Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Older housing stands out in Davidson: 36% predates 1961
The typical town has 18%: Davidson has 2.1 times the share. Outlook station, 78 km from Davidson, heads a list of 2 historic places within 100 km. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is 1903; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
Outlook station, 78 km from Davidson, is the closest
The registers hold 2 within 100 km. Between them, 2 towns share them, mainly Outlook and Longlaketon No. 219.
The 2 nearest, within 100 km
| Outlook stationMunicipal heritage property · 1909 · 78 km away, in Outlook |
| Last Mountain House Provincial ParkHistoric provincial park · 1986 · 95 km away, in Longlaketon No. 219 |
Only 2.1% of Davidson’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Half of the homes standing in Davidson today were built before 1981. In Davidson, 29% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%). 19% of Davidson’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, close to the typical town’s 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Davidson in brief
Before 1961: 36% of Davidson’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: Robert Benson (1894) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
Questions about Davidson’s history
How many historic places does Davidson have on the registers?
None inside Davidson yet. The nearest is Outlook station, 78 km away in Outlook.
When did Davidson become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Davidson to 1903. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Davidson?
Before 1961: 36% of its homes; 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).