Photo: SimonP · CC BY-SA 3.0Before 1961: 44% of the homes in Cliffcrest
Against 18% in the typical town, Cliffcrest has 2.5 times the share. 49 places on the heritage registers lie within 25 km of Cliffcrest, the nearest Ashbridge Estate, 9.4 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Mount Pleasant East, 12 km from here.
From 1793 on: the dated places within 25 km of Cliffcrest
No place near Cliffcrest is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Oldest of all: Ashbridge Estate, Greenwood-Coxwell, 1793. 47 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 15 go back before 1867.
49 places on Canada’s registers lie 25 km or less from Cliffcrest
Closest of all is Ashbridge Estate, in Greenwood-Coxwell, 9.4 km off. Of 34 top designations nearby, Chapel of St. James-the-Less is the closest, at 12 km. Downtown Yonge East, Yonge-Bay Corridor and Moss Park hold most of them, among 26 towns.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Ashbridge EstateOntario Heritage Trust property · 1793 · 9.4 km away, in Greenwood-Coxwell |
| Don Valley Brick WorksOntario Heritage Trust easement · 11 km away, in Leaside-Bennington |
| Don BreweryDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1876 · 12 km away, in Regent Park |
| Chapel of St. James-the-LessNational Historic Site · 1857–1862 · 12 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 12 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| Winchester HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1880 · 12 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| Enoch Turner SchoolhouseOntario Heritage Trust property · 1848 · 13 km away, in Moss Park |
| Gooderham and Worts DistilleryNational Historic Site · 1859–1928 · 13 km away, in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 13 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Studio BuildingNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 13 km away, in Rosedale-Moore Park |
| Balmoral Fire HallNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 13 km away, in Yonge-St.Clair |
| Maple Leaf GardensNational Historic Site · 1931–1932 · 13 km away, in Church-Wellesley |
Little new building in Cliffcrest: 3% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 8.3% of Cliffcrest’s, against 15% in the typical town. Cliffcrest built little from 1981 to 2000: 12% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. More than half of Cliffcrest’s housing predates 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Cliffcrest and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffcrest | 16,184 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kennedy Park | 17,156 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Eglinton East | 22,820 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Scarborough Village | 16,774 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ionview | 13,382 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bendale South | 10,885 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Clairlea-Birchmount | 27,690 | 0 | 0 | — |
Cliffcrest in brief
Of the homes standing in Cliffcrest, 44% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- 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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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 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.
Questions about Cliffcrest’s history
How many historic places does Cliffcrest have on the registers?
None inside Cliffcrest yet. The nearest is Ashbridge Estate, 9.4 km away in Greenwood-Coxwell.
How old are the homes in Cliffcrest?
The 2021 Census dates 44% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).