History around Gilkson: 16 designated places within 10 km
Homes from before 1961 are 3.2% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. For the highest designations, the closest town is Sulphur Springs, 4.5 km off.
Gilkson’s surroundings: 16 historic places within 10 km
By age, Burlington Heights leads, from 1813, at 6 km. Closest of all is Auchmar, in Centremount, 3.4 km off. Their towns number 10: Corktown, Beasley and Durand first.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 3.4 km away, in Centremount |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 4.8 km away, in Durand |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 5.1 km away, in Durand |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 5.1 km away, in Corktown |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 5.3 km away, in Corktown |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 5.5 km away, in Corktown |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 6 km away, in Strathcona |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 6 km away, in Beasley |
| Burlington HeightsNational Historic Site · 1813–1814 · 6 km away, in Strathcona |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 6.1 km away, in Beasley |
| Former Hamilton Customs HouseNational Historic Site · 1858–1861 · 6.4 km away, in Central |
| Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)National Historic Site · 1929–1932 · 6.4 km away, in Beasley |
Within 10 km of Gilkson, the oldest record dates from 1813
Around Gilkson, not inside it: the places within 10 km, by the first construction date on record.
First by date comes Burlington Heights in Strathcona, from 1813. 16 places within 10 km carry a construction date. 9 go back before 1867.
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Gilkson, against 4.1% elsewhere
Only 0% of Gilkson’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 63% of Gilkson’s, against 27% in the typical town. 30% of Gilkson’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Gilkson compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,000 to 3,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Saint-Marc-des-Carrières and Sunnyside have more. The middle one has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Gilkson and its neighbours
Gilkson in brief
The census dates only 3.2% 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
Questions about Gilkson’s history
How many historic places does Gilkson have on the registers?
Inside Gilkson, none so far; Auchmar, 3.4 km away in Centremount, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Gilkson?
3.2% 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).