Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Within 25 km of Tecumseh, 8 places are on the heritage registers
For the highest designations, the closest town to Tecumseh is City Centre, 13 km off. Wikidata dates the municipality to 1792, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
The highest designation, 2 times, within 25 km of Tecumseh
The first one out is Willistead Manor, 11 km away in Walkerville. Oldest of them is Duff Baby House (1798), 16 km off. Their towns number 4: Sandwich, City Centre and Walkerville first.
The 8 nearest, within 25 km
| Willistead ManorDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1906 · 11 km away, in Walkerville |
| Mt. Zion Church of God in ChristDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1939 · 12 km away, in City Centre |
| François Bâby HouseNational Historic Site · 1811–1812 · 13 km away, in City Centre |
| Church of Our Lady of the AssumptionOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1846 · 16 km away, in River West |
| Dominion HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1880 · 16 km away, in Sandwich |
| Essex County Court HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1855 · 16 km away, in Sandwich |
| Duff Baby HouseOntario Heritage Trust property · 1798 · 16 km away, in Sandwich |
| Sandwich First Baptist ChurchNational Historic Site · 1851–1852 · 17 km away, in Sandwich |
Around Tecumseh, within 25 km, most dated places come from the years before Confederation
The area here stretches to 25 km around Tecumseh: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
8 places within 25 km have a date. 5 predate Confederation. Duff Baby House, in Sandwich, is the oldest (1798).
Tecumseh’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 48% of its homes
More than half of Tecumseh’s housing predates 2001. Few of Tecumseh’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 8.6%, the norm 15%. Homes from before 1961 are 17% of Tecumseh’s housing, about the typical 18%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Tecumseh and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tecumseh | 25,554 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Riverside | 15,758 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forest Glade | 21,328 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riverside | 21,828 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fontainebleau | 11,567 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Windsor | 20,876 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Devonshire | 9,852 | 0 | 0 | — |
Tecumseh in brief
Its housing is young: only 17% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no historic place; and one person of its past, Louis-Pierre Cécile (1905).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- 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. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
Questions about Tecumseh’s history
How many historic places does Tecumseh have on the registers?
Not inside Tecumseh. The closest is Willistead Manor in Walkerville, 11 km away.
When did Tecumseh become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Tecumseh to 1792. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Tecumseh?
17% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
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).