Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0Beyond Stratford’s limits, 15 historic places within 5 km
Only 5.4% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Charlottetown, 5.8 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
15 historic places within 5 km of Stratford
The nearest is Great George Street Historic District, 3.1 km away in Charlottetown. Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst, 4.3 km off, is the oldest: 1748. They belong to 2 towns, chiefly Charlottetown and West River.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Great George Street Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1864 · 3.1 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Dundas TerraceNational Historic Site · 1889–1890 · 3.1 km away, in Charlottetown |
| St. Dunstan's Roman Catholic BasilicaNational Historic Site · 1896–1908 · 3.1 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Province HouseNational Historic Site · 1839–1848 · 3.2 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Apothecaries HallNational Historic Site · 1900–1901 · 3.3 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Charlottetown City HallNational Historic Site · 1888–1889 · 3.4 km away, in Charlottetown |
| FairholmNational Historic Site · 1839–1840 · 3.5 km away, in Charlottetown |
| All Souls ChapelNational Historic Site · 1888–1889 · 3.6 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1833–1835 · 3.7 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Victoria ParkHeritage resource · 1873 · 4 km away, in Charlottetown |
| Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort AmherstNational Historic Site · 1748–1759 · 4.3 km away, in West River |
| Blockhouse Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1876–1877 · 4.3 km away, in West River |
Near Stratford (5 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
Each historic place within 5 km of Stratford, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
Within 5 km, 15 records give a date. 7 are older than 1867. Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst, in West River, goes back furthest, to 1748.
Stratford is still building: 14% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
34% of Stratford’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Over half of the homes in Stratford were already standing by 2001. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Stratford 22% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Stratford compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 13,100 to 13,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) and Yonge-St.Clair have more. The middle one has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Stratford and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | 13,152 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Charlottetown | 48,118 | 14 | 11 | 1820 |
| Crossroads | 2,366 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cornwall | 7,920 | 0 | 0 | — |
| North Shore | 1,609 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Miltonvale Park | 1,279 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West River | 4,155 | 3 | 2 | 1748 |
Stratford in brief
Its housing is young: only 5.4% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
Questions about Stratford’s history
How many historic places does Stratford have on the registers?
None inside Stratford yet. The nearest, Great George Street Historic District, carries the highest designation, 3.1 km away in Charlottetown.
How old are the homes in Stratford?
The 2021 Census dates 5.4% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Stratford be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 14 more listings in Stratford are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).