Photo: P199 · Public domainBeyond Horton’s limits, 7 historic places within 50 km
From Horton, look 14 km away, to McNab/Braeside, for the nearest place of the highest designation. 6.2% of its homes went up between 2016 and 2021; the typical town built 4.1%.
Horton’s surroundings: 7 historic places within 50 km
Oldest of them is George Bryson House (1854), 43 km off. They are spread over 5 towns, including Almonte, Mansfield-et-Pontefract and McNab/Braeside. Gillies Grove and House in McNab/Braeside is the nearest, 18 km away.
The 7 nearest, within 50 km
| Gillies Grove and HouseNational Historic Site · 1937–1938 · 18 km away, in McNab/Braeside |
| D.A. Gillies BuildingNational Historic Site · 1896–1899 · 19 km away, in Arnprior |
| Rosamond Woollen MillNational Historic Site · 1866–1901 · 42 km away, in Almonte |
| Félix-Gabriel-Marchand BridgeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1898 · 42 km away, in Mansfield-et-Pontefract |
| Former Almonte Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1889–1892 · 43 km away, in Almonte |
| George Bryson HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1854 · 43 km away, in Mansfield-et-Pontefract |
| Diefenbunker / Central Emergency Government HeadquartersNational Historic Site · 1959–1962 · 45 km away, in Carp |
From 1854 on: the dated places within 50 km of Horton
Places as far as 50 km from Horton, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Dated places within 50 km: 7. 2 predate Confederation. Oldest of all: George Bryson House, Mansfield-et-Pontefract, 1854.
Old houses stand out in Horton: 24% predate 1961, where most towns have 18%
Count back from today and half of Horton’s homes are older than 1981. Horton’s largest group of homes, 27%, went up from 1961 to 1980. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 20% of Horton’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 Horton compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,500 to 3,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Guybourg, Saint-Isidore and Victoria Park. The middle one has 0. 13 of them have none.
Horton and its neighbours
Horton in brief
Housing in Horton includes 24% built 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
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Horton’s history
How many historic places does Horton have on the registers?
None in Horton itself. The closest is Gillies Grove and House in McNab/Braeside, 18 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Horton?
24% 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).