TopNational Historic Site · 1848–1849McQuesten House / Whitehern41 Jackson Street WestPhoto: Nhl4hamilton (Rick Cordeiro) · Public domain · Commons file
McQuesten House / Whitehern · Photo: Nhl4hamilton (Rick Cordeiro) · Public domain2historic places on the registers
History of Durand · Canada’s heritage registers
Durand: 2 historic places, every one with the highest designation
Homes from before 1961 make up 35% of Durand’s stock, above the 18% of the typical town. Of the dated places, McQuesten House / Whitehern is the oldest, from 1848. For every 10,000 residents Durand has 1.5, ahead of 83% of Canadian towns. One further listing on a provincial or municipal register is known only through Wikidata, so it has no page of its own.
Historic places
2
1.5 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1848
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
35%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
2 views of Durand’s heritage
Leading off: McQuesten House / Whitehern and Sandyford Place. Both places on Durand’s registers have a photo here.
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 Durand’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 2, by tier
2 Highest designations
What the map shows is the open record: the federal directory in full, and from provincial or municipal lists only the places Wikidata ties to an encyclopedia article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
2 places in Durand with the highest designation
McQuesten House / Whitehern is the earliest, from 1848; the latest dates from 1856. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Their designations span 1962 to 1975. Each one opens its own page.
TopNational Historic Site · 1856–1857Sandyford Place35-43 Duke StreetPhoto: doeraymee from Canada · CC BY 2.0 · Commons file
Around the town
Durand’s area holds 9 top-tier places within 5 km
Among them are 9 National Historic Sites, 2 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. Oldest of them is Burlington Heights (1813), 2 km off. “Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, Ontario” in Corktown is the nearest, 600 m away.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 600 m away, in Corktown |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 700 m away, in Corktown |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 800 m away, in Corktown |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 1.3 km away, in Beasley |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 1.4 km away, in Beasley |
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 1.6 km away, in Centremount |
| Former Hamilton Customs HouseNational Historic Site · 1858–1861 · 1.6 km away, in Central |
| Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)National Historic Site · 1929–1932 · 1.7 km away, in Beasley |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 1.9 km away, in Strathcona |
| Burlington HeightsNational Historic Site · 1813–1814 · 2 km away, in Strathcona |
| HMCS HaidaNational Historic Site · 1942–1943 · 3 km away, in North End East |
| Royal Botanical GardensNational Historic Site · 1929–1990 · 4.2 km away, in Burlington |
Homes by age
Durand built the most from 1961 to 1980, 40% of today’s homes
Few of Durand’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 5.1%, the norm 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 13% of Durand’s, against 23% in the typical town. From 2016 on, Durand built 5% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%.
35%
Before 1961
40%
1961–80
13%
1981–2000
5.1%
2001–15
5%
2016–21
DurandTypical 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
Durand has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 13,200 to 13,400 residents, by places on the registers.
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Only Glebe-Dows Lake has more. The middle one has 0. For 11, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Durand and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durand | 13,338 | 2 | 2 | 1848 |
| Corktown | 8,952 | 3 | 2 | 1854 |
| Kirkendall North | 5,864 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Central | 3,698 | 1 | 1 | 1858 |
| Strathcona | 9,348 | 2 | 2 | 1813 |
| Centremount | 4,053 | 1 | 0 | 1855 |
| Beasley | 6,338 | 3 | 2 | 1873 |
In brief
Durand in brief
Counted by age, 35% of Durand’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation. Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more historic places. The other figures are unremarkable: the list grew between 1962 and 1975.
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.
- 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.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. 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 Durand’s history
How old are the homes in Durand?
Before 1961: 35% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Durand have the highest designation?
These: McQuesten House / Whitehern and Sandyford Place.
What is the oldest building in Durand?
McQuesten House / Whitehern (National Historic Site): the first construction date on its record is 1848.
Why might a heritage building in Durand be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Durand, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets no page.
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).