Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Before 1961: 41% of the homes in Glencoe
The typical town has 18%: Glencoe has 2.3 times the share. Inside the town there is 1 historic place, a top designation. That is 1.5 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 83% of Canadian towns. It is Battle Hill, a national historic site begun in 1814.
Landmarks of Glencoe
The photo shows Battle Hill, the one place on Glencoe’s registers.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Where Glencoe’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Glencoe’s top designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
TopNear Glencoe, within 50 km: 11 places of national rank
Closest of all is Fairfield on the Thames, in Chatham, 24 km off. Within 50 km there are 26 in all. By age, Southwold Earthworks leads, from 1450, at 30 km.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Fairfield on the ThamesNational Historic Site · 1792–1793 · 24 km away, in Chatham |
| Southwold EarthworksNational Historic Site · 1450–1551 · 30 km away, in Southwold |
| First Commercial Oil FieldNational Historic Site · 1858–1859 · 34 km away, in Enniskillen |
| Victoria Hall / Petrolia Town HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1890 · 39 km away, in Petrolia |
| Old St. Thomas ChurchOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1824 · 41 km away, in St. Thomas |
| Port StanleyNational Historic Site · 1669–1670 · 42 km away, in Central Elgin |
| Port Stanley Breakwater LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1911 · 42 km away, in Central Elgin |
| St. Thomas City HallNational Historic Site · 1898–1900 · 42 km away, in St. Thomas |
| Former Canada Southern Railway Station, St. Thomas, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1874 · 43 km away, in St. Thomas |
| London Normal SchoolOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1900 · 44 km away, in South London |
| Elsie-Perrin Williams EstateDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1916 · 45 km away, in Masonville |
| Labatt ParkDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1877 · 45 km away, in West London |
Glencoe added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2.9%, where most towns have 4.1%
Only 8.1% of Glencoe’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. More than half of Glencoe’s housing predates 1981. In Glencoe, 28% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Glencoe has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,400 to 6,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Mont-Joli and Pontiac have more. The middle one has 0. 12 of them have none.
Glencoe and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glencoe | 6,468 | 1 | 1 | 1814 |
| Brooke-Alvinston | 2,557 | 0 | 0 | — |
Glencoe in brief
The 2021 Census dates 41% of Glencoe’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. There are 1 historic place in all, one with the highest designation; Battle Hill heads them. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 2 have more historic places. Everything else is close to the norm: people of its past such as John Campbell Elliott (1872) and Alexander Duncan McRae (1874); and its designation dates from 1924.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- 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.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
Questions about Glencoe’s history
How old are the homes in Glencoe?
Before 1961: 41% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Glencoe have the highest designation?
Just one: Battle Hill.
What is the oldest building in Glencoe?
By its record, Battle Hill, from 1814 (National Historic Site).
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).