Photo: OldYorkGuy · CC BY-SA 3.0In Danforth, 76% of homes go back before 1961
For Danforth, that is 4.4 times the typical town’s share, 18%. Ashbridge Estate, 2.3 km from Danforth, heads a list of 12 historic places within 5 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town, 3.9 km from here.
Around Danforth, within 5 km, most dated places come from the years before Confederation
The area, not the town: places within 5 km of Danforth, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Oldest of all: Ashbridge Estate, Greenwood-Coxwell, 1793. Within 5 km, building dates exist for 11 places. Before Confederation: 6.
7 places of the highest rank within 5 km of Danforth
Closest of all is Ashbridge Estate, in Greenwood-Coxwell, 2.3 km off. Moss Park, Cabbagetown-South St.James Town and Greenwood-Coxwell hold most of them, among 9 towns. They are 7 National Historic Sites and 5 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Ashbridge EstateOntario Heritage Trust property · 1793 · 2.3 km away, in Greenwood-Coxwell |
| Don Valley Brick WorksOntario Heritage Trust easement · 2.9 km away, in Leaside-Bennington |
| Chapel of St. James-the-LessNational Historic Site · 1857–1862 · 3.6 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| Don BreweryDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1876 · 3.7 km away, in Regent Park |
| Winchester HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1880 · 3.8 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| Enoch Turner SchoolhouseOntario Heritage Trust property · 1848 · 4.4 km away, in Moss Park |
| Gooderham and Worts DistilleryNational Historic Site · 1859–1928 · 4.5 km away, in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 4.6 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| Studio BuildingNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 4.7 km away, in Rosedale-Moore Park |
| Maple Leaf GardensNational Historic Site · 1931–1932 · 4.8 km away, in Church-Wellesley |
| Fourth York Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1833–1836 · 5 km away, in Moss Park |
| Bank of Upper Canada BuildingNational Historic Site · 1827–1835 · 5 km away, in Moss Park |
Danforth added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.5%, where most towns have 4.1%
Only 6.6% of Danforth’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Few of Danforth’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 0.9%, the norm 15%. Danforth built little from 1961 to 1980: 13% of its homes, where most towns have 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Danforth and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth | 9,364 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Danforth East York | 17,073 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Old East York | 9,175 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Blake-Jones | 7,494 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woodbine Corridor | 12,283 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Greenwood-Coxwell | 14,146 | 1 | 0 | 1793 |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | 7,928 | 0 | 0 | — |
Danforth in brief
The 2021 Census dates 76% of Danforth’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Danforth’s history
How many historic places does Danforth have on the registers?
None inside Danforth yet. The nearest is Ashbridge Estate, 2.3 km away in Greenwood-Coxwell.
How old are the homes in Danforth?
76% 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).