Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Thurso’s share is 2.1 times the typical 18%. 30 places on the heritage registers lie within 25 km of Thurso, the nearest Presbytère du Coeur-Très-Pur-de-Marie, 10 km away. Manor Park, 36 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank. Of the 2 people born in Thurso before 1914, Gordon Cameron Edwards came first.
The past in one picture: one old photograph of the town. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.
c. 1870Public 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.
As a municipality, Thurso carries the date January 16, 1886 on Wikidata: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation. On paper, Thurso became a village in 1886.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Thurso, Quebec”, revision 1376966189 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
The nearest historic places to Thurso, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Within 25 km, building dates exist for 18 places. Before Confederation: 9. Maison Charlebois, in Wendover, goes back furthest, to 1840.
They stand in 6 towns, Papineauville, Wendover and Plaisance among them. All told, 30 places are within 25 km. The nearest is Presbytère du Coeur-Très-Pur-de-Marie, 10 km away in Plaisance.
| Presbytère du Coeur-Très-Pur-de-MarieMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1901 · 10 km away, in Plaisance |
| Church of the Purest Heart of Mary, PlaisanceMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1901 · 10 km away, in Plaisance |
| Cimetière de PlaisanceCited heritage site (Québec) · 10 km away, in Plaisance |
| Croix de chemin de la côte Saint-FrançoisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1940 · 11 km away, in Plaisance |
| Croix de chemin de la côte des CascadesMunicipal citation (Québec) · 12 km away, in Plaisance |
| Croix de chemin de la Côte-Saint-CharlesMunicipal citation (Québec) · 14 km away, in Papineauville |
| Masson railway stationHeritage Railway Station of Canada · 15 km away, in Bassin-de-la-Lièvre |
| Maison CosgroveMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850–1860 · 16 km away, in L'Ange-Gardien |
| Maison CorriganMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1860 · 16 km away, in L'Ange-Gardien |
| Croix de chemin à PlaisanceMunicipal citation (Québec) · 16 km away, in Plaisance |
| Ancien presbytère de Sainte-AngéliqueMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1882 · 17 km away, in Papineauville |
| Site patrimonial du parc Henri-BourassaCited heritage site (Québec) · 17 km away, in Papineauville |
Thurso built little from 1961 to 1980: 19% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 15% of Thurso’s, against 23% in the typical town. 19% of Thurso’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns of 3,400 to 3,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Just one has more: Wellington. The middle one has 0. For 15, the registers list nothing.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurso | 3,439 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lochaber-Partie-Ouest | 1,016 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rockland | 30,375 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Plaisance | 1,191 | 6 | 0 | 1901 |
| L'Ange-Gardien | 7,068 | 3 | 0 | 1850 |
| Vallée-de-la-Lièvre | 15,388 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cumberland | 6,139 | 0 | 0 | — |
Housing in Thurso includes 36% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its past has lives on the record such as Gordon Cameron Edwards (1866) and W. Stuart Edwards (1880).
Thurso has none of its own yet. Presbytère du Coeur-Très-Pur-de-Marie, in Plaisance, is the nearest, 10 km away.
The 2021 Census dates 36% 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).