Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.07 registered heritage sites stand within 5 km of Gilbert
Only 6.8% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. The closest top-tier heritage is in Durand, 3.8 km from here.
Auchmar, 2.4 km from Gilbert, is the closest
Among them are 5 National Historic Sites, a provincial or municipal listing and a heritage railway station. Of 5 top designations nearby, Sandyford Place is the closest, at 3.8 km. They stand in 4 towns, Corktown, Durand and Centremount among them.
The 7 nearest, within 5 km
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 2.4 km away, in Centremount |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 3.8 km away, in Durand |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 4.1 km away, in Durand |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 4.2 km away, in Corktown |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 4.3 km away, in Corktown |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 4.5 km away, in Corktown |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 4.9 km away, in Strathcona |
The 5 km around Gilbert keep buildings from as early as 1834
Around Gilbert, not inside it: the places within 5 km, by the first construction date on record.
7 places within 5 km have a date. 5 are older than 1867. First by date comes Dundurn Castle in Strathcona, from 1834.
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Gilbert, against 4.1% elsewhere
59% of Gilbert’s homes date from 1961 to 1980, well above the typical 27%. Gilbert built little from 2001 to 2015: 4.1% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Count back from today and half of Gilbert’s homes are older than 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Gilbert compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,200 to 3,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Beaumont, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré and Roblin have more. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Gilbert and its neighbours
Gilbert in brief
The census dates only 6.8% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Gilbert’s history
How many historic places does Gilbert have on the registers?
None inside Gilbert yet. The nearest is Auchmar, 2.4 km away in Centremount.
How old are the homes in Gilbert?
6.8% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).