Photo: Tabercil · CC BY 3.0Around Mount Forest, 93 historic places within 100 km
Heritage of the first rank begins 30 km from Mount Forest, in Fergus. William Henry Cushing heads a list of 11 people born in Mount Forest before 1914.
45 places of the highest rank within 100 km of Mount Forest
The registers hold 93 within 100 km. Closest of all is Former Elora Drill Shed, in Fergus, 31 km off. They stand in 49 towns, Guelph, Brantford and Port Elgin among them.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Former Elora Drill ShedNational Historic Site · 1865–1866 · 31 km away, in Fergus |
| Wellington County House of Industry and RefugeNational Historic Site · 1876–1878 · 31 km away, in Fergus |
| West Montrose Covered BridgeDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 39 km away, in Elmira |
| Brubacher HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1850 · 50 km away, in Waterloo |
| Huether HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 51 km away, in Waterloo |
| Our Lady of the Immaculate ConceptionNational Historic Site · 1876–1889 · 51 km away, in Guelph |
| Guelph City HallNational Historic Site · 1856–1858 · 51 km away, in Guelph |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Guelph, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1911–1912 · 51 km away, in Guelph |
| Elizabeth Ziegler Public SchoolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1931 · 51 km away, in Waterloo |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1906–1908 · 51 km away, in Guelph |
| Erb-Kumpf HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 52 km away, in Waterloo |
| Rockwood AcademyOntario Heritage Trust property · 1850 · 52 km away, in Rockwood |
The 100 km around Mount Forest keep buildings from as early as 1785
The nearest historic places to Mount Forest, out to 100 km, by the first construction date on each record.
The earliest is Her Majesty's / St. Paul's Chapel of the Mohawks in Six Nations (Part) 40, begun in 1785. The bars count 87 dated places within 100 km. 34 go back before 1867.
30% of Mount Forest’s homes are older than 1961, against a usual 18%
New building in Mount Forest runs at the usual pace: 4.3% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. Over half of the homes in Mount Forest were already standing by 1981. 27% of Mount Forest’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Before 1914, Mount Forest gave 11 lives to the record
The last born is Rae Luckock, in 1893. Fame, by Wikipedia: Rae Luckock first, in 4 languages. At 87, Frank Gainer outlived the rest, dying in 1975. William Henry Cushing comes first, born in 1852.
Everyone born in Mount Forest → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Mount Forest in brief
Mount Forest has 30% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Its people of the past include Rae Luckock (1893), George Albert McGuire (1871) and William Samuel Hall (1871). Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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 Mount Forest’s history
How many historic places does Mount Forest have on the registers?
Inside Mount Forest, none so far. At 31 km, Former Elora Drill Shed in Fergus is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Mount Forest?
Before 1961: 30% of its homes; 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).