Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0In Cleveland, 38% of homes go back before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Cleveland has 2.2 times as much. The nearest heritage to Cleveland is Canadian National Railway Station, Richmond, Quebec, 2.7 km off, one of 11 places within 25 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Richmond, 2.6 km from here. As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from July 1, 1855, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding.
The places within 25 km of Cleveland lean to the years before Confederation
Reaching 25 km out from Cleveland: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Église anglicane Saint-Paul, in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, is the oldest (1840). 10 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 5 go back before 1867.
3 places of national importance within 25 km of Cleveland
Richmond, Danville and Durham-Sud hold most of them, among 7 towns. The first one out is “Canadian National Railway Station, Richmond, Quebec”, 2.7 km away in Richmond. They are 7 municipal citations, 3 places classified by Québec and a heritage railway station.
The 11 nearest, within 25 km
| Canadian National Railway Station, Richmond, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1912–1913 · 2.7 km away, in Richmond |
| Bureau d'enregistrement de RichmondClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859–1860 · 3.2 km away, in Richmond |
| Centre d'interprétation de l'ardoiseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1889 · 3.3 km away, in Richmond |
| Moulin DenisonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1850–1855 · 7.7 km away, in Danville |
| Moulin à laine d'UlvertonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1849 · 12 km away, in L'Avenir |
| Maison HoustonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1885 · 14 km away, in Danville |
| Site du patrimoine de La PoudrièreCited heritage site (Québec) · 15 km away, in Windsor |
| Église anglicane Saint-PaulMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1840–1843 · 15 km away, in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey |
| Église Saint-James de Durham-SudMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1897 · 17 km away, in Durham-Sud |
| Presbytère de Saint-Georges-de-WindsorMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1926 · 22 km away, in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor |
| Église All Saints de Davidson HillMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1863 · 23 km away, in Durham-Sud |
38% of Cleveland’s homes were built before 1961
More than half of Cleveland’s housing predates 1981. From 2016 to 2021 Cleveland added 5.1% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 10% of Cleveland’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Cleveland and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 1,624 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Richmond | 3,419 | 3 | 1 | 1859 |
| Melbourne | 1,128 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey | 1,550 | 1 | 0 | 1840 |
| Windsor | 5,368 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Durham-Sud | 1,041 | 1 | 0 | 1897 |
| Danville | 3,944 | 2 | 1 | 1850 |
Cleveland in brief
Cleveland’s homes from before 1961 come to 38%, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: Thomas Cleeve (1844) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- 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 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. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Cleveland’s history
How many historic places does Cleveland have on the registers?
Cleveland has none of its own yet. Canadian National Railway Station, Richmond, Quebec, in Richmond, is the nearest, 2.7 km away.
When did Cleveland become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Cleveland is July 1, 1855, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Cleveland?
38% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
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).