Within 5 km of Gourley, 6 places are on the heritage registers
Its housing is mostly newer: 7.3% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Durand, 4.4 km from here.
4 places of the highest rank within 5 km of Gourley
They are 4 National Historic Sites, a provincial or municipal listing and a heritage railway station. The first one out is Auchmar, 2.8 km away in Centremount. Corktown, Durand and Centremount hold most of them, among 3 towns.
The 6 nearest, within 5 km
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 2.8 km away, in Centremount |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 4.3 km away, in Durand |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 4.6 km away, in Corktown |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 4.6 km away, in Durand |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 4.8 km away, in Corktown |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 4.9 km away, in Corktown |
Most of what stands within 5 km of Gourley dates from the years before Confederation
Each historic place within 5 km of Gourley, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
The earliest is McQuesten House / Whitehern in Durand, begun in 1848. The chart rests on 6 dated places within 5 km. 4 predate Confederation.
New homes are rare in Gourley: 2.4% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
31% of Gourley’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. More of Gourley’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 32%. Over half of the homes in Gourley were already standing by 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Gourley compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,200 to 5,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover and South West Industrial. Their median is 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Gourley and its neighbours
Gourley in brief
Before 1961: just 7.3% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Gourley’s history
How many historic places does Gourley have on the registers?
Gourley has none of its own yet. Auchmar, in Centremount, is the nearest, 2.8 km away.
How old are the homes in Gourley?
7.3% 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).