In a 10 km circle around Butler: 15 places on the registers
Few homes are old by the census: 1% before 1961, against 18%. Look 5.6 km away, to Corktown, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Leave Butler and the first historic place is Auchmar, 4.4 km away
They belong to 8 towns, chiefly Corktown, Beasley and Durand. Of the 11 of the highest rank, the nearest is Sandyford Place, 5.7 km away. The mix: 11 National Historic Sites, 3 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 4.4 km away, in Centremount |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 5.7 km away, in Durand |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 5.9 km away, in Corktown |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 6 km away, in Durand |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 6.1 km away, in Corktown |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 6.2 km away, in Corktown |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 6.9 km away, in Beasley |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 7 km away, in Beasley |
| Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)National Historic Site · 1929–1932 · 7.3 km away, in Beasley |
| Former Hamilton Customs HouseNational Historic Site · 1858–1861 · 7.3 km away, in Central |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 7.8 km away, in Strathcona |
| Burlington HeightsNational Historic Site · 1813–1814 · 7.9 km away, in Strathcona |
The 10 km around Butler keep buildings from as early as 1796
Within 10 km of Butler but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
15 dated places within 10 km make up the record. 9 go back before 1867. First by date comes Battlefield House in Battlefield, from 1796.
Butler added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%
Butler has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 26%, where most towns have 15%. Few of Butler’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 6.7%, the norm 27%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 63% of Butler’s, against 23% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Butler compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,900 to 2,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Scott and Moosomin. The typical town its size has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Butler and its neighbours
Butler in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 1% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
Questions about Butler’s history
How many historic places does Butler have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Butler; Auchmar, in Centremount, is 4.4 km away.
How old are the homes in Butler?
The 2021 Census dates 1% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).