Within 50 km of Alloa, 80 places are on the heritage registers
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 0.2%. For the highest designations, the closest town is Little Portugal, 34 km off.
Alloa’s surroundings: 80 historic places within 50 km
Its 52 places of national rank start with St. Anne's Anglican Church, at 34 km. The nearest is “Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, Ontario”, 6.7 km away in Downtown. By age, Ashbridge Estate leads, from 1793, at 42 km.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 6.7 km away, in Downtown |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Georgetown, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1855–1857 · 7.7 km away, in Georgetown |
| Boston Presbyterian ChurchDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1868 · 17 km away, in Georgetown |
| LislehurstDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1885 · 22 km away, in Erin Mills |
| Rockwood AcademyOntario Heritage Trust property · 1850 · 25 km away, in Rockwood |
| Adamson EstateDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 27 km away, in Lakeview |
| Postal Station “D”Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1937 · 31 km away, in Junction Area |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 32 km away, in Hope |
| St. Anne's Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1907–1909 · 34 km away, in Little Portugal |
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 35 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
| SpadinaNational Historic Site · 1866–1914 · 35 km away, in Casa Loma |
| Gouinlock Buildings / Early Exhibition BuildingsNational Historic Site · 1904–1913 · 35 km away, in Fort York-Liberty Village |
Within 50 km of Alloa, the decades after Confederation left the most
The nearest historic places to Alloa, out to 50 km, by the first construction date on each record.
77 places within 50 km carry a construction date. Before Confederation: 29. First by date comes Ashbridge Estate in Greenwood-Coxwell, from 1793.
New homes stand out in Alloa: 75% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Alloa’s largest group of homes, 75%, went up from 2016 to 2021. Few of Alloa’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 0.1%, the norm 27%. Only 0.6% of Alloa’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than 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.
Alloa and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloa | 29,669 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Pleasant North | 10,103 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fletchers Meadow North | 11,870 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Pleasant Village | 19,719 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Van Kirk | 10,014 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fletchers Meadow South | 9,214 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Creditview | 5,598 | 0 | 0 | — |
Alloa in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 0.2% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. 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
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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 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.
Questions about Alloa’s history
How many historic places does Alloa have on the registers?
None inside Alloa yet. The nearest is Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, Ontario, 6.7 km away in Downtown.
How old are the homes in Alloa?
Before 1961: 0.2% 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).