LocalOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1857Dundas Central Public SchoolPhoto: David Evans · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Dundas Central Public School · Photo: David Evans · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Colborne · Canada’s heritage registers
Before 1961: 53% of the homes in Colborne
Against 18% in the typical town, Colborne has 3 times the share. All told, the heritage lists hold 1 historic place within the town. Scaled to its population, 1.3 per 10,000 residents beats 82% of Canadian towns. That place is Dundas Central Public School, a ontario heritage trust easement, from 1857.
Historic places
1
1.3 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1857
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
53%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Colborne’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
One local listing in Colborne
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
15 historic places within 10 km of Colborne
Oldest of them is Burlington Heights (1813), 6.5 km off. Closest of all is Griffin House, in Sulphur Springs, 5.8 km off. They belong to 9 towns, chiefly Beasley, Corktown and Strathcona.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Griffin HouseNational Historic Site · 1827–1828 · 5.8 km away, in Sulphur Springs |
| Burlington HeightsNational Historic Site · 1813–1814 · 6.5 km away, in Strathcona |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 6.6 km away, in Strathcona |
| Royal Botanical GardensNational Historic Site · 1929–1990 · 7.3 km away, in Burlington |
| Former Hamilton Customs HouseNational Historic Site · 1858–1861 · 8.1 km away, in Central |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 8.1 km away, in Durand |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 8.1 km away, in Durand |
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 8.2 km away, in Centremount |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 8.3 km away, in Beasley |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 8.3 km away, in Beasley |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 8.3 km away, in Corktown |
| Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)National Historic Site · 1929–1932 · 8.3 km away, in Beasley |
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Colborne: 0.9% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
More than half of Colborne’s housing predates 1961. Few of Colborne’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 7.4%, the norm 23%. Colborne built little from 2001 to 2015: 9.6% of its homes, where most towns have 15%.
53%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
7.4%
1981–2000
9.6%
2001–15
0.9%
2016–21
ColborneTypical 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
Colborne has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,400 to 7,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Colborne1
Their median is 0. 15 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Colborne and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colborne | 7,447 | 1 | 0 | 1857 |
| Golf Course | 3,741 | 0 | 0 | — |
| York Road | 4,931 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Central Business Dis | 6,127 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Turnball | 6,312 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ainslie Wood West | 3,917 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ainslie Wood East | 3,112 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Colborne in brief
Colborne’s homes from before 1961 come to 53%, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 1 historic place. No town its size has more historic places: it leads the 16 nearest in population.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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 is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
Questions about Colborne’s history
How old are the homes in Colborne?
53% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
How many historic places does Colborne have on the registers?
1 historic place in Colborne, from Canada’s heritage registers.
What is the oldest building in Colborne?
By its record, Dundas Central Public School, from 1857 (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).