Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Around Spring Valley, 31 historic places within 25 km
Before 1961: just 10% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Heritage of the first rank begins 4 km away, in Sulphur Springs.
The registers find 31 places within 25 km of Spring Valley
Their towns number 17: Brantford, Corktown and Beasley first. The first one out is Griffin House, 2.8 km away in Sulphur Springs. By age, Her Majesty's / St. Paul's Chapel of the Mohawks leads, from 1785, at 21 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Griffin HouseNational Historic Site · 1827–1828 · 2.8 km away, in Sulphur Springs |
| Dundas Central Public SchoolOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1857 · 7.5 km away, in Colborne |
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 11 km away, in Centremount |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 12 km away, in Durand |
| Burlington HeightsNational Historic Site · 1813–1814 · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 12 km away, in Durand |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 12 km away, in Corktown |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 12 km away, in Corktown |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 12 km away, in Corktown |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 13 km away, in Beasley |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 13 km away, in Beasley |
Around Spring Valley, within 25 km, most dated places come from the years before Confederation
The area here stretches to 25 km around Spring Valley: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
31 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 19 go back before 1867. Oldest of all: Her Majesty's / St. Paul's Chapel of the Mohawks, Six Nations (Part) 40, 1785.
Spring Valley’s building boom came from 2001 to 2015: 40% of its homes
Spring Valley has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 39%, where most towns have 23%. Few of Spring Valley’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 8.7%, the norm 27%. From 2016 to 2021 Spring Valley added 3.3% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Spring Valley compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,200 to 4,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Carleton-sur-Mer, West River and Napierville have more. Their median is 0. 13 of them have none.
Spring Valley and its neighbours
Spring Valley in brief
Few of its homes are old, 10% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- 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. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
Questions about Spring Valley’s history
How many historic places does Spring Valley have on the registers?
Spring Valley has none of its own; Griffin House, in Sulphur Springs, the closest at 2.8 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Spring Valley?
Before 1961: 10% 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).