Photo: Jennifer Aitkens from Guelph, Ontario, Canada · CC BY 2.0In Brooke-Alvinston, 53% of homes go back before 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Brooke-Alvinston has 3 times the share. The registers count 7 places within 50 km of Brooke-Alvinston; the closest, First Commercial Oil Field, is 20 km away. Heritage of the first rank begins 16 km away, in Glencoe.
Around Brooke-Alvinston, within 50 km, most dated places come from the years before Confederation
Out to 50 km from Brooke-Alvinston, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Within 50 km, building dates exist for 6 places. 4 go back before 1867. First by date comes Southwold Earthworks in Southwold, from 1450.
20 km from Brooke-Alvinston: First Commercial Oil Field, the nearest on the registers
They stand in 7 towns, Enniskillen, Glencoe and Petrolia among them. The radius of 50 km holds 7. By age, Southwold Earthworks leads, from 1450, at 46 km.
The 7 nearest, within 50 km
| First Commercial Oil FieldNational Historic Site · 1858–1859 · 20 km away, in Enniskillen |
| Battle HillNational Historic Site · 1814 · 20 km away, in Glencoe |
| Victoria Hall / Petrolia Town HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1890 · 23 km away, in Petrolia |
| Fairfield on the ThamesNational Historic Site · 1792–1793 · 27 km away, in Chatham |
| ParkhillNational Historic Site · 40 km away, in Parkhill |
| VIA Rail Station, Sarnia, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1891–1892 · 44 km away, in Sarnia |
| Southwold EarthworksNational Historic Site · 1450–1551 · 46 km away, in Southwold |
Brooke-Alvinston added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.6%, where most towns have 4.1%
Brooke-Alvinston built little from 1981 to 2000: 12% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Few of Brooke-Alvinston’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 4.9%, the norm 15%. Count back from today and half of Brooke-Alvinston’s homes are older than 1961.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Brooke-Alvinston and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke-Alvinston | 2,557 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Watford | 3,955 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Glencoe | 6,468 | 1 | 1 | 1814 |
| Dawn-Euphemia | 2,127 | 0 | 0 | — |
Brooke-Alvinston in brief
Of the homes standing in Brooke-Alvinston, 53% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Questions about Brooke-Alvinston’s history
How many historic places does Brooke-Alvinston have on the registers?
Inside Brooke-Alvinston, none so far. At 20 km, First Commercial Oil Field in Enniskillen is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Brooke-Alvinston?
53% 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).