How it began
Stouffville through its dates, from 1792
In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Stouffville dates from 1792; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger. The first railway station on record, Stouffville GO Station, opened in 1869.
Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 3.00historic places on the registers
History of Stouffville · Canada’s heritage registers
Stouffville and the railway, from 1869
Within 25 km of Stouffville there are 11 designated places; Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, Ontario, at 10 km, is the closest. Homes from before 1961 are 9.5% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. The closest top-tier heritage is in Aurora, 16 km from here. Records name 6 people born in Stouffville before 1914; the first is Joseph Henry Widdifield.
Historic places within 25 km
11
3 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
10 km
Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, Ontario
Homes built before 1961
9.5%
typical town: 18%
Born here before 1914
6
the earliest in 1845
The age of the area
Around Stouffville, within 25 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
No place near Stouffville is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
British North America 1760–18663
After Confederation 1867–19138
Wars and Depression 1914–19450
Since 1946 1946 on0
First by date comes Sharon Temple in East Gwillimbury, from 1825. 11 places within 25 km have a date. 3 are older than 1867.
Around the town
Stouffville’s area holds 3 top-tier places within 25 km
Sharon Temple, 20 km off, is the oldest: 1825. Closest of all is “Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, Ontario”, in Markham Village, 10 km off. The registers hold 11 within 25 km.
The 11 nearest, within 25 km
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 10 km away, in Markham Village |
| Markham Village Town HallDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 11 km away, in Markham Village |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 13 km away, in Unionville |
| Thistle Ha' FarmNational Historic Site · 1840–1871 · 13 km away, in Pickering |
| Aurora Radial Railway Bridge AbutmentDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1899 · 16 km away, in Aurora |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Aurora, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 16 km away, in Aurora |
| Hillary HouseNational Historic Site · 1861–1863 · 16 km away, in Aurora |
| Old Newmarket Town Hall and CourthouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 17 km away, in Newmarket |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Newmarket, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 18 km away, in Newmarket |
| Sharon TempleNational Historic Site · 1825–1832 · 20 km away, in East Gwillimbury |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 23 km away, in Hope |
Homes by age
New homes stand out in Stouffville: 11% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 13% of Stouffville’s, against 27% in the typical town. 48% of Stouffville’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Stouffville 19% of its homes, near the usual 23%.
9.5%
Before 1961
13%
1961–80
19%
1981–2000
48%
2001–15
11%
2016–21
StouffvilleTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
1845 to 1908: the people Stouffville gave its past
The longest life was Luella Creighton’s: 95 years, to 1996. Most of them, 5 of 6, came into the world in the decades after Confederation. 6 people on the record were born here before 1914. William Henry Moore is the most written about, in 5 languages.
Joseph Henry Widdifield
William Henry Moore
H. R. MacMillan
Frank Underhill
Luella Creighton
Earl Cook
1800182518501875190019251950
WM
William Henry Moore1872–1960 · Canadian lawyer, author, politician
H. R. MacMillan1885–1976 · Canadian businessman
FU
Frank Underhill1889–1971 · Canadian historian
EC
Earl Cook1908–1996 · Canadian baseball player
LC
Luella Creighton1901–1996 · Canadian writer
JW
Joseph Henry Widdifield1845–1906 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Stouffville → 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 its size
How Stouffville compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 52,600 to 64,000 residents, by places on the registers.
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9 of them are ahead. The typical town its size has 2. 7 of them have none.
Neighbours
Stouffville and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stouffville | 58,010 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cornell | 22,014 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Berczy Village | 22,149 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Stouffville in brief
Of its people of the past, the best known are William Henry Moore (1872), H. R. MacMillan (1885) and Frank Underhill (1889). Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 9.5%, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 2 historic places.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- 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. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
Questions about Stouffville’s history
How many historic places does Stouffville have on the registers?
Not inside Stouffville. The closest is Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, Ontario in Markham Village, 10 km away.
How old are the homes in Stouffville?
9.5% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).