Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0In Terrace Bay, 43% of homes go back before 1961
Terrace Bay has 2.4 times what the typical town has (18%). Within 100 km of Terrace Bay there are 3 designated places; Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Schreiber, Ontario, at 12 km, is the closest.
The highest designation, once, within 100 km of Terrace Bay
The record reaches back to 1780 with Pic River Site, 62 km away. Count to 100 km and there are 3. Their towns number 2: Thunder Bay, Unorganized and Schreiber first.
The 3 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Schreiber, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1924–1925 · 12 km away, in Schreiber |
| Pic River SiteNational Historic Site · 1780 · 62 km away, in Thunder Bay, Unorganized |
| Lamb Island LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1961 · 79 km away, in Thunder Bay, Unorganized |
Terrace Bay added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%
More than half of Terrace Bay’s housing predates 1981. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 0% of Terrace Bay’s, against 15% in the typical town. 38% of Terrace Bay’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, more than the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Terrace Bay and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrace Bay | 1,553 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Schreiber | 1,068 | 1 | 0 | 1924 |
Terrace Bay in brief
Of the homes standing in Terrace Bay, 43% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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. 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Terrace Bay’s history
How many historic places does Terrace Bay have on the registers?
None within Terrace Bay itself; the nearest is 12 km off: Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Schreiber, Ontario, in Schreiber.
How old are the homes in Terrace Bay?
43% 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).