Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0An older town: 47% of Godmanchester’s homes predate 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Godmanchester has 2.7 times the share. Bureau d'enregistrement de Huntingdon, 2.7 km from Godmanchester, heads a list of 11 historic places within 25 km. For the highest designations, the closest town is Huntingdon, 2.6 km off. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has July 1, 1855, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
Within 25 km of Godmanchester, the years before Confederation left the most
The nearest historic places to Godmanchester, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Oldest of all: Coteau-du-Lac, Coteau-du-Lac, 1779. 10 places within 25 km have a date. 5 are older than 1867.
Godmanchester’s area holds 9 top-tier places within 25 km
They are 5 places classified by Québec, 4 National Historic Sites and 2 municipal citations. Huntingdon, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Saint-Anicet hold most of them, among 7 towns. The record reaches back to 1779 with Coteau-du-Lac, 21 km away.
The 11 nearest, within 25 km
| Bureau d'enregistrement de HuntingdonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1922 · 2.7 km away, in Huntingdon |
| Hôtel de ville de HuntingdonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859–1860 · 2.7 km away, in Huntingdon |
| Édifice O'ConnorMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1915 · 2.8 km away, in Huntingdon |
| Droulers-TsiionhiakwathaNational Historic Site · 9.1 km away, in Saint-Anicet |
| Powerscourt Covered BridgeNational Historic Site · 1861–1862 · 11 km away, in Hinchinbrooke |
| Arrondissement institutionnel de la paroisse de Sainte-CécileCited heritage site (Québec) · 18 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
| Site patrimonial de l'Entrée-Supérieure-de-l'Ancien-Canal-de-BeauharnoisClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1842–1845 · 18 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
| Pont Jean-De La LandeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1894–1895 · 18 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
| Coteau-du-LacNational Historic Site · 1779–1782 · 21 km away, in Coteau-du-Lac |
| Battle of the ChâteauguayNational Historic Site · 1813 · 22 km away, in Très-Saint-Sacrement |
| Le Petit PouvoirClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1899 · 24 km away, in Les Cèdres |
Just outside Godmanchester: 1
| Customs Immigration BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 700 m outside the town |
Godmanchester added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%
38% of Godmanchester’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, more than the typical town’s 27%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 5.2% of Godmanchester’s, against 15% in the typical town. Godmanchester built little from 1981 to 2000: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Godmanchester and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godmanchester | 1,590 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Huntingdon | 3,001 | 3 | 2 | 1859 |
| Sainte-Barbe | 1,993 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka | 2,162 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hinchinbrooke | 2,350 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Anicet | 2,854 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ormstown | 4,259 | 0 | 0 | — |
Godmanchester in brief
Godmanchester has 47% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: its past has one life on the record, Dennis James O'Connor (1880).
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.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- 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.
Questions about Godmanchester’s history
How many historic places does Godmanchester have on the registers?
Inside Godmanchester, none so far. At 2.7 km, Bureau d'enregistrement de Huntingdon in Huntingdon is the nearest, with the top designation.
When did Godmanchester become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Godmanchester dates from July 1, 1855; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Godmanchester?
47% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).