17 heritage places lie within 10 km of Rushdale
Only 2.2% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Look 4.9 km away, to Corktown, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
The highest designation, 13 times, within 10 km of Rushdale
The mix: 13 National Historic Sites, 3 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. Battlefield House, 7.6 km off, is the oldest: 1796. Nearest comes Auchmar, 4 km off, in Centremount.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 4 km away, in Centremount |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 5.1 km away, in Durand |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 5.1 km away, in Corktown |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 5.3 km away, in Corktown |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 5.3 km away, in Durand |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 5.4 km away, in Corktown |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 6.1 km away, in Beasley |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 6.2 km away, in Beasley |
| Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)National Historic Site · 1929–1932 · 6.5 km away, in Beasley |
| Former Hamilton Customs HouseNational Historic Site · 1858–1861 · 6.6 km away, in Central |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 7.2 km away, in Strathcona |
| Burlington HeightsNational Historic Site · 1813–1814 · 7.4 km away, in Strathcona |
The places within 10 km of Rushdale lean to the years before Confederation
The historic places within 10 km of Rushdale, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
Within 10 km, 17 records give a date. Before Confederation: 10. Battlefield House, in Battlefield, goes back furthest, to 1796.
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Rushdale, against 4.1% elsewhere
Few of Rushdale’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 20%, the norm 27%. Rushdale has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 69%, where most towns have 23%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 5.3% of Rushdale’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Rushdale compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,100 to 5,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Inverness, Antigonish, West Alexander and Mt. Hope Huron Park have more. The typical town its size has 0. 12 of them have nothing on the registers.
Rushdale and its neighbours
Rushdale in brief
Few of its homes are old, 2.2% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Rushdale’s history
How many historic places does Rushdale have on the registers?
None within Rushdale itself; the nearest is 4 km off: Auchmar, in Centremount.
How old are the homes in Rushdale?
2.2% 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).