Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Annandale House (Tillsonburg Museum) · Photo: Colincan · CC BY-SA 3.0In Tillsonburg that place is Annandale House (Tillsonburg Museum), a national historic site, from 1881. Per resident Tillsonburg has more than 74% of Canadian towns: 0.5 for every 10,000 people.
The municipality of Tillsonburg has the date 1825 on Wikidata; the record doesn’t say whether it marks a founding or an incorporation. Its oldest recorded station, 41 Bridge Street West, dates from 1898.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Old Woodstock Town Hall, 29 km away, leads 15 places with the top designation. By designation: 17 provincial or municipal listings, 15 National Historic Sites and 3 heritage railway stations. Closest of all is Port Burwell Marine Museum and Historic Lighthouse, in Bayham, 26 km off.
| Port Burwell Marine Museum and Historic LighthouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1840 · 26 km away, in Bayham |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Woodstock, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1885–1886 · 28 km away, in Woodstock |
| Old Woodstock Town HallNational Historic Site · 1853–1854 · 29 km away, in Woodstock |
| Backhouse Grist MillNational Historic Site · 1798–1799 · 32 km away, in Simcoe |
| Lynnwood/Campbell-Reid HouseNational Historic Site · 1850–1852 · 35 km away, in Simcoe |
| Former Canada Southern Railway Station, St. Thomas, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1874 · 38 km away, in St. Thomas |
| Fort NorfolkNational Historic Site · 1814–1816 · 39 km away, in Simcoe |
| St. Thomas City HallNational Historic Site · 1898–1900 · 39 km away, in St. Thomas |
| Old St. Thomas ChurchOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1824 · 40 km away, in St. Thomas |
| Aeolian HallDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1884 · 42 km away, in East London |
| Banting HouseNational Historic Site · 1900–1901 · 43 km away, in East London |
| Christ Church (Anglican)Designated heritage property (part IV) · 1863 · 43 km away, in Central London |
The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 27% of Tillsonburg’s homes. At 22%, Tillsonburg’s share of pre-1961 homes is above the typical town’s 18%. Over half of the homes in Tillsonburg were already standing by 2001.
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, 8 births here made the record. Fame, by Wikipedia: Tillson Harrison first, in 8 languages. Longest lived was Stan Crossett, 92 years in all (1992).
Everyone born in Tillsonburg → 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 21,300 to 21,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Varennes and Colchester County, Subdivision B. Their median is 0. 11 of them have nothing on the registers.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tillsonburg | 21,450 | 1 | 1 | 1881 |
| South-West Oxford | 8,375 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Norwich | 12,321 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bayham | 7,935 | 1 | 0 | 1840 |
The pre-1961 share of Tillsonburg’s homes is 22%, against 18% in the typical town. There are 1 historic place in all, one with the highest designation; Annandale House (Tillsonburg Museum) heads them. Just 2 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. Its people of the past include Tillson Harrison (1881), Clara Sipprell (1885) and Lloyd Andrews (1894). The other figures are unremarkable: its designation dates from 1997.
Annandale House (Tillsonburg Museum).
Annandale House (Tillsonburg Museum), a National Historic Site, begun in 1881.
22% 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).
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