23 registered heritage sites stand within 25 km of Highland
Few homes are old by the census: 3.6% before 1961, against 18%. For the highest designations, the closest town is Fruitland, 4.7 km off.
Within 25 km of Highland: 23 places on the registers
Among them are 16 National Historic Sites, 6 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. At 4.5 km, Battle of Stoney Creek in Battlefield is the closest. They stand in 14 towns, Corktown, Beasley and Caledonia among them.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Battle of Stoney CreekNational Historic Site · 1813 · 4.5 km away, in Battlefield |
| Battlefield HouseOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1796 · 4.6 km away, in Battlefield |
| Erland Lee (Museum) HomeNational Historic Site · 1808–1809 · 5.9 km away, in Fruitland |
| Hamilton WaterworksNational Historic Site · 1856–1860 · 8.7 km away, in Parkview West |
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 10 km away, in Centremount |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 11 km away, in Corktown |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 11 km away, in Durand |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 11 km away, in Corktown |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 11 km away, in Corktown |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 11 km away, in Durand |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 11 km away, in Beasley |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 12 km away, in Beasley |
Near Highland (25 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the years before Confederation
Reaching 25 km out from Highland: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
23 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 16 are older than 1867. The oldest is Battlefield House in Battlefield, from 1796.
Highland built the most from 1981 to 2000, 46% of today’s homes
Count back from today and half of Highland’s homes are older than 2001. Only 2.8% of Highland’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 43% of Highland’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Highland and its neighbours
Highland in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 3.6%, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- 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. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- 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 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Highland’s history
How many historic places does Highland have on the registers?
Nothing inside Highland; Battle of Stoney Creek in Battlefield, 4.5 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Highland?
3.6% 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).