Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 3.0Around Mount Joy, 15 historic places within 25 km
Few homes are old by the census: 6.9% before 1961, against 18%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Richmond Hill, 14 km from here.
The heritage closest to Mount Joy: “Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, Ontario”, at 600 m
Thistle Ha' Farm, 14 km off, is the nearest of 6 top-tier places. The radius of 25 km holds 15. Oldest of them is Montgomery's Tavern (1837), 23 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 600 m away, in Markham Village |
| Markham Village Town HallDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 1.2 km away, in Markham Village |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 4.5 km away, in Unionville |
| Thistle Ha' FarmNational Historic Site · 1840–1871 · 14 km away, in Pickering |
| Aurora Radial Railway Bridge AbutmentDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1899 · 19 km away, in Aurora |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 20 km away, in Hope |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Aurora, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 20 km away, in Aurora |
| Hillary HouseNational Historic Site · 1861–1863 · 21 km away, in Aurora |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 23 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 23 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 23 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
| Don Valley Brick WorksOntario Heritage Trust easement · 24 km away, in Leaside-Bennington |
Within 25 km of Mount Joy, the oldest record dates from 1837
The nearest historic places to Mount Joy, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
The chart rests on 14 dated places within 25 km. 3 predate Confederation. First by date comes Montgomery's Tavern in Yonge-Eglinton, from 1837.
No home in Mount Joy dates from 2016 to 2021; the typical town has 4.1%
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 62% of Mount Joy’s, against 23% in the typical town. Only 15% of Mount Joy’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. More than half of Mount Joy’s housing predates 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Mount Joy compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,300 to 8,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: McNab/Braeside and Saint-Roch. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have none.
Mount Joy and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Markham Village | 10,319 | 2 | 0 | 1871 |
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Quantztown | 13,146 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cornell | 22,014 | 0 | 0 | — |
Mount Joy in brief
The census dates only 6.9% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- 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 federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Mount Joy’s history
How many historic places does Mount Joy have on the registers?
None inside Mount Joy yet. The nearest is Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, Ontario, 600 m away in Markham Village.
How old are the homes in Mount Joy?
6.9% 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).