Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWaswanipi’s housing: 100% built from 1961 on
Most towns have 18%, so Waswanipi has 0 times as much. The closest top-tier heritage is in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, 26 km from here.
Heritage near Waswanipi
The nearest towns with a place of the highest designation, within 50 km.
| Town | Distance | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eeyou Istchee Baie-James | 26 km | 1 | 1 | — |
A growing town: 15% of Waswanipi’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Only 12% of Waswanipi’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 35% of Waswanipi’s, against 15% in the typical town. More of Waswanipi’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000 than in any other period: 39%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Waswanipi in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 0% of the total, against 18% in the typical town.
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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).