further listings in Munster - Ashton show up only as Wikidata numbers.
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).