Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Canadian National Railways Station, Comber, Ontario · Public domainLakeshore’s one place is Canadian National Railways Station, Comber, Ontario, a heritage railway station begun in 1872. Relative to its size Lakeshore has 0.2 per 10,000 residents, more than 72% of Canadian towns.
One picture from before 1950: the oldest view of one of its historic places. Tap the picture to enlarge it.
1917Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
On the open record, Lakeshore as a municipality goes back to 1999, though that may be a charter rather than a first settlement. Rail service is on record from 1872, when Comber railway station opened.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
By designation: 10 National Historic Sites, 7 provincial or municipal listings and 2 heritage railway stations. François Bâby House, 26 km away, leads 10 places with the top designation. The oldest, Park House, dates from 1790, 38 km away.
| Willistead ManorDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1906 · 24 km away, in Walkerville |
| Mt. Zion Church of God in ChristDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1939 · 25 km away, in City Centre |
| François Bâby HouseNational Historic Site · 1811–1812 · 26 km away, in City Centre |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Leamington, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1887–1888 · 28 km away, in Leamington |
| Church of Our Lady of the AssumptionOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1846 · 28 km away, in River West |
| Dominion HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1880 · 29 km away, in Sandwich |
| Essex County Court HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1855 · 29 km away, in Sandwich |
| Duff Baby HouseOntario Heritage Trust property · 1798 · 29 km away, in Sandwich |
| Sandwich First Baptist ChurchNational Historic Site · 1851–1852 · 29 km away, in Sandwich |
| Amherstburg First Baptist ChurchNational Historic Site · 1848–1850 · 37 km away, in Amherstburg |
| Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal ChurchNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 37 km away, in Amherstburg |
| Fort MaldenNational Historic Site · 1796–1800 · 38 km away, in Amherstburg |
19% of Lakeshore’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. The largest single period is from 2001 to 2015, with 26% of Lakeshore’s homes. Over half of the homes in Lakeshore were already standing by 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore | 45,954 | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
| Tecumseh | 25,554 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Riverside | 15,758 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forest Glade | 21,328 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riverside | 21,828 | 0 | 0 | — |
Housing in Lakeshore includes 19% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Together that makes 1 historic place. The other figures are unremarkable: it has one historic place, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 2); Oliver James Wilcox (1869) and Paul Poisson (1887) are its people of the past on the record; and its designation dates from 1996.
1 historic place inside Lakeshore, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
Canadian National Railways Station, Comber, Ontario, a Heritage Railway Station, begun in 1872.
19% predate 1961, where 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).
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