National Historic Site · 1917–1918Royal Flying Corps HangarsHangar Road
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Angus · Canada’s heritage registers
One place in Angus, at the top of the registers
Angus’s one place is Royal Flying Corps Hangars, a national historic site begun in 1917. Angus has 0.4 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 73% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
1
0.4 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1917
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
17%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Angus’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Angus with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
11 places of national importance within 50 km of Angus
Between them, 11 towns share them, mainly Collingwood, Aurora and Tay. “Canadian National Railways Allandale Station at Barrie, Allandale / Barrie, Ontario” in Barrie is the nearest, 15 km away. Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Mission, 47 km off, is the oldest: 1639.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Canadian National Railways Allandale Station at Barrie, Allandale / Barrie, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1906 · 15 km away, in Barrie |
| Glengarry LandingNational Historic Site · 1814 · 16 km away, in Springwater |
| ClaverleighNational Historic Site · 1871–1872 · 20 km away, in Stayner |
| Oro African Methodist Episcopal ChurchNational Historic Site · 1849–1850 · 27 km away, in Oro-Medonte |
| Collingwood Downtown Heritage Conservation DistrictHeritage conservation district · 35 km away, in Collingwood |
| Federal BuildingClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1913–1916 · 36 km away, in Collingwood |
| The BriarsOntario Heritage Trust easement · 39 km away, in Keswick |
| Sharon TempleNational Historic Site · 1825–1832 · 40 km away, in East Gwillimbury |
| LighttowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1857–1859 · 40 km away, in Collingwood |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Newmarket, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 42 km away, in Newmarket |
| Old Newmarket Town Hall and CourthouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 43 km away, in Newmarket |
| Hillary HouseNational Historic Site · 1861–1863 · 46 km away, in Aurora |
Homes by age
Angus is still building: 10% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 19% of Angus’s, against 27% in the typical town. The busiest building years in Angus were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 28% of today’s homes. 26% of Angus’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%.
17%
Before 1961
19%
1961–80
28%
1981–2000
26%
2001–15
10%
2016–21
AngusTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
Lives that started in Angus, 1872–1911
Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on 4 births here before 1914. 3 Wikipedias cover James Bertram Cunningham, the most of anyone here. At 84, Walter Ball outlived the rest, dying in 1995.
James Bertram Cunningham
Theodore Loblaw
Leonard Jennett Simpson
Walter Ball
18501875190019251950
JC
James Bertram Cunningham1872–1941 · Canadian politician
TL
Theodore Loblaw1872–1933 · Canadian businessman
Leonard Jennett Simpson1882–1940 · Canadian politician
WB
Walter Ball1911–1995 · Canadian cartoonist
Everyone born in Angus → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns its size
Angus has the 4th most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 25,500 to 26,500 residents, by places on the registers.
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Ahead of it: Foothills County, Beltline and Wellington Place. Their median is 0. 11 of them have none.
Neighbours
Angus and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus | 26,036 | 1 | 1 | 1917 |
| Barrie | 174,469 | 1 | 0 | 1900 |
| Adjala-Tosorontio | 11,948 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Springwater | 24,144 | 1 | 1 | 1814 |
In brief
Angus in brief
Inside Angus there are 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, led by Royal Flying Corps Hangars. Only 3 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places. Its people of the past include James Bertram Cunningham (1872), Theodore Loblaw (1872) and Leonard Jennett Simpson (1882). Counted by age, only 17% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, its designation dates from 1989.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Angus’s history
Which places in Angus have the highest designation?
Just one: Royal Flying Corps Hangars.
What is the oldest building in Angus?
Royal Flying Corps Hangars — its record dates it to 1917 (National Historic Site).
How old are the homes in Angus?
The 2021 Census dates 17% 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).