Photo: Transportfan70 · CC0Around Cathedraltown, 17 historic places within 25 km
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 0.6%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Richmond Hill, 5.1 km from here.
17 historic places within 25 km of Cathedraltown
The oldest, Sharon Temple, dates from 1825, 23 km away. “Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, Ontario” in Unionville is the nearest, 6.4 km away. Of 8 top designations nearby, Hillary House is the closest, at 14 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 6.4 km away, in Unionville |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 9.2 km away, in Markham Village |
| Markham Village Town HallDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 9.4 km away, in Markham Village |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 11 km away, in Hope |
| Aurora Radial Railway Bridge AbutmentDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1899 · 12 km away, in Aurora |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Aurora, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 13 km away, in Aurora |
| Hillary HouseNational Historic Site · 1861–1863 · 14 km away, in Aurora |
| Old Newmarket Town Hall and CourthouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 18 km away, in Newmarket |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Newmarket, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 19 km away, in Newmarket |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 21 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Thistle Ha' FarmNational Historic Site · 1840–1871 · 22 km away, in Pickering |
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 22 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
Near Cathedraltown, within 25 km: built places from 1825 on
The nearest historic places to Cathedraltown, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
16 places within 25 km have a date. 5 go back before 1867. Oldest of all: Sharon Temple, East Gwillimbury, 1825.
Cathedraltown’s building boom came from 2001 to 2015: 90% of its homes
Only 2.7% of Cathedraltown’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 0% of Cathedraltown’s, against 27% in the typical town. From 2016 on, Cathedraltown built 5.7% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Cathedraltown compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 11,000 to 11,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Smiths Falls, East London and Liverpool. The middle one has 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Cathedraltown and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedraltown | 11,029 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Buttonville | 15,001 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cachet | 6,361 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Richmond Hill | 222,031 | 1 | 1 | 1866 |
| Berczy Village | 22,149 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Brown's Corners | 7,228 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Unionville | 17,632 | 1 | 0 | 1871 |
Cathedraltown in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 0.6% of the total, 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
- 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.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- 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.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
Questions about Cathedraltown’s history
How many historic places does Cathedraltown have on the registers?
None within Cathedraltown itself; the nearest is 6.4 km off: Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, Ontario, in Unionville.
How old are the homes in Cathedraltown?
0.6% 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).