LocalCited heritage site (Québec)Site du patrimoine de La PoudrièrePhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
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History of Windsor · Canada’s heritage registers
In Windsor, 45% of homes go back before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Windsor has 2.6 times as much. Federal, provincial and local lists together give 1 historic place here. Scaled to its population, 1.9 per 10,000 residents beats 85% of Canadian towns. Wikidata gives December 29, 1999 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged.
Historic places
1
1.9 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Homes built before 1961
45%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Windsor’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Parks Canada’s federal directory and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel supply these places: federal designations, the province’s classements and the municipalities’ citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
On a provincial or local list in Windsor: one place
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
The age of the area
The places within 25 km of Windsor lean to the decades after Confederation
The nearest historic places to Windsor, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
British North America 1760–18665
After Confederation 1867–19137
Wars and Depression 1914–19452
Since 1946 1946 on1
Within 25 km, 15 records give a date. 5 predate Confederation. The oldest is Moulin à laine d'Ulverton in L'Avenir, from 1849.
Around the town
14 km from Windsor: Bureau d'enregistrement de Richmond, the nearest on the registers
The radius of 25 km holds 16. They are spread over 5 towns, including Sherbrooke, Richmond and Danville. Oldest of them is Moulin à laine d'Ulverton (1849), 25 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Bureau d'enregistrement de RichmondClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859–1860 · 14 km away, in Richmond |
| Centre d'interprétation de l'ardoiseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1889 · 15 km away, in Richmond |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Richmond, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1912–1913 · 15 km away, in Richmond |
| Presbytère de Saint-Georges-de-WindsorMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1926 · 19 km away, in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor |
| Église Plymouth TrinityClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1855 · 20 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Site patrimonial de l'Ancienne-Prison-WinterClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1865–1867 · 20 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Sherbrooke City HallClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1904–1906 · 21 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Granada TheatreNational Historic Site · 1928–1930 · 21 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Federal BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1955 · 21 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Sherbrooke War MemorialClassified heritage building (Québec) · 21 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Sherbrooke, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1890–1891 · 21 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1909–1910 · 21 km away, in Sherbrooke |
Homes by age
Only 2.8% of Windsor’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Count back from today and half of Windsor’s homes are older than 1981. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 9.3% of Windsor’s, against 15% in the typical town. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Windsor 25% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
45%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
18%
1981–2000
9.3%
2001–15
2.8%
2016–21
WindsorTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Windsor has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,300 to 5,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Windsor1
Only Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce and Inverness County, Subdivision A have more. Their median is 0. 11 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Windsor and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 5,368 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Val-Joli | 1,787 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton | 2,650 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Claude | 1,167 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Melbourne | 1,128 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Denis-de-Brompton | 5,249 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Richmond | 3,419 | 3 | 1 | 1859 |
In brief
Windsor in brief
Before 1961: 45% of Windsor’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 1 historic place. Just 2 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. The rest is about typical: Albert Joseph Brown (1861) is its person of the past on the record; and its designation dates from 2003.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- 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 Windsor’s history
How old are the homes in Windsor?
Before 1961: 45% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
How many historic places does Windsor have on the registers?
Inside Windsor: 1 historic place.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada). Québec register data: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, CC BY 4.0.
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (MCC, Données Québec) · 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).