Photo: Ross Dunn · CC BY-SA 2.0Older housing stands out in Vanier North: 37% predates 1961
The typical town has 18%: Vanier North has 2.1 times the share. Within 5 km of Vanier North there are 76 designated places; Beechwood Cemetery, at 800 m, is the closest. Look 1.2 km away, to New Edinburgh, for the nearest place of the highest designation. The earliest of 2 people born in Vanier North before 1914 is Romeo Bégin.
Around Vanier North, within 5 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1827
The historic places within 5 km of Vanier North, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
Within 5 km, 69 records give a date. Before Confederation: 17. The earliest is Commissariat Building in Centretown, begun in 1827.
The heritage closest to Vanier North: Beechwood Cemetery, at 800 m
The mix: 22 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 20 National Historic Sites and 17 Classified Federal Heritage Buildings. Within 5 km there are 76 in all. Between them, 10 towns share them, mainly Centretown, Lowertown West and Centre-Ville.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Beechwood CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873–1874 · 800 m away, in Manor Park |
| Rideau CottageRecognized federal heritage building of Canada · 1867 · 1.6 km away, in New Edinburgh |
| Rideau Hall and Landscaped GroundsNational Historic Site · 1838–1839 · 1.8 km away, in New Edinburgh |
| Laurier HouseNational Historic Site · 1878–1879 · 1.8 km away, in Sandy Hill |
| StornowayRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1913–1915 · 1.8 km away, in Manor Park |
| St. Alban's Anglican ChurchOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1877 · 2.2 km away, in Sandy Hill |
| Official Guest ResidenceRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1861–1863 · 2.3 km away, in New Edinburgh |
| Fraser School HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1837–1838 · 2.4 km away, in New Edinburgh |
| Saint Brigid's ChurchOntario Heritage Trust easement · 2.4 km away, in Lowertown West |
| Prime Minister's ResidenceClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1867–1869 · 2.4 km away, in New Edinburgh |
| Former Ottawa City HallClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1959 · 2.5 km away, in New Edinburgh |
| Lester B. Pearson BuildingClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1970–1974 · 2.6 km away, in Lowertown West |
37% of Vanier North’s homes were built before 1961
Few of Vanier North’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 16%, the norm 23%. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 3.3% of Vanier North’s, about the typical 4.1%. Half of the homes standing in Vanier North 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 Vanier North compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 10,400 to 10,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Coal Harbour, Bassin-de-la-Lièvre and Corman Park No. 344. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Vanier North and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanier North | 10,498 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Vanier South | 7,259 | 0 | 0 | — |
| New Edinburgh | 5,728 | 6 | 3 | 1837 |
| Manor Park | 9,491 | 2 | 1 | 1873 |
| Overbrook | 19,953 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lowertown East | 6,996 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sandy Hill | 13,830 | 2 | 1 | 1877 |
Vanier North in brief
The pre-1961 share of Vanier North’s homes is 37%, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places. For the rest, its past has lives on the record such as Romeo Bégin (1895) and Gordon Lavergne (1910).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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 Vanier North’s history
How many historic places does Vanier North have on the registers?
None in Vanier North itself. The closest is Beechwood Cemetery in Manor Park, 800 m away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Vanier North?
Before 1961: 37% 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).