8 heritage places lie within 5 km of Rolston
The nearest town to Rolston with a top designation is Durand, 3.5 km away. Homes from before 1961 are 12% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town.
1.9 km from Rolston: Auchmar, the nearest on the registers
The mix: 5 National Historic Sites, 2 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. All told, 8 places are within 5 km. Sandyford Place, 3.5 km away, leads 5 places with the top designation.
The 8 nearest, within 5 km
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 1.9 km away, in Centremount |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 3.5 km away, in Durand |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 3.8 km away, in Corktown |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 3.8 km away, in Durand |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 3.9 km away, in Corktown |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 4.1 km away, in Corktown |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 4.7 km away, in Beasley |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 4.8 km away, in Beasley |
From 1848 on: the dated places within 5 km of Rolston
The historic places within 5 km of Rolston, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
8 dated places within 5 km make up the record. 4 go back before 1867. The oldest is McQuesten House / Whitehern in Durand, from 1848.
No home in Rolston dates from 2016 to 2021; the typical town has 4.1%
Half of the homes standing in Rolston today were built before 1981. Rolston built little from 2001 to 2015: 2.2% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. 66% of Rolston’s homes date from 1961 to 1980, well above the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Rolston compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,100 to 6,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Haultain, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Saint-Césaire and Sioux Lookout. The middle one has 0. 12 of them have nothing on the registers.
Rolston and its neighbours
Rolston in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 12% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
Questions about Rolston’s history
How many historic places does Rolston have on the registers?
Rolston has none of its own yet. Auchmar, in Centremount, is the nearest, 1.9 km away.
How old are the homes in Rolston?
The 2021 Census dates 12% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).