Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0An older town: 37% of Wainfleet’s homes predate 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Wainfleet has 2.1 times as much. The registers count 46 places within 50 km of Wainfleet; the closest, Lighthouse, is 14 km away. For the highest designations, the closest town is Port Colborne, 14 km off. The earliest of 2 people born in Wainfleet before 1914 is David Thompson.
Around Wainfleet, within 50 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1761
Places as far as 50 km from Wainfleet, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
The earliest is Navy Island in Niagara Falls, begun in 1761. The bars count 45 dated places within 50 km. Before Confederation: 32.
The registers find 46 places within 50 km of Wainfleet
They stand in 10 towns, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls and Caledonia among them. The nearest is Lighthouse, 14 km away in Caledonia. Its 31 places of national rank start with Battle of Cook's Mills, at 20 km.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| LighthouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1846–1849 · 14 km away, in Caledonia |
| Welland Canal, Bridge 13Designated heritage property (part IV) · 1930 · 15 km away, in Welland |
| Battle of Cook's MillsNational Historic Site · 1814 · 20 km away, in Welland |
| Point Abino Light TowerNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 27 km away, in Fort Erie |
| Battle of Beaver DamsNational Historic Site · 1813 · 28 km away, in Thorold |
| VIA Rail Station, St. Catharines, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 28 km away, in St. Catharines |
| Ridgeway BattlefieldNational Historic Site · 1866 · 29 km away, in Fort Erie |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1905–1906 · 30 km away, in St. Catharines |
| Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal ChurchNational Historic Site · 1851–1856 · 30 km away, in St. Catharines |
| Battle of Lundy's LaneNational Historic Site · 1814 · 31 km away, in Niagara Falls |
| R. Nathaniel Dett British Methodist Episcopal ChurchNational Historic Site · 1836–1837 · 32 km away, in Niagara Falls |
| Toronto Power Generating StationNational Historic Site · 1903–1914 · 32 km away, in Niagara Falls |
37% of Wainfleet’s homes were built before 1961
Few of Wainfleet’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 18%, the norm 23%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 11% of Wainfleet’s, against 15% in the typical town. New building in Wainfleet runs at the usual pace: 4.4% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Wainfleet compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,300 to 7,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Portage la Prairie, Chandler and Saint-Jude have more. Their median is 0. 13 of them have none.
Wainfleet and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wainfleet | 7,329 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Port Colborne | 21,921 | 1 | 1 | 1924 |
| Welland | 66,480 | 2 | 1 | 1814 |
| Pelham | 19,980 | 0 | 0 | — |
Wainfleet in brief
Wainfleet has 37% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0. Everything else is close to the norm: David Thompson (1836) and Mary Elizabeth Kinnear (1898) are its people of the past on the record.
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.
- 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.
- 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. 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. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
Questions about Wainfleet’s history
How many historic places does Wainfleet have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Wainfleet; Lighthouse, in Caledonia, is 14 km away.
How old are the homes in Wainfleet?
Before 1961: 37% of its homes; 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).