Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Hozombel at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Heritage of the first rank begins 17 km from Milton, in Burlington. Only 5.4% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Of the 8 people born in Milton before 1914, Joseph Martin came first.
They are 3 provincial or municipal listings, 2 heritage railway stations and a National Historic Site. At 6 km, Boston Presbyterian Church in Georgetown is the closest. Between them, 5 towns share them, mainly Georgetown, Erin Mills and Downtown.
| Boston Presbyterian ChurchDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1868 · 6 km away, in Georgetown |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Georgetown, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1855–1857 · 17 km away, in Georgetown |
| LislehurstDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1885 · 17 km away, in Erin Mills |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 21 km away, in Downtown |
| Rockwood AcademyOntario Heritage Trust property · 1850 · 24 km away, in Rockwood |
| Royal Botanical GardensNational Historic Site · 1929–1990 · 24 km away, in Burlington |
Milton took its legal form as a town in 1857. For the municipality of Milton itself, Wikidata records May 17, 1818, a date that can be a founding as much as a merger.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from French Wikipedia’s article “Milton (Ontario)”, revision 240321776 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
Reaching 25 km out from Milton: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Within 25 km, 6 records give a date. 2 go back before 1867. The earliest is Rockwood Academy in Rockwood, begun in 1850.
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 57% of Milton’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 8.2% of Milton’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Milton built little from 1961 to 1980: 14% of its homes, where most towns have 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Joseph Martin comes first, born in 1852. Best known is Joseph Martin, with articles in 7 Wikipedia languages. The longest life was Emma Sophia Baker’s: 87 years, to 1943. Charles Laking closes the list, born in 1899.
Everyone born in Milton → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns of 141,100 to 175,400 residents, by places on the registers.
12 of them are ahead. The middle one has 5. For 4, the registers list nothing.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton | 157,345 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lisgar | 31,627 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Churchill Meadows | 48,872 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Meadowvale | 37,821 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Central Erin Mills | 36,393 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Oakville | 243,107 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Erin Mills | 39,194 | 1 | 0 | 1885 |
Joseph Martin (1852), Emma Sophia Baker (1856) and Oscar Fleming (1862) lead its people of the past. Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 5.4%, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 5.
None inside Milton yet. The nearest is Boston Presbyterian Church, 6 km away in Georgetown.
The 2021 Census dates 5.4% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 9 more listings in Milton, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article they get 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).