In a 25 km circle around Glastonbury: 27 places on the registers
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 0.3%. The nearest town with a top designation is Glenora, 8.1 km away.
Glastonbury’s area holds 2 top-tier places within 25 km
By designation: 23 provincial or municipal listings, 2 National Historic Sites and a heritage railway station. At 9.1 km, Government House in Glenora is the closest. Between them, 12 towns share them, mainly Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 9.1 km away, in Glenora |
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 9.8 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 10 km away, in Garneau |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 11 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 11 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 11 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 12 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 12 km away, in Downtown |
The 25 km around Glastonbury keep buildings from as early as 1907
The nearest historic places to Glastonbury, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Within 25 km, 15 records give a date. The earliest is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie, begun in 1907.
Only 1.1% of Glastonbury’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 70% of Glastonbury’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 0.9% of Glastonbury’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. In Glastonbury, 27% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Glastonbury and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glastonbury | 9,745 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Granville | 2,994 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lymburn | 7,231 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ormsby Place | 4,412 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Aldergrove | 5,311 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Suder Greens | 2,928 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Jamieson Place | 3,813 | 0 | 0 | — |
Glastonbury in brief
The census dates only 0.3% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- 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.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
Questions about Glastonbury’s history
How many historic places does Glastonbury have on the registers?
None in Glastonbury itself. The closest is Government House in Glenora, 9.1 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Glastonbury?
Before 1961: 0.3% 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).