Photo: Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 3.0An older town: 34% of Freelton’s homes predate 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Freelton has 2 times as much. 22 places on the heritage registers lie within 25 km of Freelton, the nearest Dundas Central Public School, 13 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Strathcona, 17 km from here. Records name 3 people born in Freelton before 1914; the first is Adam Crooks.
Within 25 km of Freelton, the years before Confederation left the most
No place near Freelton is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Burlington Heights, in Strathcona, is the oldest (1813). Dated places within 25 km: 22. Before Confederation: 11.
The registers find 22 places within 25 km of Freelton
Oldest of them is Burlington Heights (1813), 16 km off. At 13 km, Dundas Central Public School in Colborne is the closest. Royal Botanical Gardens, 15 km off, is the nearest of 14 top-tier places.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Dundas Central Public SchoolOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1857 · 13 km away, in Colborne |
| Royal Botanical GardensNational Historic Site · 1929–1990 · 15 km away, in Burlington |
| Griffin HouseNational Historic Site · 1827–1828 · 16 km away, in Sulphur Springs |
| Burlington HeightsNational Historic Site · 1813–1814 · 16 km away, in Strathcona |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 16 km away, in Strathcona |
| Former Hamilton Customs HouseNational Historic Site · 1858–1861 · 18 km away, in Central |
| HMCS HaidaNational Historic Site · 1942–1943 · 18 km away, in North End East |
| Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)National Historic Site · 1929–1932 · 18 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 |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 18 km away, in Durand |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 18 km away, in Corktown |
Freelton added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%
More than half of Freelton’s housing predates 1981. Only 7.4% of Freelton’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. In Freelton, 28% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Freelton’s people of the past, born 1827–1861
Best known is Adam Crooks, with articles in 5 Wikipedia languages. The record holds 3 people born here before 1914. James Macdonald Barnsley lived longest, to 68, dying in 1929.
Everyone born in Freelton → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
How Freelton compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,700 to 2,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse and Bonaventure have more. The typical town its size has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Freelton and its neighbours
Freelton in brief
Of the homes standing in Freelton, 34% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Three lives from its past stand out: Adam Crooks (1827), James Macdonald Barnsley (1861) and Frederick Colcleugh (1845). For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Freelton’s history
How many historic places does Freelton have on the registers?
None within Freelton itself; the nearest is 13 km off: Dundas Central Public School, in Colborne.
How old are the homes in Freelton?
34% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
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).