The heritage near Centre: 6 places in a 25 km radius
Little Portugal, 28 km from Centre, has the nearest place of the highest rank. Few homes are old by the census: 11% before 1961, against 18%.
1.9 km from Centre: “Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, Ontario”, the nearest on the registers
The mix: 3 provincial or municipal listings, 2 heritage railway stations and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. They are spread over 5 towns, including Georgetown, Downtown and Erin Mills. By age, “VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Georgetown, Ontario” leads, from 1855, at 13 km.
The 6 nearest, within 25 km
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 1.9 km away, in Downtown |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Georgetown, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1855–1857 · 13 km away, in Georgetown |
| LislehurstDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1885 · 18 km away, in Erin Mills |
| Boston Presbyterian ChurchDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1868 · 20 km away, in Georgetown |
| Adamson EstateDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 23 km away, in Lakeview |
| Postal Station “D”Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1937 · 25 km away, in Junction Area |
Within 25 km of Centre, the record goes back to 1855
No place near Centre is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
The oldest is “VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Georgetown, Ontario” in Georgetown, from 1855. Within 25 km, 5 records give a date. One is older than 1867.
Only 0.4% of Centre’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Centre has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 30%, where most towns have 23%. Few of Centre’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 4.6%, the norm 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 50% of Centre’s, against 27% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Centre compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 17,700 to 18,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Cold Lake, Greater Napanee and L'Ancienne-Lorette have more. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Centre and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre | 17,851 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lakelands Village | 9,636 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Madoc | 13,160 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Royal Orchard | 15,006 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Downtown | 15,686 | 1 | 0 | 1907 |
| Heart Lake South | 19,573 | 0 | 0 | — |
| N-Section (bramalea) | 7,513 | 0 | 0 | — |
Centre in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 11% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
Questions about Centre’s history
How many historic places does Centre have on the registers?
Inside Centre, none so far; Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, Ontario, 1.9 km away in Downtown, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Centre?
11% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).