Photo: ChadPerez49 · CC BY-SA 3.0Within 25 km of Upper Cornell, 10 places are on the heritage registers
Few homes are old by the census: 0.6% before 1961, against 18%. Look 12 km away, to Pickering, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
The highest designation, 3 times, within 25 km of Upper Cornell
The radius of 25 km holds 10. At 2.8 km, “Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, Ontario” in Markham Village is the closest. They are spread over 7 towns, including Aurora, Markham Village and Unionville.
The 10 nearest, within 25 km
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 2.8 km away, in Markham Village |
| Markham Village Town HallDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 3.2 km away, in Markham Village |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 7.2 km away, in Unionville |
| Thistle Ha' FarmNational Historic Site · 1840–1871 · 11 km away, in Pickering |
| Aurora Radial Railway Bridge AbutmentDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1899 · 20 km away, in Aurora |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Aurora, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 21 km away, in Aurora |
| Hillary HouseNational Historic Site · 1861–1863 · 22 km away, in Aurora |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 22 km away, in Hope |
| Old Newmarket Town Hall and CourthouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 24 km away, in Newmarket |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 25 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
Within 25 km of Upper Cornell, the decades after Confederation left the most
Reaching 25 km out from Upper Cornell: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
First by date comes Montgomery's Tavern in Yonge-Eglinton, from 1837. Within 25 km, 10 records give a date. Before Confederation: 3.
Upper Cornell is still building: 7% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
59% of Upper Cornell’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 5.7% of Upper Cornell’s, against 27% in the typical town. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Upper Cornell 26% of its homes, near the usual 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Upper Cornell compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,300 to 8,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Strathcona, La Malbaie, McNab/Braeside and Vermilion River County. The middle one has 0. For 12, the registers list nothing.
Upper Cornell and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cornell | 22,014 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Markham Village | 10,319 | 2 | 0 | 1871 |
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Box Grove | 25,496 | 0 | 0 | — |
Upper Cornell in brief
Before 1961: just 0.6% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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. 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
Questions about Upper Cornell’s history
How many historic places does Upper Cornell have on the registers?
Inside Upper Cornell, none so far; Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, Ontario, 2.8 km away in Markham Village, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Upper Cornell?
0.6% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Why might a heritage building in Upper Cornell be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Upper Cornell, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets no page.
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).