Photo: Kenn Chaplin from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0The heritage near Tay Valley: 11 places in a 50 km radius
Heritage of the first rank begins 10 km from Tay Valley, in Perth. Wikidata gives January 1, 1998 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged.
Within 50 km of Tay Valley, 10 top designations
At 10 km, Matheson House in Perth is the closest. The mix: 10 National Historic Sites and a heritage railway station. All told, 11 places are within 50 km.
The 11 nearest, within 50 km
| Matheson HouseNational Historic Site · 1840–1841 · 10 km away, in Perth |
| Perth Town HallNational Historic Site · 1863–1865 · 10 km away, in Perth |
| McMartin HouseNational Historic Site · 1830–1831 · 11 km away, in Perth |
| Smiths Falls Bascule BridgeNational Historic Site · 1912–1914 · 27 km away, in Smiths Falls |
| Smiths Falls Railway Station (Canadian Northern)National Historic Site · 1912–1915 · 27 km away, in Smiths Falls |
| Old Stone MillNational Historic Site · 1810–1811 · 34 km away, in Rideau Lakes |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Carleton Place, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1921–1923 · 36 km away, in Carleton Place |
| Lansdowne Iron WorksNational Historic Site · 1801–1813 · 40 km away, in Leeds and the Thousand Islands |
| Merrickville BlockhouseNational Historic Site · 1832–1834 · 42 km away, in Merrickville |
| Former Almonte Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1889–1892 · 43 km away, in Almonte |
| Rosamond Woollen MillNational Historic Site · 1866–1901 · 43 km away, in Almonte |
Within 50 km of Tay Valley, the years before Confederation left the most
The area here stretches to 50 km around Tay Valley: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
First by date comes Lansdowne Iron Works in Leeds and the Thousand Islands, from 1801. Within 50 km, 11 records give a date. 7 are older than 1867.
Old houses stand out in Tay Valley: 25% predate 1961, where most towns have 18%
From 2016 on, Tay Valley built only 2.7% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%. The busiest building years in Tay Valley were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 33% of today’s homes. Half of the homes standing in Tay Valley today were built before 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Tay Valley compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,100 to 6,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Saint-Césaire, Electoral Area A, Cariboo, Fatima and Glenora. The typical town its size has 0. 12 of them have nothing on the registers.
Tay Valley and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tay Valley | 6,171 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Perth | 6,972 | 3 | 3 | 1830 |
| Drummond/North Elmsley | 8,817 | 0 | 0 | — |
Tay Valley in brief
Tay Valley has 25% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Tay Valley’s history
How many historic places does Tay Valley have on the registers?
None in Tay Valley itself. The closest is Matheson House in Perth, 10 km away, a place of the highest rank.
When did Tay Valley become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Tay Valley dates from January 1, 1998; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Tay Valley?
The 2021 Census dates 25% 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).