How it began
Clarendon on record since 1846
A reorganization in 1846 folded in Clarendon. As a municipality, Clarendon carries the date July 1, 1855 on Wikidata: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
Photo: Veillg1 · CC00historic places on the registers
History of Clarendon · Canada’s heritage registers
An older town: 50% of Clarendon’s homes predate 1961
For Clarendon, that is 2.9 times the typical town’s share, 18%. Gillies Grove and House, 26 km from Clarendon, heads a list of 9 historic places within 50 km. Heritage of the first rank begins 28 km away, in Mansfield-et-Pontefract.
Historic places within 50 km
9
4 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
26 km
Gillies Grove and House
Homes built before 1961
50%
typical town: 18%
Born here before 1914
1
the earliest in 1884
The age of the area
Near Clarendon (50 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the years before Confederation
The area here stretches to 50 km around Clarendon: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
British North America 1760–18664
After Confederation 1867–19133
Wars and Depression 1914–19452
Since 1946 1946 on0
Within 50 km, 9 records give a date. 4 predate Confederation. First by date comes Grist Mill in La Pêche, from 1838.
Around the town
Within 50 km of Clarendon, 4 top designations
They belong to 5 towns, chiefly La Pêche, Mansfield-et-Pontefract and Pontiac. At 26 km, Gillies Grove and House in McNab/Braeside is the closest. All told, 9 places are within 50 km.
The 9 nearest, within 50 km
| Gillies Grove and HouseNational Historic Site · 1937–1938 · 26 km away, in McNab/Braeside |
| D.A. Gillies BuildingNational Historic Site · 1896–1899 · 28 km away, in Arnprior |
| Félix-Gabriel-Marchand BridgeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1898 · 29 km away, in Mansfield-et-Pontefract |
| George Bryson HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1854 · 29 km away, in Mansfield-et-Pontefract |
| Maclaren HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1861–1872 · 47 km away, in La Pêche |
| Grist MillRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1838–1839 · 47 km away, in La Pêche |
| Herridge ChaletRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1880–1881 · 47 km away, in Pontiac |
| Fairbairn HouseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1860 · 48 km away, in La Pêche |
| Prime Minister's CottageRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1925–1926 · 48 km away, in Pontiac |
Homes by age
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Clarendon, against 4.1% elsewhere
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 11% of Clarendon’s, against 23% in the typical town. Count back from today and half of Clarendon’s homes are older than 1961. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Clarendon 25% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
50%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
11%
1981–2000
13%
2001–15
0%
2016–21
ClarendonTypical 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
Clarendon and its neighbours
In brief
Clarendon in brief
The 2021 Census dates 50% of Clarendon’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, one person of its past, Ralph Horner (1884).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
- 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.
- Québec’s register. In Québec the ministry of culture publishes its register openly: provincial classements, declared sites and the municipalities’ citations all appear, with their descriptions.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Clarendon’s history
How many historic places does Clarendon have on the registers?
None inside Clarendon yet. The nearest, Gillies Grove and House, carries the highest designation, 26 km away in McNab/Braeside.
How old are the homes in Clarendon?
The 2021 Census dates 50% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).