Photo: Matilde Park from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0In a 25 km circle around Beamsville: 7 places on the registers
Heritage of the first rank begins 15 km from Beamsville, in St. Catharines. Of the 3 people born in Beamsville before 1914, Moses F. Rittenhouse came first. Wikidata gives 1788 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged.
3 places of the highest rank within 25 km of Beamsville
Among them are 3 National Historic Sites, 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and a heritage railway station. “VIA Rail Station, St. Catharines, Ontario” in St. Catharines is the nearest, 14 km away. Erland Lee (Museum) Home, 24 km off, is the oldest: 1808.
The 7 nearest, within 25 km
| VIA Rail Station, St. Catharines, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 14 km away, in St. Catharines |
| Front Range LighthouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1879–1881 · 14 km away, in St. Catharines |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1905–1906 · 14 km away, in St. Catharines |
| Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal ChurchNational Historic Site · 1851–1856 · 15 km away, in St. Catharines |
| Battle of Beaver DamsNational Historic Site · 1813 · 19 km away, in Thorold |
| Welland Canal, Bridge 13Designated heritage property (part IV) · 1930 · 24 km away, in Welland |
| Erland Lee (Museum) HomeNational Historic Site · 1808–1809 · 24 km away, in Fruitland |
Within 25 km of Beamsville, the dated places belong mostly to the years before Confederation
The nearest historic places to Beamsville, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
First by date comes Erland Lee (Museum) Home in Fruitland, from 1808. 7 dated places within 25 km make up the record. 3 predate Confederation.
9.6% of Beamsville’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 20% of Beamsville’s, against 27% in the typical town. Beamsville’s largest group of homes, 29%, went up from 1981 to 2000. Like the typical town (18%), Beamsville has 21% of its homes from before 1961.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
A national historic person among Beamsville’s people of the past
By Wikipedia’s reach, George Locke leads, with 3 articles. The first on the line is Moses F. Rittenhouse (1846). At the other end is James Alexander Paton, from 1885. 3 people on the record were born here before 1914.
Everyone born in Beamsville → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
Beamsville and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beamsville | 28,356 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Grimsby | 31,478 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Smithville | 16,586 | 0 | 0 | — |
| St. Catharines | 153,865 | 6 | 1 | 1851 |
| Pelham | 19,980 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fifty Point | 3,690 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Thorold | 33,844 | 1 | 1 | 1813 |
Beamsville in brief
Housing in Beamsville includes 21% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Its history in lives: George Locke (1870), James Alexander Paton (1885) and Moses F. Rittenhouse (1846). The other figures are unremarkable: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- 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.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- 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 Beamsville’s history
How many historic places does Beamsville have on the registers?
Not inside Beamsville. The closest is VIA Rail Station, St. Catharines, Ontario in St. Catharines, 14 km away.
When did Beamsville become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Beamsville is 1788, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Beamsville?
21% predate 1961, where 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).