Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0History around Highway Valley: 22 designated places within 25 km
The nearest town to Highway Valley with a top designation is Fruitland, 1.6 km away. The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 10%.
The highest designation, 15 times, within 25 km of Highway Valley
Within 25 km there are 22 in all. By age, Battlefield House leads, from 1796, at 3.5 km. Among them are 15 National Historic Sites, 6 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Erland Lee (Museum) HomeNational Historic Site · 1808–1809 · 600 m away, in Fruitland |
| Battlefield HouseOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1796 · 3.5 km away, in Battlefield |
| Battle of Stoney CreekNational Historic Site · 1813 · 3.6 km away, in Battlefield |
| Hamilton WaterworksNational Historic Site · 1856–1860 · 6.2 km away, in Parkview West |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 13 km away, in Corktown |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 13 km away, in Corktown |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 13 km away, in Corktown |
| HMCS HaidaNational Historic Site · 1942–1943 · 13 km away, in North End East |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 13 km away, in Beasley |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 13 km away, in Beasley |
| Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)National Historic Site · 1929–1932 · 13 km away, in Beasley |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 13 km away, in Durand |
Within 25 km of Highway Valley, the years before Confederation left the most
Out to 25 km from Highway Valley, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Dated places within 25 km: 22. 15 go back before 1867. Battlefield House, in Battlefield, goes back furthest, to 1796.
Only 0.6% of Highway Valley’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Count back from today and half of Highway Valley’s homes are older than 1981. Few of Highway Valley’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 1.2%, the norm 15%. Highway Valley’s largest group of homes, 46%, went up from 1961 to 1980.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Highway Valley compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,400 to 4,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Minnetonka and Vulcan County. The typical town its size has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Highway Valley and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Valley | 4,469 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Poplar Park | 3,031 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Guernsey | 3,808 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westmeria | 2,646 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fruitland | 7,653 | 1 | 1 | 1808 |
| Eastdale | 2,703 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riverdale East | 3,416 | 0 | 0 | — |
Highway Valley in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 10%, 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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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 federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- 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.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
Questions about Highway Valley’s history
How many historic places does Highway Valley have on the registers?
None in Highway Valley itself. The closest is Erland Lee (Museum) Home in Fruitland, 600 m away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Highway Valley?
Before 1961: 10% of its homes; 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).