Photo: ChadPerez49 · CC BY-SA 3.0History around Wismer Commons: 14 designated places within 25 km
Few homes are old by the census: 0.6% before 1961, against 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Richmond Hill, 12 km away.
Nearest to Wismer Commons: “Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, Ontario”, 2.1 km away
14 places lie within 25 km. Of the 5 of the highest rank, the nearest is Thistle Ha' Farm, 15 km away. The mix: 5 heritage railway stations, 5 National Historic Sites and 4 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 2.1 km away, in Markham Village |
| Markham Village Town HallDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 2.6 km away, in Markham Village |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 4.2 km away, in Unionville |
| Thistle Ha' FarmNational Historic Site · 1840–1871 · 15 km away, in Pickering |
| Aurora Radial Railway Bridge AbutmentDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1899 · 17 km away, in Aurora |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Aurora, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 18 km away, in Aurora |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 19 km away, in Hope |
| Hillary HouseNational Historic Site · 1861–1863 · 19 km away, in Aurora |
| Old Newmarket Town Hall and CourthouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 22 km away, in Newmarket |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 23 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Newmarket, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 23 km away, in Newmarket |
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 24 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
Around Wismer Commons, within 25 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1837
The nearest historic places to Wismer Commons, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
First by date comes Montgomery's Tavern in Yonge-Eglinton, from 1837. 13 dated places within 25 km make up the record. 3 go back before 1867.
12% of Wismer Commons’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Only 0.2% of Wismer Commons’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 3.8% of Wismer Commons’s, against 23% in the typical town. 83% of Wismer Commons’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Wismer Commons compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 20,400 to 20,800 residents, by places on the registers.
7 have more. The typical town its size has 0. 9 of them have none.
Wismer Commons and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Quantztown | 13,146 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Berczy Village | 22,149 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Markham Village | 10,319 | 2 | 0 | 1871 |
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 0 | 0 | — |
Wismer Commons in brief
The census dates only 0.6% 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a 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.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
Questions about Wismer Commons’s history
How many historic places does Wismer Commons have on the registers?
Inside Wismer Commons, none so far; Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, Ontario, 2.1 km away in Markham Village, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Wismer Commons?
The 2021 Census dates 0.6% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).