Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 3.0Beyond Box Grove’s limits, 32 historic places within 25 km
Its housing is mostly newer: 1.3% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Look 11 km away, to Pickering, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
19 places of the highest rank within 25 km of Box Grove
By age, Ashbridge Estate leads, from 1793, at 22 km. The nearest is Markham Village Town Hall, 2.9 km away in Markham Village. Count to 25 km and there are 32.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Markham Village Town HallDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 2.9 km away, in Markham Village |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 3.5 km away, in Markham Village |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 5.7 km away, in Unionville |
| Thistle Ha' FarmNational Historic Site · 1840–1871 · 14 km away, in Pickering |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 21 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 21 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 21 km away, in Hope |
| Don Valley Brick WorksOntario Heritage Trust easement · 21 km away, in Leaside-Bennington |
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 22 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
| Ashbridge EstateOntario Heritage Trust property · 1793 · 22 km away, in Greenwood-Coxwell |
| Balmoral Fire HallNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 23 km away, in Yonge-St.Clair |
| Aurora Radial Railway Bridge AbutmentDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1899 · 23 km away, in Aurora |
Within 25 km of Box Grove, the record goes back to 1793
The area here stretches to 25 km around Box Grove: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
31 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 11 predate Confederation. The oldest is Ashbridge Estate in Greenwood-Coxwell, from 1793.
New homes stand out in Box Grove: 14% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Box Grove has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 59%, where most towns have 15%. Few of Box Grove’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 2.7%, the norm 27%. 22% of Box Grove’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, close to the typical town’s 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Box Grove and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box Grove | 25,496 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Vinegar Hill | 19,543 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Markham Village | 10,319 | 2 | 0 | 1871 |
| Cornell | 22,014 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hagerman's Corners | 43,555 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Morningside Heights | 24,972 | 0 | 0 | — |
Box Grove in brief
Few of its homes are old, 1.3% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed; and one person of its past, William Robert Braden (1858).
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.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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 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.
Questions about Box Grove’s history
How many historic places does Box Grove have on the registers?
Not inside Box Grove. The closest is Markham Village Town Hall in Markham Village, 2.9 km away.
How old are the homes in Box Grove?
1.3% 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).