Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Within 10 km of LaSalle, 7 places are on the heritage registers
Heritage of the first rank begins 6.2 km from LaSalle, in Sandwich. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1991: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
2 places of national importance within 10 km of LaSalle
They belong to 3 towns, chiefly Sandwich, City Centre and River West. Duff Baby House, 7.6 km off, is the oldest: 1798. Closest of all is Sandwich First Baptist Church, in Sandwich, 6.5 km off.
The 7 nearest, within 10 km
| Sandwich First Baptist ChurchNational Historic Site · 1851–1852 · 6.5 km away, in Sandwich |
| Essex County Court HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1855 · 7.4 km away, in Sandwich |
| Duff Baby HouseOntario Heritage Trust property · 1798 · 7.6 km away, in Sandwich |
| Dominion HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1880 · 7.7 km away, in Sandwich |
| Church of Our Lady of the AssumptionOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1846 · 8.2 km away, in River West |
| Mt. Zion Church of God in ChristDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1939 · 9.4 km away, in City Centre |
| François Bâby HouseNational Historic Site · 1811–1812 · 9.7 km away, in City Centre |
The places within 10 km of LaSalle lean to the years before Confederation
The historic places within 10 km of LaSalle, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
Duff Baby House, in Sandwich, is the oldest (1798). Within 10 km, 7 records give a date. 5 go back before 1867.
LaSalle is still building: 9.8% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 37% of LaSalle’s homes. At 11%, LaSalle’s share of pre-1961 homes is under the typical town’s 18%. 22% of LaSalle’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
LaSalle and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaSalle | 36,452 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Windsor | 15,896 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Cameron | 11,804 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sandwich | 14,110 | 4 | 1 | 1798 |
| Roseland | 20,587 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Remington Park | 5,783 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Devonshire | 9,852 | 0 | 0 | — |
LaSalle in brief
Counted by age, only 11% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- 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.
Questions about LaSalle’s history
How many historic places does LaSalle have on the registers?
Not within LaSalle. Its nearest is a top designation: Sandwich First Baptist Church, 6.5 km away in Sandwich.
When did LaSalle become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of LaSalle to 1991. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in LaSalle?
The 2021 Census dates 11% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).