Canadian National Railway Station, Leamington, Ontario · Photo: Crisco 1492 · CC BY-SA 4.0
1historic place on the registers
History of Leamington · Canada’s heritage registers
Canada’s registers list 1 historic place in Leamington
Leamington’s one place is Canadian National Railway Station, Leamington, Ontario, a heritage railway station begun in 1887. For every 10,000 residents Leamington has 0.3, ahead of 72% of Canadian towns. Of its homes, 31% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
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The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Other federal designations
One other place Canada recognizes in Leamington
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Near Leamington, within 50 km: 10 places of national rank
They are spread over 7 towns, including Amherstburg, Sandwich and City Centre. At 21 km, “Canadian National Railways Station, Comber, Ontario” in Lakeshore is the closest. The record reaches back to 1790 with Park House, 44 km away.
Leamington is still building: 5.5% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Leamington’s homes are older than 1981. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Leamington 28% of its homes, near the usual 27%. 24% of Leamington’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, close to the typical town’s 23%.
31%
Before 1961
28%
1961–80
24%
1981–2000
12%
2001–15
5.5%
2016–21
LeamingtonTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
In Leamington, 31% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 1 historic place. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: one historic place is about usual for its size (the median is 1); one person of its past, Mansell Richard James (1893); and its one place was designated in 1995.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
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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.
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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.
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The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
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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.
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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.
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Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
Questions about Leamington’s history
How many historic places does Leamington have on the registers?
Inside Leamington: 1 historic place.
How old are the homes in Leamington?
Before 1961: 31% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
What is the oldest building in Leamington?
Canadian National Railway Station, Leamington, Ontario (Heritage Railway Station): the first construction date on its record is 1887.
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.
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