TopNational Historic Site · 1887–1889John Weir Foote Armoury200 James Street NorthPhoto: Nhl4hamilton (Rick Cordeiro) · Public domain · Commons file
Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National) · Photo: Nhl4hamilton (Rick Cordeiro) · Public domain3historic places on the registers
History of Beasley · Canada’s heritage registers
An older town: 43% of Beasley’s homes predate 1961
Beasley’s share is 2.5 times the typical 18%. On the registers the town counts 3 historic places, 2 at the top. Only a few towns match it per resident: 4.7 for every 10,000, ahead of 94% of Canadian towns. The record has a provincial or municipal listing.
Historic places
3
4.7 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1873
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
43%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
All 2 top-tier places in Beasley, pictured
Photos show every place Beasley’s registers name. Two worth a look first: Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National) and John Weir Foote Armoury. The oldest place pictured in Beasley is Christ's Church Cathedral, from 1873.
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.
The map
Where Beasley’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 3, by tier
2 Highest designations1 Provincial and local listings
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
2 places in Beasley with the highest designation
Designations came from 1989 to 2000. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. They date from 1887 (John Weir Foote Armoury) to 1929. Each one opens its own page.
TopNational Historic Site · 1929–1932Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)360 James Street NorthPhoto: Nhl4hamilton (Rick Cordeiro) · Public domain · Commons file
Provincial and local listings
One local listing in Beasley
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
LocalOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873Christ's Church CathedralPhoto: Nhl4hamilton | Chit-Chat · Public domain · Commons file
Homes by age
Beasley is still building: 6.2% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
More than half of Beasley’s housing predates 1981. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 6.6% of Beasley’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 18% of Beasley’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%.
43%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
18%
1981–2000
6.6%
2001–15
6.2%
2016–21
BeasleyTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Beasley has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,300 to 6,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Beasley3
The middle one has 0. 11 of them have none.
Neighbours
Beasley and its neighbours
In brief
Beasley in brief
Beasley has 43% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 3 historic places, 2 with the highest designation, including John Weir Foote Armoury. Of the 16 towns closest in size, it has the most historic places. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its places were designated between 1989 and 2000.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Beasley’s history
How old are the homes in Beasley?
43% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Which places in Beasley have the highest designation?
They are John Weir Foote Armoury and Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National).
What is the oldest building in Beasley?
By its record, Christ's Church Cathedral, from 1873 (Ontario Heritage Trust easement).
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).