Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Within 25 km of Prince, 11 places are on the heritage registers
Heritage of the first rank begins 14 km from Prince, in Sault Ste. Marie. The census puts 17% of its homes before 1961, much as in most towns (18%).
The closest heritage to Prince is Algoma Central Engine House, 12 km off
Within 25 km there are 11 in all. The record reaches back to 1812 with Ermatinger House, 14 km away. They are 4 National Historic Sites, 4 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 2 provincial or municipal listings.
The 11 nearest, within 25 km
| Algoma Central Engine HouseNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 12 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Superintendent's HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1896–1897 · 12 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Whitefish IslandNational Historic Site · 12 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Sault Ste. Marie CanalNational Historic Site · 1894–1896 · 12 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Office BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1895–1897 · 12 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| WorkshopRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1895–1897 · 12 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Power HouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1894–1895 · 12 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Precious Blood CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1875 · 14 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Ermatinger HouseNational Historic Site · 1812–1824 · 14 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| Canadian Bushplane Heritage CentreDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1987 · 14 km away, in Sault Ste. Marie |
| TowerRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1911–1912 · 20 km away, in Algoma, Unorganized, North Part |
Within 25 km of Prince, the decades after Confederation left the most
Places as far as 25 km from Prince, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
10 places within 25 km have a date. One predates Confederation. Ermatinger House, in Sault Ste. Marie, is the oldest (1812).
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Prince, against 4.1% elsewhere
The busiest building years in Prince were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 39% of today’s homes. Half of the homes standing in Prince today were built before 1981. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 27% of Prince’s, about the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Prince and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince | 1,113 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sault Ste. Marie | 81,182 | 11 | 6 | 1812 |
Prince in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 17% of the total, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- 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.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
Questions about Prince’s history
How many historic places does Prince have on the registers?
Prince has none of its own; Algoma Central Engine House, in Sault Ste. Marie, the closest at 12 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Prince?
The 2021 Census dates 17% 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).