Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: William B. Grice · CC BY-SA 4.0Erland Lee (Museum) Home, 13 km from Grimsby, heads a list of 5 historic places within 25 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Fruitland, 14 km from here. 3 people on record were born in Grimsby before 1914, Del Lord the earliest.
Oldest first: 2 old photographs of the town. The dots mark each picture’s year; tap one to enlarge it.
c. 1940
c. 1940Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The founding of Grimsby came in 1790. That was 236 years ago. Rail service is on record from 1902, when Grimsby railway station opened.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from French Wikipedia’s article “Grimsby (Canada)”, revision 230313684 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
Out to 25 km from Grimsby, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Oldest of all: Battlefield House, Battlefield, 1796. Within 25 km, building dates exist for 5 places. Before Confederation: 4.
Their towns number 4: Battlefield, Fruitland and Parkview West first. The first one out is Erland Lee (Museum) Home, 13 km away in Fruitland. Among them are 3 National Historic Sites, a provincial or municipal listing and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
| Erland Lee (Museum) HomeNational Historic Site · 1808–1809 · 13 km away, in Fruitland |
| Battlefield HouseOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1796 · 16 km away, in Battlefield |
| Battle of Stoney CreekNational Historic Site · 1813 · 16 km away, in Battlefield |
| Hamilton WaterworksNational Historic Site · 1856–1860 · 18 km away, in Parkview West |
| Front Range LighthouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1879–1881 · 25 km away, in St. Catharines |
Grimsby’s largest group of homes, 25%, went up from 2001 to 2015. Before 1961: 20% of Grimsby’s homes, near the usual 18%. Count back from today and half of Grimsby’s homes are older than 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
The oldest birth on the record is Del Lord’s, in 1894. Marvin Wentworth lived longest, to 77, dying in 1982. At the other end is Will Hudson, from 1908. Del Lord is the most written about, in 8 languages.
Everyone born in Grimsby → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsby | 31,478 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fifty Point | 3,690 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Industrial | 6,690 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Trillium | 2,967 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Smithville | 16,586 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beamsville | 28,356 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westmeria | 2,646 | 0 | 0 | — |
Grimsby’s homes from before 1961 come to 20%, against 18% in the typical town. Its history in lives: Del Lord (1894), Marvin Wentworth (1905) and Will Hudson (1908). Everything else is close to the norm: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
Nothing inside Grimsby; Erland Lee (Museum) Home in Fruitland, 13 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
Before 1961: 20% 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).