History of Gracefield · Canada’s heritage registers
From Wright-Gracefield-Northfield to Gracefield, in 2003
The registers count 236 places within 100 km of Gracefield; the closest, Château Logue, is 33 km away. For the highest designations, the closest town is Maniwaki, 33 km off.
Historic places within 100 km
236
71 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
33 km
Château Logue
Homes built before 1961
29%
typical town: 18%
How it began
The dates behind Gracefield, from 2002
In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Gracefield dates from March 13, 2002; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger. Gracefield was known as Wright-Gracefield-Northfield until 2003. In 2002 the municipality took over from Gracefield, Northfield and Wright.
The places within 100 km of Gracefield lean to the decades after Confederation
The area here stretches to 100 km around Gracefield: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
British North America 1760–186668
After Confederation 1867–191393
Wars and Depression 1914–194536
Since 1946 1946 on16
Within 100 km, 213 records give a date. Before Confederation: 68. The earliest is Saint James cemetery in Du Parc, begun in 1820.
Around the town
Near Gracefield, within 100 km: 71 places of national rank
Among them are 100 municipal citations, 53 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 31 National Historic Sites. Nearest comes Château Logue, 33 km off, in Maniwaki. The earliest date is Saint James cemetery’s, 1820, 78 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
Château LogueClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1887 · 33 km away, in Maniwaki
Only 1.8% of Gracefield’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Before 1961: 29% of Gracefield’s homes, against 18% in most towns. Gracefield’s largest group of homes, 30%, went up from 1981 to 2000. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 10% of Gracefield’s, against 15% in the typical town.
29%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
30%
1981–2000
10%
2001–15
1.8%
2016–21
GracefieldTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
How Gracefield compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,500 to 2,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Housing in Gracefield includes 29% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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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.
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The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
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Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
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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.
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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.
Questions about Gracefield’s history
How many historic places does Gracefield have on the registers?
Not within Gracefield. Its nearest is a top designation: Château Logue, 33 km away in Maniwaki.
How old are the homes in Gracefield?
The 2021 Census dates 29% 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.