Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Within 25 km of Lynden, 33 places are on the heritage registers
Sulphur Springs, 12 km from Lynden, has the nearest place of the highest rank. Of the 3 people born in Lynden before 1914, Reuben Rupert Jamieson came first.
The highest designation, 19 times, within 25 km of Lynden
The first one out is Griffin House, 9.2 km away in Sulphur Springs. Her Majesty's / St. Paul's Chapel of the Mohawks, 18 km off, is the oldest: 1785. By designation: 19 National Historic Sites, 9 provincial or municipal listings and 3 heritage railway stations.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Griffin HouseNational Historic Site · 1827–1828 · 9.2 km away, in Sulphur Springs |
| Dundas Central Public SchoolOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1857 · 12 km away, in Colborne |
| Adelaide Hunter Hoodless HomesteadNational Historic Site · 1830–1840 · 15 km away, in Paris |
| ChiefswoodNational Historic Site · 1853–1857 · 17 km away, in Six Nations (Part) 40 |
| St. Jude's Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1871–1872 · 17 km away, in Brantford |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Brantford, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1905–1906 · 18 km away, in Brantford |
| Her Majesty's / St. Paul's Chapel of the MohawksNational Historic Site · 1785–1786 · 18 km away, in Six Nations (Part) 40 |
| Sanderson Centre for the Performing ArtsDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1919 · 18 km away, in Brantford |
| Bell Telephone MemorialDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1917 · 18 km away, in Brantford |
| Burlington HeightsNational Historic Site · 1813–1814 · 18 km away, in Strathcona |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 18 km away, in Strathcona |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1893–1894 · 18 km away, in Brantford |
The places within 25 km of Lynden lean to the years before Confederation
No place near Lynden is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
The bars count 33 dated places within 25 km. 18 predate Confederation. The oldest is Her Majesty's / St. Paul's Chapel of the Mohawks in Six Nations (Part) 40, from 1785.
30% of Lynden’s homes are older than 1961, against a usual 18%
From 2016 to 2021 Lynden added 2.3% of its homes, less than the typical town’s 4.1%. Over half of the homes in Lynden were already standing by 1981. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Lynden 29% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
3 Lynden births on record from before 1914
The earliest is Reuben Rupert Jamieson, born in 1856. Lloyd Cook is the most written about, in 7 languages. Of them all, Albert Dyment lived longest: 75 years, until 1944. At the other end is Lloyd Cook, from 1890.
Everyone born in Lynden → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
How Lynden compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 10,400 to 10,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Coal Harbour and Corman Park No. 344 have more. Their median is 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Lynden and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynden | 10,442 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Spring Valley | 4,175 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Turnball | 6,312 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Golf Course | 3,741 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Shaver | 2,882 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Leeming | 2,849 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sulphur Springs | 9,404 | 1 | 1 | 1827 |
Lynden in brief
Lynden’s homes from before 1961 come to 30%, against 18% in the typical town. Its history in lives: Lloyd Cook (1890), Albert Dyment (1869) and Reuben Rupert Jamieson (1856). Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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 Lynden’s history
How many historic places does Lynden have on the registers?
Inside Lynden, none so far. At 9.2 km, Griffin House in Sulphur Springs is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Lynden?
30% 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).