Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0Older housing stands out in Shawville: 41% predates 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Shawville has 2.4 times as much. Within 50 km of Shawville there are 18 designated places; Gillies Grove and House, at 20 km, is the closest. Look 22 km away, to Arnprior, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Moses Chamberlain Edey heads a list of 5 people born in Shawville before 1914.
Near Shawville (50 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
Places as far as 50 km from Shawville, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
18 places within 50 km carry a construction date. 5 are older than 1867. Grist Mill, in La Pêche, is the oldest (1838).
The highest designation, 12 times, within 50 km of Shawville
The earliest date is Grist Mill’s, 1838, 43 km away. By designation: 5 National Historic Sites, 5 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 5 Classified Federal Heritage Buildings. At 20 km, Gillies Grove and House in McNab/Braeside is the closest.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Gillies Grove and HouseNational Historic Site · 1937–1938 · 20 km away, in McNab/Braeside |
| D.A. Gillies BuildingNational Historic Site · 1896–1899 · 22 km away, in Arnprior |
| Félix-Gabriel-Marchand BridgeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1898 · 35 km away, in Mansfield-et-Pontefract |
| George Bryson HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1854 · 35 km away, in Mansfield-et-Pontefract |
| Herridge ChaletRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1880–1881 · 43 km away, in Pontiac |
| Maclaren HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1861–1872 · 43 km away, in La Pêche |
| Grist MillRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1838–1839 · 43 km away, in La Pêche |
| Prime Minister's CottageRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1925–1926 · 44 km away, in Pontiac |
| Diefenbunker / Central Emergency Government HeadquartersNational Historic Site · 1959–1962 · 45 km away, in Carp |
| Fairbairn HouseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1860 · 45 km away, in La Pêche |
| Rosamond Woollen MillNational Historic Site · 1866–1901 · 47 km away, in Almonte |
| Former Almonte Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1889–1892 · 48 km away, in Almonte |
Little new building in Shawville: 2.7% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 13% of Shawville’s, against 23% in the typical town. Shawville built little from 2001 to 2015: 7.3% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. 35% of Shawville’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, more than the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Natives of Shawville from 1845 to 1913
3 of the 5 were born in the decades after Confederation. Best known is Robert Telford, with articles in 3 Wikipedia languages. Longest lived was Albert Horner, 96 years in all (2009). Counting only births before 1914, there are 5.
Everyone born in Shawville → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Shawville and its neighbours
Shawville in brief
Shawville has 41% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Its people of the past include Robert Telford (1860), Wilfred Conwell Bain (1908) and Albert Horner (1913).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Shawville’s history
How many historic places does Shawville have on the registers?
Shawville has none of its own; Gillies Grove and House, in McNab/Braeside, the closest at 20 km, holds the highest designation.
When did Shawville become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Shawville dates from January 1, 1874; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Shawville?
41% 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).