Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0An older town: 72% of Kirkendall North’s homes predate 1961
The typical town has 18%: Kirkendall North has 4.1 times the share. The registers count 14 places within 5 km of Kirkendall North; the closest, Sandyford Place, is 1.3 km away. Heritage of the first rank begins 1 km away, in Durand.
Within 5 km of Kirkendall North, the record goes back to 1813
Each historic place within 5 km of Kirkendall North, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
Oldest of all: Burlington Heights, Strathcona, 1813. The chart rests on 14 dated places within 5 km. Before Confederation: 7.
Kirkendall North’s surroundings: 14 historic places within 5 km
Among them are 11 National Historic Sites, 2 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. The earliest date is Burlington Heights’s, 1813, 1.9 km away. Sandyford Place in Durand is the nearest, 1.3 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 1.3 km away, in Durand |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 1.4 km away, in Durand |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 1.6 km away, in Corktown |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 1.6 km away, in Corktown |
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 1.7 km away, in Centremount |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 1.8 km away, in Strathcona |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 1.8 km away, in Corktown |
| Burlington HeightsNational Historic Site · 1813–1814 · 1.9 km away, in Strathcona |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 2 km away, in Beasley |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 2.1 km away, in Beasley |
| Former Hamilton Customs HouseNational Historic Site · 1858–1861 · 2.2 km away, in Central |
| Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)National Historic Site · 1929–1932 · 2.4 km away, in Beasley |
New homes are rare in Kirkendall North: 3.2% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 6.2% of Kirkendall North’s, against 23% in the typical town. Only 0.4% of Kirkendall North’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Few of Kirkendall North’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 16%, the norm 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Kirkendall North and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkendall North | 5,864 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kirkendall South | 3,033 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Durand | 13,338 | 2 | 2 | 1848 |
| Strathcona | 9,348 | 2 | 2 | 1813 |
| Westdale South | 4,931 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Central | 3,698 | 1 | 1 | 1858 |
| Corktown | 8,952 | 3 | 2 | 1854 |
Kirkendall North in brief
Before 1961: 72% of Kirkendall North’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: it has no historic place, where the middle town its size has 1.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
Questions about Kirkendall North’s history
How many historic places does Kirkendall North have on the registers?
None in Kirkendall North itself. The closest is Sandyford Place in Durand, 1.3 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Kirkendall North?
Before 1961: 72% 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).