FedRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1883–1884TowerPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Tower · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of Wellington · Canada’s heritage registers
Wellington’s past, on the record: 1 historic place
Tower, from 1883, is Wellington’s recognized federal heritage building. Local registers add 3 more places, counted here but not paged: Wikidata holds their numbers and little else.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1883
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
26%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Wellington’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Other federal designations
One more federal designation in Wellington
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
One place of the highest rank within 25 km of Wellington
They are 3 provincial or municipal listings and a National Historic Site. Closest of all is Indian Head Lighthouse, in Kinkora, 18 km off. The oldest, Seacow Head Light, dates from 1864, 22 km away.
The 4 nearest, within 25 km
| Indian Head LighthouseDesignated heritage place · 1881 · 18 km away, in Kinkora |
| Former Summerside Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1883–1888 · 19 km away, in Summerside |
| Summerside stationRegistered historic place · 19 km away, in Summerside |
| Seacow Head LightDesignated heritage place · 1864 · 22 km away, in Kinkora |
Homes by age
A growing town: 7.1% of Wellington’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
26% of Wellington’s homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. More of Wellington’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000 than in any other period: 30%. Few of Wellington’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 20%, the norm 27%.
26%
Before 1961
20%
1961–80
30%
1981–2000
17%
2001–15
7.1%
2016–21
WellingtonTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Wellington and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | 1,972 | 1 | 0 | 1883 |
| Miscouche | 1,113 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Central Prince | 1,287 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Summerside | 19,006 | 3 | 1 | 1881 |
In brief
Wellington in brief
Of the homes standing in Wellington, 26% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 1 historic place. Beyond that, Joseph F. H. Arsenault (1866) is its person of the past on the record; and its designation dates from 1991.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- 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.
Questions about Wellington’s history
How many historic places does Wellington have on the registers?
The registers list 1 historic place inside Wellington.
What is the oldest building in Wellington?
By its record, Tower, from 1883 (Recognized Federal Heritage Building).
How old are the homes in Wellington?
Before 1961: 26% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Wellington be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 3 more listings in Wellington 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).