History around Professors Lake: 6 designated places within 25 km
Before 1961: just 0.7% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Lawrence Park South, 26 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Nearest to Professors Lake: “Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, Ontario”, 7.2 km away
They are spread over 6 towns, including Downtown, Georgetown and Hope. The earliest date is “VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Georgetown, Ontario”’s, 1855, 18 km away. By designation: 3 heritage railway stations, 2 provincial or municipal listings and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 6 nearest, within 25 km
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 7.2 km away, in Downtown |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Georgetown, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1855–1857 · 18 km away, in Georgetown |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 22 km away, in Hope |
| LislehurstDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1885 · 22 km away, in Erin Mills |
| Postal Station “D”Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1937 · 23 km away, in Junction Area |
| Adamson EstateDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 24 km away, in Lakeview |
Near Professors Lake (25 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
Out to 25 km from Professors Lake, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
The earliest is “VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Georgetown, Ontario” in Georgetown, begun in 1855. The chart rests on 5 dated places within 25 km. One predates Confederation.
New homes are rare in Professors Lake: 0.3% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
36% of Professors Lake’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, more than the typical town’s 23%. The busiest building years in Professors Lake were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 38% of today’s homes. Professors Lake has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 20%, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Professors Lake and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professors Lake | 10,335 | 0 | 0 | — |
| G-Section (bramalea) | 8,224 | 0 | 0 | — |
| M-Section (bramalea) | 9,901 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) | 27,171 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Deerfield | 13,090 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woodhill | 6,386 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sandalwood East (mountainash) | 21,801 | 0 | 0 | — |
Professors Lake in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 0.7% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Professors Lake’s history
How many historic places does Professors Lake have on the registers?
Inside Professors Lake, none so far; Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, Ontario, 7.2 km away in Downtown, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Professors Lake?
Before 1961: 0.7% 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).