How it began
Stratford through its dates, from 1856
Wikidata gives the municipality of Stratford the date May 1, 1856, which can mark a founding, an incorporation or a merger. The municipality succeeded Garthby-et-Startford in 1873.
Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.00historic places on the registers
History of Stratford · Canada’s heritage registers
5 registered heritage sites stand within 25 km of Stratford
From Stratford, look 44 km away, to Westbury, for the nearest place of the highest designation. The typical town has 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 30%.
Historic places within 25 km
5
1 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
16 km
Maison Laplante
Homes built before 1961
30%
typical town: 18%
Around the town
The heritage closest to Stratford: Maison Laplante, at 16 km
Between them, 3 towns share them, mainly Weedon, Lambton and Nantes. Its one place of national rank is Pont McVetty-McKenzie, at 22 km. The registers hold 5 within 25 km.
The 5 nearest, within 25 km
| Maison LaplanteMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1880 · 16 km away, in Weedon |
| Site de l'église de Saint-VitalCited heritage site (Québec) · 1905–1907 · 19 km away, in Lambton |
| Pont McVetty-McKenzieClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1893 · 22 km away, in Weedon |
| Site du patrimoine du Pont-Couvert-McVetty-McKerryCited heritage site (Québec) · 1893 · 22 km away, in Weedon |
| Cimetière GislaCited heritage site (Québec) · 24 km away, in Nantes |
Homes by age
9.4% of Stratford’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 17% of Stratford’s, against 23% in the typical town. More than half of Stratford’s housing predates 1981. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Stratford 29% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
30%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
17%
1981–2000
14%
2001–15
9.4%
2016–21
StratfordTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Stratford and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | 1,062 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Disraeli | 2,390 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Disraeli | 1,169 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Weedon | 2,845 | 1 | 0 | 1880 |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lambton | 1,714 | 1 | 0 | 1905 |
In brief
Stratford in brief
Housing in Stratford includes 30% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Québec’s register. Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- 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 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.
Questions about Stratford’s history
How many historic places does Stratford have on the registers?
Inside Stratford, none so far; Maison Laplante, 16 km away in Weedon, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Stratford?
30% 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).