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Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge · Photo: Colocho · CC BY-SA 3.0George Bryson House, begun in 1854, is the oldest in Mansfield-et-Pontefract by its record. The newest homes, 2016 to 2021, are 7.4% of the total, the typical town 4.1%.
Among them: Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge and George Bryson House. Photos show both of the places Mansfield-et-Pontefract’s registers name.
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A single old picture: the oldest view of one of its historic places. It opens full screen with a tap.
1886Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Until 2003, Mansfield-et-Pontefract was called Mansfield et/and Pontefract. In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract dates from July 1, 1855; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
In Québec the record is fuller than elsewhere: beside Parks Canada’s designations, the province’s register lists its classements and every municipal citation.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Their designations span 1980 to 1988. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. The oldest, George Bryson House, dates from 1854; the newest from 1898. Each one opens its own page.
Oldest of them is Saint James cemetery (1820), 91 km off. The first one out is Fort William, 43 km away in Petawawa. Among them are 70 municipal citations, 51 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 30 National Historic Sites.
| Fort WilliamClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1828 · 43 km away, in Petawawa |
| Gillies Grove and HouseNational Historic Site · 1937–1938 · 54 km away, in McNab/Braeside |
| D.A. Gillies BuildingNational Historic Site · 1896–1899 · 55 km away, in Arnprior |
| Maclaren HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1861–1872 · 66 km away, in La Pêche |
| Grist MillRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1838–1839 · 66 km away, in La Pêche |
| Fairbairn HouseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1860 · 67 km away, in La Pêche |
| Herridge ChaletRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1880–1881 · 69 km away, in Pontiac |
| Prime Minister's CottageRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1925–1926 · 71 km away, in Pontiac |
| Main HouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 76 km away, in Chelsea |
| Garage and Caretaker's QuartersClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 76 km away, in Chelsea |
| ChapelClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 76 km away, in Chelsea |
| Stable and Carriage HouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 76 km away, in Chelsea |
Count back from today and half of Mansfield-et-Pontefract’s homes are older than 2001. Homes from before 1961 are 16% of Mansfield-et-Pontefract’s housing, about the typical 18%. In Mansfield-et-Pontefract, 28% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield-et-Pontefract | 2,332 | 2 | 2 | 1854 |
| Fort-Coulonge | 1,293 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Whitewater Region | 7,899 | 0 | 0 | — |
All told, Mansfield-et-Pontefract has 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation; George Bryson House heads the list. Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 16%, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1980 and 1988.
These: George Bryson House and Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge.
George Bryson House (Classified heritage building (Québec)): the first construction date on its record is 1854.
16% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada). Québec register data: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, CC BY 4.0.
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (MCC, Données Québec) · 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).
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