Photo: Loozrboy from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0The heritage near Greensborough: 13 places in a 25 km radius
Homes from before 1961 are 3% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. Look 14 km away, to Pickering, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
5 places of the highest rank within 25 km of Greensborough
They are spread over 9 towns, including Aurora, Markham Village and Newmarket. By designation: 5 heritage railway stations, 5 National Historic Sites and 3 provincial or municipal listings. Within 25 km there are 13 in all.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 1.7 km away, in Markham Village |
| Markham Village Town HallDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 2.3 km away, in Markham Village |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 5.6 km away, in Unionville |
| Thistle Ha' FarmNational Historic Site · 1840–1871 · 13 km away, in Pickering |
| Aurora Radial Railway Bridge AbutmentDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1899 · 19 km away, in Aurora |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Aurora, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 20 km away, in Aurora |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 20 km away, in Hope |
| Hillary HouseNational Historic Site · 1861–1863 · 20 km away, in Aurora |
| Old Newmarket Town Hall and CourthouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 23 km away, in Newmarket |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 24 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Newmarket, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 24 km away, in Newmarket |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 25 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
Around Greensborough, within 25 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1837
Places as far as 25 km from Greensborough, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
First by date comes Montgomery's Tavern in Yonge-Eglinton, from 1837. The chart rests on 13 dated places within 25 km. 3 are older than 1867.
9.2% of Greensborough’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 2.7% of Greensborough’s, against 27% in the typical town. 71% of Greensborough’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Only 14% of Greensborough’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than 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.
Greensborough and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Markham Village | 10,319 | 2 | 0 | 1871 |
| Cornell | 22,014 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Quantztown | 13,146 | 0 | 0 | — |
Greensborough in brief
Counted by age, only 3% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, it has no historic place, where the middle town its size has 2.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
Questions about Greensborough’s history
How many historic places does Greensborough have on the registers?
Greensborough has none of its own yet. Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, Ontario, in Markham Village, is the nearest, 1.7 km away.
How old are the homes in Greensborough?
3% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).