Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.019 heritage places lie within 50 km of Mono
Fergus, 39 km from Mono, has the nearest place of the highest rank. Building from 2016 to 2021 gave it 8.1% of its homes, where most towns have 4.1%.
Within 50 km of Mono: 19 places on the registers
Royal Flying Corps Hangars in Angus is the nearest, 36 km away. They stand in 10 towns, Guelph, Aurora and Georgetown among them. The mix: 7 National Historic Sites, 6 heritage railway stations and 5 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Royal Flying Corps HangarsNational Historic Site · 1917–1918 · 36 km away, in Angus |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, Georgetown, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1855–1857 · 37 km away, in Georgetown |
| ClaverleighNational Historic Site · 1871–1872 · 39 km away, in Stayner |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 39 km away, in Downtown |
| Rockwood AcademyOntario Heritage Trust property · 1850 · 40 km away, in Rockwood |
| Wellington County House of Industry and RefugeNational Historic Site · 1876–1878 · 41 km away, in Fergus |
| Former Elora Drill ShedNational Historic Site · 1865–1866 · 44 km away, in Fergus |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 46 km away, in Hope |
| Boston Presbyterian ChurchDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1868 · 48 km away, in Georgetown |
| Hillary HouseNational Historic Site · 1861–1863 · 48 km away, in Aurora |
| Aurora Radial Railway Bridge AbutmentDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1899 · 48 km away, in Aurora |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Aurora, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 48 km away, in Aurora |
Within 50 km of Mono, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
The area here stretches to 50 km around Mono: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
The oldest is Rockwood Academy in Rockwood, from 1850. 19 places within 50 km carry a construction date. Before Confederation: 5.
The biggest share of Mono’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 28%
Half of the homes standing in Mono today were built before 2001. 26% of Mono’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Homes from before 1961 are 15% of Mono’s housing, about the typical 18%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Mono compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 10,000 to 10,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Amherst, Lac-des-Fées and Kitimat. The middle one has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Mono and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mono | 10,036 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Orangeville | 33,070 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Amaranth | 4,808 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Shelburne | 10,767 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Garafraxa | 2,976 | 0 | 0 | — |
Mono in brief
The census dates only 15% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0. Everything else is close to the norm: Minerva Reid (1871) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- 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.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- 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.
Questions about Mono’s history
How many historic places does Mono have on the registers?
Mono has none of its own; Royal Flying Corps Hangars, in Angus, the closest at 36 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Mono?
15% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
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).