23 heritage places lie within 25 km of Kingston
From Kingston, look 12 km away, to West River, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Wikidata knows one more provincial or municipal listing here that gets no page, lacking an open statement or an encyclopedia article.
The closest heritage to Kingston is Strathgartney Homestead, 8.5 km off
The earliest date is Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst’s, 1748, 15 km away. Count to 25 km and there are 23. Among them are 16 National Historic Sites, 3 heritage lighthouses and 3 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Strathgartney HomesteadNational Historic Site · 1861–1869 · 8.5 km away, in West River |
| Brighton Beach Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1889–1890 · 13 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Victoria ParkHeritage resource · 1873 · 13 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1833–1835 · 13 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Ravenwood House #5Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1820–1829 · 13 km away, in Charlottetown |
| All Souls ChapelNational Historic Site · 1888–1889 · 13 km away, in Charlottetown |
| ArdgowanNational Historic Site · 1850–1851 · 14 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Charlottetown City HallNational Historic Site · 1888–1889 · 14 km away, in Charlottetown |
| FairholmNational Historic Site · 1839–1840 · 14 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Apothecaries HallNational Historic Site · 1900–1901 · 14 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Province HouseNational Historic Site · 1839–1848 · 14 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Dundas TerraceNational Historic Site · 1889–1890 · 14 km away, in Charlottetown |
Within 25 km of Kingston, the record goes back to 1748
Places as far as 25 km from Kingston, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
The bars count 22 dated places within 25 km. 10 are older than 1867. The oldest is Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst in West River, from 1748.
A growing town: 7.6% of Kingston’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Kingston’s homes are older than 2001. 32% of Kingston’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Homes from before 1961 make up 23% of Kingston’s housing; the typical town has 18%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Kingston and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | 1,308 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Miltonvale Park | 1,279 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cornwall | 7,920 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West River | 4,155 | 3 | 2 | 1748 |
| Charlottetown | 48,118 | 14 | 11 | 1820 |
| Crapaud, Part 1 | 1,781 | 0 | 0 | — |
| New Glasgow | 5,502 | 3 | 2 | 1860 |
Kingston in brief
Kingston has 23% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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. 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. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
Questions about Kingston’s history
How many historic places does Kingston have on the registers?
Inside Kingston, none so far. At 8.5 km, Strathgartney Homestead in West River is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Kingston?
The 2021 Census dates 23% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Kingston be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; one further listing in Kingston shows up only as a Wikidata number.
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).