Photo: Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 3.0Carlisle’s surroundings: 18 historic places within 25 km
For the highest designations, the closest town to Carlisle is Burlington, 14 km off. Building from 2016 to 2021 gave it 0.6% of its homes, where most towns have 4.1%.
Leave Carlisle and the first historic place is Dundas Central Public School, 14 km away
They are 13 National Historic Sites, 4 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. Beasley, Corktown and Strathcona hold most of them, among 12 towns. Its 13 places of national rank start with Royal Botanical Gardens, at 15 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Dundas Central Public SchoolOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1857 · 14 km away, in Colborne |
| Royal Botanical GardensNational Historic Site · 1929–1990 · 15 km away, in Burlington |
| Burlington HeightsNational Historic Site · 1813–1814 · 16 km away, in Strathcona |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 16 km away, in Strathcona |
| HMCS HaidaNational Historic Site · 1942–1943 · 17 km away, in North End East |
| Former Hamilton Customs HouseNational Historic Site · 1858–1861 · 17 km away, in Central |
| Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)National Historic Site · 1929–1932 · 17 km away, in Beasley |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 18 km away, in Beasley |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 18 km away, in Beasley |
| Boston Presbyterian ChurchDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1868 · 18 km away, in Georgetown |
| Griffin HouseNational Historic Site · 1827–1828 · 18 km away, in Sulphur Springs |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 18 km away, in Durand |
Near Carlisle (25 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the years before Confederation
No place near Carlisle is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
First by date comes Burlington Heights in Strathcona, from 1813. 18 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 10 predate Confederation.
Carlisle’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 34% of its homes
Few of Carlisle’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 8.4%, the norm 15%. At 22%, Carlisle’s share of pre-1961 homes is above the typical town’s 18%. More than half of Carlisle’s housing predates 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Carlisle and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 7,161 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Freelton | 2,724 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Waterdown | 23,858 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Colborne | 7,447 | 1 | 0 | 1857 |
| York Road | 4,931 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Burlington | 197,737 | 1 | 1 | 1929 |
| Golf Course | 3,741 | 0 | 0 | — |
Carlisle in brief
Of the homes standing in Carlisle, 22% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed; and William Alexander Baird (1867) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- 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. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
Questions about Carlisle’s history
How many historic places does Carlisle have on the registers?
Not inside Carlisle. The closest is Dundas Central Public School in Colborne, 14 km away.
How old are the homes in Carlisle?
The 2021 Census dates 22% 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).