History around Turnball: 15 designated places within 10 km
From Turnball, look 2.9 km away, to Sulphur Springs, for the nearest place of the highest designation. The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 12%.
The highest designation, 11 times, within 10 km of Turnball
They stand in 9 towns, Corktown, Beasley and Strathcona among them. Burlington Heights, 7.8 km off, is the oldest: 1813. At 2.3 km, Dundas Central Public School in Colborne is the closest.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Dundas Central Public SchoolOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1857 · 2.3 km away, in Colborne |
| Griffin HouseNational Historic Site · 1827–1828 · 2.7 km away, in Sulphur Springs |
| Burlington HeightsNational Historic Site · 1813–1814 · 7.8 km away, in Strathcona |
| Dundurn CastleNational Historic Site · 1834–1836 · 7.8 km away, in Strathcona |
| AuchmarOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1855 · 8.1 km away, in Centremount |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 8.6 km away, in Durand |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 8.7 km away, in Durand |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 9 km away, in Corktown |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 9 km away, in Corktown |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 9.1 km away, in Corktown |
| Former Hamilton Customs HouseNational Historic Site · 1858–1861 · 9.2 km away, in Central |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 9.2 km away, in Beasley |
From 1813 on: the dated places within 10 km of Turnball
Places near Turnball (within 10 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
Burlington Heights, in Strathcona, goes back furthest, to 1813. Within 10 km, building dates exist for 15 places. Before Confederation: 9.
Turnball added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 0.4%, where most towns have 4.1%
More than half of Turnball’s housing predates 1981. The busiest building years in Turnball were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 46% of today’s homes. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 9.7% of Turnball’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 Turnball compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,300 to 6,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Beasley, Neepawa, Electoral Area C, Peace River, Lac-Brome and Mission. Their median is 0. For 11, the registers list nothing.
Turnball and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnball | 6,312 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Golf Course | 3,741 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Central Business Dis | 6,127 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sulphur Springs | 9,404 | 1 | 1 | 1827 |
| Colborne | 7,447 | 1 | 0 | 1857 |
| Ainslie Wood West | 3,917 | 0 | 0 | — |
| York Road | 4,931 | 0 | 0 | — |
Turnball in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 12%, 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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. 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.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to 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.
Questions about Turnball’s history
How many historic places does Turnball have on the registers?
None inside Turnball yet. The nearest is Dundas Central Public School, 2.3 km away in Colborne.
How old are the homes in Turnball?
Before 1961: 12% 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).