Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0History around Bolton: 67 designated places within 50 km
The closest top-tier heritage to Bolton is in Richmond Hill, 29 km away. John Alexander Catherwood heads a list of 8 people born in Bolton before 1914. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is January 1, 1974: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
Leave Bolton and the first historic place is “Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, Ontario”, 19 km away
The registers hold 67 within 50 km. By age, Ashbridge Estate leads, from 1793, at 44 km. Hillary House, 31 km away, leads 38 places with the top designation.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 19 km away, in Downtown |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 24 km away, in Hope |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Georgetown, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1855–1857 · 24 km away, in Georgetown |
| Aurora Radial Railway Bridge AbutmentDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1899 · 31 km away, in Aurora |
| Hillary HouseNational Historic Site · 1861–1863 · 31 km away, in Aurora |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Aurora, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 32 km away, in Aurora |
| Postal Station “D”Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1937 · 34 km away, in Junction Area |
| Boston Presbyterian ChurchDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1868 · 35 km away, in Georgetown |
| LislehurstDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1885 · 35 km away, in Erin Mills |
| Old Newmarket Town Hall and CourthouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 35 km away, in Newmarket |
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 35 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Newmarket, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 36 km away, in Newmarket |
The 50 km around Bolton keep buildings from as early as 1793
The nearest historic places to Bolton, out to 50 km, by the first construction date on each record.
The chart rests on 64 dated places within 50 km. 20 are older than 1867. Ashbridge Estate, in Greenwood-Coxwell, is the oldest (1793).
11% of Bolton’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 25% of Bolton’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 10% of Bolton’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 34% of Bolton’s homes.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Lives begun in Bolton between 1857 and 1899
8 people on the record were born here before 1914. By Wikipedia’s reach, William James Wanless leads, with 5 articles. 5 of the 8 were born in the decades after Confederation. Bob Gourley lived longest, to 98, dying in 1976.
Everyone born in Bolton → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Bolton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | 90,201 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wildfield | 8,511 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Royal | 6,421 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Castlemore Estates | 2,587 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Vales of Castlemore | 14,894 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sandalwood East (mountainash) | 21,801 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Countryside | 5,595 | 0 | 0 | — |
Bolton in brief
Its people of the past include William James Wanless (1865), John Joseph Malone (1894) and Hiram E. McCallum (1899). Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 10% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: it has no historic place, against 3 for the middle town its size.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
Questions about Bolton’s history
How many historic places does Bolton have on the registers?
Not inside Bolton. The closest is Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, Ontario in Downtown, 19 km away.
When did Bolton become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Bolton to January 1, 1974. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Bolton?
The 2021 Census dates 10% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Bolton be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 8 more listings in Bolton are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).