Auchmar · Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0In Centremount, 63% of homes go back before 1961
Centremount’s share is 3.6 times the typical 18%. Inside the town the registers count 1 historic place. Relative to its size the figure is 2.5 per 10,000 residents, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. Auchmar, from 1855, is the town’s ontario heritage trust easement.
Where Centremount’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
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.
On a provincial or local list in Centremount: one place
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
LocalWithin 5 km of Centremount, 10 top designations
Within 5 km there are 12 in all. Oldest of them is Burlington Heights (1813), 3.4 km off. They are 10 National Historic Sites, a heritage railway station and a provincial or municipal listing.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 1.2 km away, in Durand |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 1.3 km away, in Corktown |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 1.4 km away, in Durand |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 1.5 km away, in Corktown |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 1.6 km away, in Corktown |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 2.3 km away, in Beasley |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 2.5 km away, in Beasley |
| Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)National Historic Site · 1929–1932 · 2.8 km away, in Beasley |
| Former Hamilton Customs HouseNational Historic Site · 1858–1861 · 2.8 km away, in Central |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 3.2 km away, in Strathcona |
| Burlington HeightsNational Historic Site · 1813–1814 · 3.4 km away, in Strathcona |
| HMCS HaidaNational Historic Site · 1942–1943 · 4 km away, in North End East |
Centremount added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%
More than half of Centremount’s housing predates 1961. Only 2.1% of Centremount’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Centremount built little from 1981 to 2000: 7.7% of its homes, 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.
Centremount has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,000 to 4,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Their median is 0. 12 of them have none.
Centremount and its neighbours
Centremount in brief
Before 1961: 63% of Centremount’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 1 historic place. Of the 16 towns closest in size, it has the most historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- 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.
Questions about Centremount’s history
How old are the homes in Centremount?
63% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
How many historic places does Centremount have on the registers?
1 historic place inside Centremount, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
What is the oldest building in Centremount?
By its record, Auchmar, from 1855 (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).