Photo: JustSomePics · CC0Older housing stands out in Wingham: 51% predates 1961
For Wingham, that is 2.9 times the typical town’s share, 18%. Huron County Gaol, 35 km from Wingham, heads a list of 58 historic places within 100 km. The nearest town with a top designation is Huron-Kinloss, 28 km away. Records name 8 people born in Wingham before 1914; the first is George Agnew Reid.
Within 100 km of Wingham, the decades after Confederation left the most
Places as far as 100 km from Wingham, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Within 100 km, building dates exist for 53 places. Before Confederation: 18. Joseph Schneider Haus, in Victoria Park, is the oldest (1816).
Near Wingham, within 100 km: 23 places of national rank
Joseph Schneider Haus, 82 km off, is the oldest: 1816. The registers hold 58 within 100 km. By designation: 23 provincial or municipal listings, 21 National Historic Sites and 6 heritage railway stations.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Huron County GaolNational Historic Site · 1839–1842 · 35 km away, in Goderich |
| Goderich Branch, Huron County LibraryDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1904 · 35 km away, in Goderich |
| Goderich Train StationDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1900 · 36 km away, in Goderich |
| Point Clark LighthouseNational Historic Site · 1856–1860 · 41 km away, in Huron-Kinloss |
| Stratford City HallNational Historic Site · 1898–1900 · 63 km away, in Stratford |
| Gallery StratfordDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 63 km away, in Stratford |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Stratford, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1914 · 64 km away, in Stratford |
| McNab Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1877–1878 · 66 km away, in Port Elgin |
| TowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1855–1860 · 68 km away, in Port Elgin |
| Saugeen River Rear Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1903–1904 · 69 km away, in Port Elgin |
| Saugeen River Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1903–1904 · 69 km away, in Port Elgin |
| St. Marys Junction Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1858–1859 · 69 km away, in St. Marys |
Wingham added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 3.2%, where most towns have 4.1%
Wingham built little from 1981 to 2000: 12% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Few of Wingham’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 9.5%, the norm 15%. Over half of the homes in Wingham were already standing by 1961.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
A national historic person among Wingham’s people of the past
The longest life here was Harold Fishleigh’s, 95 years, ending in 1998. Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on 8 births here before 1914. In 1860 came the earliest, George Agnew Reid. At the other end is Harold Fishleigh, from 1903.
Everyone born in Wingham → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
How Wingham compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,400 to 5,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Inverness County, Subdivision A, Billings Bridge - Heron Park, Juan de Fuca (Part 1), Saint-Boniface and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. The typical town its size has 0. For 10, the registers list nothing.
Wingham and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wingham | 5,411 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Morris-Turnberry | 4,028 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Howick | 4,517 | 0 | 0 | — |
Wingham in brief
Wingham has 51% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Among the lives from its past: George Agnew Reid (1860), Robert Weir (1882) and Frank Oliver Fowler (1861). For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Wingham’s history
How many historic places does Wingham have on the registers?
Nothing inside Wingham; Huron County Gaol in Goderich, 35 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Wingham?
51% 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).