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History of Seguin · Canada’s heritage registers
Seguin’s past, on the record: 1 historic place
Per resident Seguin has more than 84% of Canadian towns: 1.7 for every 10,000 people. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 5.2% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.
Historic places
1
1.7 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Homes built before 1961
20%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Seguin’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. One place, placed by its register’s municipality, has no point and isn’t on the map.
Other federal designations
One other place Canada recognizes in Seguin
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
The age of the area
From 1639 on: the dated places within 100 km of Seguin
Reaching 100 km out from Seguin: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
New France before 17605
British North America 1760–18664
After Confederation 1867–19136
Wars and Depression 1914–19453
Since 1946 1946 on0
The chart rests on 18 dated places within 100 km. 9 are older than 1867. Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Mission, in Tay, goes back furthest, to 1639.
Around the town
Near Seguin, within 100 km: 12 places of national rank
Count to 100 km and there are 20. They are 10 National Historic Sites, 3 heritage railway stations and 3 provincial or municipal listings. Between them, 15 towns share them, mainly Tay, Collingwood and Orillia.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Parry Sound, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 19 km away, in Parry Sound |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Huntsville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1924–1925 · 45 km away, in Huntsville |
| Woodchester VillaOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1882 · 51 km away, in Bracebridge |
| Beausoleil IslandNational Historic Site · 52 km away, in Georgian Bay |
| Bethune Memorial HouseNational Historic Site · 1880–1881 · 57 km away, in Gravenhurst |
| LighthouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1890 · 60 km away, in The Archipelago |
| St. James on-the-LinesOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1840 · 62 km away, in Penetanguishene |
| Fort Sainte Marie IINational Historic Site · 1649–1650 · 64 km away, in Tiny |
| Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons MissionNational Historic Site · 1639 · 67 km away, in Tay |
| Saint-Louis MissionNational Historic Site · 1640 · 68 km away, in Tay |
| Mission of St. Ignace IINational Historic Site · 1649 · 69 km away, in Tay |
| Lighthouse and DwellingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1880–1881 · 81 km away, in Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part |
Homes by age
Seguin’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 30% of its homes
More than half of Seguin’s housing predates 2001. Like the typical town (18%), Seguin has 20% of its homes from before 1961. 28% of Seguin’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, close to the typical town’s 23%.
20%
Before 1961
30%
1961–80
28%
1981–2000
17%
2001–15
5.2%
2016–21
SeguinTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Seguin has the 4th most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,700 to 5,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Seguin1
Only Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire, New Edinburgh and Buena Vista have more. The typical town its size has 0. 11 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Seguin and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seguin | 5,761 | 1 | 0 | — |
| McKellar | 1,534 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Parry Sound | 7,584 | 2 | 0 | 1890 |
In brief
Seguin in brief
Counted by age, 20% of Seguin’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 1 historic place. Only 3 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places. The other figures are unremarkable: its designation dates from 2008.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- 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.
- 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. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
Questions about Seguin’s history
How many historic places does Seguin have on the registers?
1 historic place in Seguin, from Canada’s heritage registers.
How old are the homes in Seguin?
The 2021 Census dates 20% 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).