Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Before 1961: 32% of the homes in Winchester
The typical town has 18%: Winchester has 1.8 times the share. 128 places on the heritage registers lie within 50 km of Winchester, the nearest Battle of Crysler's Farm, 28 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Morrisburg, 20 km from here. The earliest of 5 people born in Winchester before 1914 is Jacob Erratt.
From 1813 on: the dated places within 50 km of Winchester
Out to 50 km from Winchester, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
The oldest is Battle of Crysler's Farm in Morrisburg, from 1813. 120 places within 50 km have a date. Before Confederation: 37.
Battle of Crysler's Farm, 28 km from Winchester, is the closest
Their towns number 24: Centretown, Centre-Ville and Les Golfs first. 128 places lie within 50 km. They are 35 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 29 National Historic Sites and 28 municipal citations.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Battle of Crysler's FarmNational Historic Site · 1813 · 28 km away, in Morrisburg |
| Oxford-on-Rideau Township HallNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 29 km away, in Kemptville |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Casselman, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1938–1940 · 32 km away, in Casselman |
| Powell HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1880–1881 · 37 km away, in Greenbelt (east) |
| CBC BuildingClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1961–1965 · 41 km away, in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay |
| Sir Charles Tupper BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1961 · 41 km away, in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay |
| Sir Leonard Tilley BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1962 · 41 km away, in Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay |
| Billings HouseNational Historic Site · 1828–1830 · 42 km away, in Billings Bridge - Heron Park |
| Windmill TowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1832–1833 · 42 km away, in Cardinal |
| Battle of the WindmillNational Historic Site · 1838 · 42 km away, in Cardinal |
| Merrickville BlockhouseNational Historic Site · 1832–1834 · 43 km away, in Merrickville |
| Aberdeen PavilionNational Historic Site · 1898–1899 · 43 km away, in Glebe-Dows Lake |
32% of Winchester’s homes were built before 1961
More than half of Winchester’s housing predates 1981. From 2016 to 2021 Winchester added 4.2% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. 25% of Winchester’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to 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.
Winchester’s 5 natives of the years before 1914
The most recent birth is George Beverly Shea’s, in 1909. It starts with Jacob Erratt, born in 1848. Of the 5, 4 were born in the decades after Confederation. Fame, by Wikipedia: George Beverly Shea first, in 14 languages.
Everyone born in Winchester → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
How Winchester compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 12,600 to 12,800 residents, by places on the registers.
7 have more. The typical town its size has 0. For 9, the registers list nothing.
Winchester and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester | 12,706 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Metcalfe | 5,434 | 0 | 0 | — |
Winchester in brief
The pre-1961 share of Winchester’s homes is 32%, against 18% in the typical town. Among the lives from its past: George Beverly Shea (1909), Jacob Erratt (1848) and William C. Albrant (1871). For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- 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 tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
Questions about Winchester’s history
How many historic places does Winchester have on the registers?
Nothing inside Winchester; Battle of Crysler's Farm in Morrisburg, 28 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Winchester?
32% 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).