Photo: P199 · Public domainHistory around St.-Charles: 6 designated places within 100 km
North Bay, 74 km from St.-Charles, has the nearest place of the highest rank. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1999: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
The heritage closest to St.-Charles: “Former Canadian Pacific Railway (VIA Rail) Station, Sudbury, Ontario”, at 47 km
They are spread over 5 towns, including North Bay, Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury and Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part. By age, Lighthouse and Dwelling leads, from 1880, at 71 km. Within 100 km there are 6 in all.
The 6 nearest, within 100 km
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway (VIA Rail) Station, Sudbury, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 47 km away, in Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury |
| Lighthouse and DwellingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1880–1881 · 71 km away, in Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 73 km away, in North Bay |
| Canadian National Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1916–1917 · 73 km away, in North Bay |
| LighthouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1890 · 89 km away, in The Archipelago |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Cartier, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 96 km away, in Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part |
Near St.-Charles, within 100 km: built places from 1880 on
Places as far as 100 km from St.-Charles, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
The oldest is Lighthouse and Dwelling in Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part, from 1880. 6 dated places within 100 km make up the record.
A town of older homes: 25% of St.-Charles’s were built before 1961 (18% is typical)
From 2016 on, St.-Charles built 4.8% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. The busiest building years in St.-Charles were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 32% of today’s homes. Few of St.-Charles’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 11%, the norm 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
St.-Charles and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St.-Charles | 1,654 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Markstay-Warren | 2,990 | 0 | 0 | — |
St.-Charles in brief
The 2021 Census dates 25% of St.-Charles’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 St.-Charles’s history
How many historic places does St.-Charles have on the registers?
None within St.-Charles itself; the nearest is 47 km off: Former Canadian Pacific Railway (VIA Rail) Station, Sudbury, Ontario, in Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury.
When did St.-Charles become a municipality?
By Wikidata, St.-Charles dates from 1999; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in St.-Charles?
25% 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).