Photo: Newmila · CC BY-SA 4.069% of Danforth East York’s homes were built before 1961
Danforth East York has 4 times what the typical town has (18%). Ashbridge Estate, 2.7 km from Danforth East York, heads a list of 10 historic places within 5 km. Rosedale-Moore Park, 4 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank. Records name 2 people born in Danforth East York before 1914; the first is George Armstrong.
Near Danforth East York, within 5 km: built places from 1793 on
Within 5 km of Danforth East York but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
Oldest of all: Ashbridge Estate, Greenwood-Coxwell, 1793. Within 5 km, 9 records give a date. Before Confederation: 4.
The highest designation, 5 times, within 5 km of Danforth East York
The first one out is Ashbridge Estate, 2.7 km away in Greenwood-Coxwell. They belong to 9 towns, chiefly Cabbagetown-South St.James Town, Greenwood-Coxwell and Leaside-Bennington. Within 5 km there are 10 in all.
The 10 nearest, within 5 km
| Ashbridge EstateOntario Heritage Trust property · 1793 · 2.7 km away, in Greenwood-Coxwell |
| Don Valley Brick WorksOntario Heritage Trust easement · 2.7 km away, in Leaside-Bennington |
| Chapel of St. James-the-LessNational Historic Site · 1857–1862 · 3.7 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| Winchester HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1880 · 3.9 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| Don BreweryDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1876 · 4 km away, in Regent Park |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 4.3 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| Enoch Turner SchoolhouseOntario Heritage Trust property · 1848 · 4.6 km away, in Moss Park |
| Studio BuildingNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 4.7 km away, in Rosedale-Moore Park |
| Gooderham and Worts DistilleryNational Historic Site · 1859–1928 · 4.8 km away, in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands |
| Maple Leaf GardensNational Historic Site · 1931–1932 · 4.9 km away, in Church-Wellesley |
Only 1.3% of Danforth East York’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Half of the homes standing in Danforth East York today were built before 1961. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 6.3% of Danforth East York’s, against 23% in the typical town. Only 4.8% of Danforth East York’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Danforth East York and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth East York | 17,073 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Danforth | 9,364 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Old East York | 9,175 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Broadview North | 11,080 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Blake-Jones | 7,494 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | 7,928 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woodbine Corridor | 12,283 | 0 | 0 | — |
Danforth East York in brief
Of the homes standing in Danforth East York, 69% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no historic place; and George Armstrong (1870) and Austin Cotterell Taylor (1889) are its people of the past on the record.
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.
- 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. 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 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Danforth East York’s history
How many historic places does Danforth East York have on the registers?
Inside Danforth East York, none so far; Ashbridge Estate, 2.7 km away in Greenwood-Coxwell, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Danforth East York?
69% 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).