Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Ormstown keeps its older homes: 40% from before 1961
For Ormstown, that is 2.3 times the typical town’s share, 18%. The nearest heritage to Ormstown is Battle of the Châteauguay, 7.8 km off, one of 20 places within 25 km. The nearest town with a top designation is Huntingdon, 14 km away. 3 people on record were born in Ormstown before 1914, Andrew Williams the earliest.
Most of what stands within 25 km of Ormstown dates from the years before Confederation
Out to 25 km from Ormstown, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
The chart rests on 17 dated places within 25 km. 11 are older than 1867. Oldest of all: Battle of the Cedars, Les Cèdres, 1776.
Top-ranked heritage near Ormstown: 17 places within 25 km
The radius of 25 km holds 20. Between them, 10 towns share them, mainly Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Huntingdon and Les Cèdres. Oldest of them is Battle of the Cedars (1776), 22 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Battle of the ChâteauguayNational Historic Site · 1813 · 7.8 km away, in Très-Saint-Sacrement |
| Édifice O'ConnorMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1915 · 14 km away, in Huntingdon |
| Hôtel de ville de HuntingdonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859–1860 · 14 km away, in Huntingdon |
| Bureau d'enregistrement de HuntingdonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1922 · 14 km away, in Huntingdon |
| Pont TurcotClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1889 · 15 km away, in Très-Saint-Sacrement |
| Powerscourt Covered BridgeNational Historic Site · 1861–1862 · 17 km away, in Hinchinbrooke |
| Pont Jean-De La LandeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1894–1895 · 19 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
| Site patrimonial de l'Entrée-Supérieure-de-l'Ancien-Canal-de-BeauharnoisClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1842–1845 · 19 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
| Arrondissement institutionnel de la paroisse de Sainte-CécileCited heritage site (Québec) · 19 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
| Havelock Township HallNational Historic Site · 1868–1869 · 20 km away, in Saint-Chrysostome |
| Bâtiment Joseph-Olivier-ArchambaultMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1851 · 21 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
| Rivière-Saint-Pierre AqueductClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1843–1844 · 21 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
9.6% of Ormstown’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Half of the homes standing in Ormstown today were built before 1981. Ormstown built little from 2001 to 2015: 7.6% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Only 14% of Ormstown’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born in Ormstown before the First World War: 3 lives
The most recent birth is David William Strachan’s, in 1877. Andrew Williams is the most written about, in 7 languages. In 1828 came the earliest, Andrew Williams. At 91, William H. R. McMartin outlived the rest, dying in 1945.
Everyone born in Ormstown → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Ormstown and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ormstown | 4,259 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Franklin | 1,754 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague | 2,536 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka | 2,162 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Huntingdon | 3,001 | 3 | 2 | 1859 |
| Hinchinbrooke | 2,350 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement | 1,223 | 2 | 2 | 1813 |
Ormstown in brief
Of the homes standing in Ormstown, 40% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Andrew Williams (1828), David William Strachan (1877) and William H. R. McMartin (1854) are the town’s people of the past on the record. For the rest, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Protection. Québec’s classements and citations carry legal protection: work on a classified building needs the minister’s authorization, on a cited one the municipality’s. Federal designations commemorate.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
Questions about Ormstown’s history
How many historic places does Ormstown have on the registers?
None in Ormstown itself. The closest is Battle of the Châteauguay in Très-Saint-Sacrement, 7.8 km away, a place of the highest rank.
When did Ormstown become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Ormstown to January 26, 2000. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Ormstown?
The 2021 Census dates 40% 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).