Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Within 10 km of Cornwall, 15 places are on the heritage registers
Its housing is mostly newer: 5.3% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Charlottetown, 5.4 km from here.
The registers find 15 places within 10 km of Cornwall
The nearest is Brighton Beach Front Range Lighthouse, 3.8 km away in Charlottetown. Its 11 places of national rank start with Government House, at 4.7 km. Among them are 11 National Historic Sites, 2 heritage lighthouses and a provincial or municipal listing.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Brighton Beach Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1889–1890 · 3.8 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Victoria ParkHeritage resource · 1873 · 4.4 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1833–1835 · 4.7 km away, in Charlottetown |
| All Souls ChapelNational Historic Site · 1888–1889 · 4.9 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Charlottetown City HallNational Historic Site · 1888–1889 · 5.1 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Apothecaries HallNational Historic Site · 1900–1901 · 5.3 km away, in Charlottetown |
| FairholmNational Historic Site · 1839–1840 · 5.3 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Dundas TerraceNational Historic Site · 1889–1890 · 5.3 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Ravenwood House #5Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1820–1829 · 5.4 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Province HouseNational Historic Site · 1839–1848 · 5.4 km away, in Charlottetown |
| St. Dunstan's Roman Catholic BasilicaNational Historic Site · 1896–1908 · 5.5 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Great George Street Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1864 · 5.5 km away, in Charlottetown |
Within 10 km of Cornwall, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
The area, not the town: places within 10 km of Cornwall, dated by the first construction year on their records.
15 places within 10 km carry a construction date. 7 predate Confederation. Oldest of all: Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst, West River, 1748.
New homes stand out in Cornwall: 21% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Cornwall’s largest group of homes, 26%, went up from 1961 to 1980. 22% of Cornwall’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Count back from today and half of Cornwall’s homes are older than 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Cornwall and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | 7,920 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Charlottetown | 48,118 | 14 | 11 | 1820 |
| Stratford | 13,152 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kingston | 1,308 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Miltonvale Park | 1,279 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West River | 4,155 | 3 | 2 | 1748 |
| Crossroads | 2,366 | 0 | 0 | — |
Cornwall in brief
Counted by age, only 5.3% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Cornwall’s history
How many historic places does Cornwall have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Cornwall; Brighton Beach Front Range Lighthouse, in Charlottetown, is 3.8 km away.
How old are the homes in Cornwall?
5.3% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Cornwall be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 3 further listings in Cornwall show up only as Wikidata numbers.
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).