Older housing stands out in Hampton Heights: 55% predates 1961
Hampton Heights has 3.1 times what the typical town has (18%). 7 places on the heritage registers lie within 5 km of Hampton Heights, the nearest Auchmar, 3.9 km away. Corktown, 3.9 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Most of what stands within 5 km of Hampton Heights dates from the years before Confederation
The historic places within 5 km of Hampton Heights, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
First by date comes McQuesten House / Whitehern in Durand, from 1848. 7 dated places within 5 km make up the record. 4 go back before 1867.
7 places on Canada’s registers lie 5 km or less from Hampton Heights
Closest of all is Auchmar, in Centremount, 3.9 km off. They are spread over 4 towns, including Corktown, Durand and Centremount. Sandyford Place, 4.3 km away, leads 5 places with the top designation.
The 7 nearest, within 5 km
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 3.9 km away, in Centremount |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 4.2 km away, in Corktown |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 4.3 km away, in Durand |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 4.3 km away, in Corktown |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 4.4 km away, in Corktown |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 4.5 km away, in Durand |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 4.9 km away, in Beasley |
None of Hampton Heights’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Half of the homes standing in Hampton Heights today were built before 1961. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 4.2% of Hampton Heights’s, against 15% in the typical town. Hampton Heights built little from 1981 to 2000: 9% of its homes, where most towns have 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 Hampton Heights compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,500 to 3,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Downtown East Village and Saint-Pascal. The typical town its size has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Hampton Heights and its neighbours
Hampton Heights in brief
In Hampton Heights, 55% of homes were built before 1961, 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 tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- 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 Hampton Heights’s history
How many historic places does Hampton Heights have on the registers?
Inside Hampton Heights, none so far; Auchmar, 3.9 km away in Centremount, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Hampton Heights?
55% 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).