Photo: Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 4.0Albion and its setting: 15 historic places within 10 km
Its housing is mostly newer: 0% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Battlefield, 3.1 km away.
Albion’s area holds 11 top-tier places within 10 km
Nearest comes Battle of Stoney Creek, 2.8 km off, in Battlefield. The mix: 11 National Historic Sites, 3 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. Within 10 km there are 15 in all.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Battle of Stoney CreekNational Historic Site · 1813 · 2.8 km away, in Battlefield |
| Battlefield HouseOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1796 · 2.9 km away, in Battlefield |
| Erland Lee (Museum) HomeNational Historic Site · 1808–1809 · 5.8 km away, in Fruitland |
| Hamilton WaterworksNational Historic Site · 1856–1860 · 6.4 km away, in Parkview West |
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 8.3 km away, in Centremount |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 8.5 km away, in Corktown |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 8.5 km away, in Corktown |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 8.6 km away, in Corktown |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 8.6 km away, in Durand |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 8.7 km away, in Durand |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 9 km away, in Beasley |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 9.1 km away, in Beasley |
Most of what stands within 10 km of Albion dates from the years before Confederation
Around Albion, not inside it: the places within 10 km, by the first construction date on record.
Battlefield House, in Battlefield, is the oldest (1796). 15 places within 10 km have a date. 9 predate Confederation.
New homes stand out in Albion: 12% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
The busiest building years in Albion were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 32% of today’s homes. 22% of Albion’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Albion has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 32%, where most towns have 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Albion and its neighbours
Albion in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 0% of the total, 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
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- 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 Albion’s history
How many historic places does Albion have on the registers?
Albion has none of its own; Battle of Stoney Creek, in Battlefield, the closest at 2.8 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Albion?
0% predate 1961, where 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).