79% of Inch Park’s homes were built before 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Inch Park has 4.5 times the share. Within 5 km of Inch Park there are 13 designated places; Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, Ontario, at 1.8 km, is the closest. Look 1.4 km away, to Corktown, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Within 5 km of Inch Park, the dated places belong mostly to the years before Confederation
Around Inch Park, not inside it: the places within 5 km, by the first construction date on record.
The bars count 13 dated places within 5 km. 7 are older than 1867. The earliest is Burlington Heights in Strathcona, begun in 1813.
Near Inch Park, within 5 km: 10 places of national rank
The mix: 10 National Historic Sites, 2 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. They stand in 7 towns, Corktown, Beasley and Durand among them. “Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, Ontario” in Corktown is the nearest, 1.8 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 1.8 km away, in Corktown |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 1.9 km away, in Durand |
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 1.9 km away, in Centremount |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 1.9 km away, in Corktown |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 1.9 km away, in Corktown |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 2 km away, in Durand |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 2.6 km away, in Beasley |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 2.7 km away, in Beasley |
| Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)National Historic Site · 1929–1932 · 3 km away, in Beasley |
| Former Hamilton Customs HouseNational Historic Site · 1858–1861 · 3.1 km away, in Central |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 4 km away, in Strathcona |
| HMCS HaidaNational Historic Site · 1942–1943 · 4 km away, in North End East |
No home in Inch Park dates from 2016 to 2021; the typical town has 4.1%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 0% of Inch Park’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 2% of Inch Park’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Inch Park built little from 1961 to 1980: 17% of its homes, where most towns have 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Inch Park and its neighbours
Inch Park in brief
Counted by age, 79% of Inch Park’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Inch Park’s history
How many historic places does Inch Park have on the registers?
None inside Inch Park yet. The nearest is Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, Ontario, 1.8 km away in Corktown.
How old are the homes in Inch Park?
79% 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).