Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Before 1961: 32% of the homes in Powassan
Powassan’s share is 1.8 times the typical 18%. The registers count 6 places within 100 km of Powassan; the closest, Canadian Pacific Railway Station, North Bay, Ontario, is 28 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in North Bay, 28 km from here. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1904: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
Around Powassan, within 100 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
The nearest historic places to Powassan, out to 100 km, by the first construction date on each record.
The earliest is Poste de relais pour le flottage du bois d'Opémican in Témiscaming, begun in 1883. 6 dated places within 100 km make up the record.
Within 100 km of Powassan: 6 places on the registers
Of 2 top designations nearby, Témiscaming station is the closest, at 76 km. The record reaches back to 1883 with Poste de relais pour le flottage du bois d'Opémican, 86 km away. “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, North Bay, Ontario” in North Bay is the nearest, 28 km away.
The 6 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 28 km away, in North Bay |
| Canadian National Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1916–1917 · 28 km away, in North Bay |
| Témiscaming stationClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1927 · 76 km away, in Témiscaming |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Huntsville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1924–1925 · 83 km away, in Huntsville |
| Poste de relais pour le flottage du bois d'OpémicanClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1883 · 86 km away, in Témiscaming |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Parry Sound, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 95 km away, in Parry Sound |
New homes are rare in Powassan: 2.6% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
More than half of Powassan’s housing predates 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 28% of Powassan’s, about the typical 27%. In Powassan, 25% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Powassan compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,600 to 3,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap and Piedmont. Their median is 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Powassan and its neighbours
Powassan in brief
Older stock first: 32% of homes in Powassan were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0. The rest is about typical: James Corkery (1889) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Powassan’s history
How many historic places does Powassan have on the registers?
None inside Powassan yet. The nearest is Canadian Pacific Railway Station, North Bay, Ontario, 28 km away in North Bay.
When did Powassan become a municipality?
Wikidata gives 1904 for Powassan, which may mark incorporation or an amalgamation rather than a founding.
How old are the homes in Powassan?
32% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).