Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Before 1961: 36% of the homes in Fontainebleau
For Fontainebleau, that is 2.1 times the typical town’s share, 18%. The nearest heritage to Fontainebleau is Willistead Manor, 4.4 km off, one of 8 places within 10 km. For the highest designations, the closest town is City Centre, 6.6 km off.
From 1798 on: the dated places within 10 km of Fontainebleau
The historic places within 10 km of Fontainebleau, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
The oldest is Duff Baby House in Sandwich, from 1798. 8 dated places within 10 km make up the record. 5 go back before 1867.
Within 10 km of Fontainebleau, 2 top designations
They are 6 provincial or municipal listings and 2 National Historic Sites. Closest of all is Willistead Manor, in Walkerville, 4.4 km off. Count to 10 km and there are 8.
The 8 nearest, within 10 km
| Willistead ManorDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1906 · 4.4 km away, in Walkerville |
| Mt. Zion Church of God in ChristDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1939 · 5.9 km away, in City Centre |
| François Bâby HouseNational Historic Site · 1811–1812 · 6.9 km away, in City Centre |
| Church of Our Lady of the AssumptionOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1846 · 8.9 km away, in River West |
| Dominion HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1880 · 9.3 km away, in Sandwich |
| Essex County Court HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1855 · 9.4 km away, in Sandwich |
| Duff Baby HouseOntario Heritage Trust property · 1798 · 9.4 km away, in Sandwich |
| Sandwich First Baptist ChurchNational Historic Site · 1851–1852 · 9.7 km away, in Sandwich |
New homes are rare in Fontainebleau: 1.1% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
More than half of Fontainebleau’s housing predates 1981. Only 4% of Fontainebleau’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 34% of Fontainebleau’s, against 27% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Fontainebleau compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 11,500 to 11,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Selkirk, Bowness and Ramara have more. The typical town its size has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Fontainebleau and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontainebleau | 11,567 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Windsor | 20,876 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forest Glade | 21,328 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Walkerville | 6,129 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riverside | 21,828 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Remington Park | 5,783 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Devonshire | 9,852 | 0 | 0 | — |
Fontainebleau in brief
Counted by age, 36% of Fontainebleau’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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.
Questions about Fontainebleau’s history
How many historic places does Fontainebleau have on the registers?
None within Fontainebleau itself; the nearest is 4.4 km off: Willistead Manor, in Walkerville.
How old are the homes in Fontainebleau?
36% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).