Photo: Can Pac Swire from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Before 1961: 54% of the homes in East End-Danforth
East End-Danforth’s share is 3.1 times the typical 18%. Ashbridge Estate, 2.7 km from East End-Danforth, heads a list of 42 historic places within 10 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town, 5.9 km from here.
Near East End-Danforth (10 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
Around East End-Danforth, not inside it: the places within 10 km, by the first construction date on record.
Within 10 km, building dates exist for 40 places. Before Confederation: 15. Oldest of all: Ashbridge Estate, Greenwood-Coxwell, 1793.
42 historic places within 10 km of East End-Danforth
Ashbridge Estate in Greenwood-Coxwell is the nearest, 2.7 km away. Chapel of St. James-the-Less, 5.7 km off, is the nearest of 32 top-tier places. Downtown Yonge East, Yonge-Bay Corridor and Moss Park hold most of them, among 22 towns.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Ashbridge EstateOntario Heritage Trust property · 1793 · 2.7 km away, in Greenwood-Coxwell |
| Don Valley Brick WorksOntario Heritage Trust easement · 5.1 km away, in Leaside-Bennington |
| Don BreweryDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1876 · 5.3 km away, in Regent Park |
| Chapel of St. James-the-LessNational Historic Site · 1857–1862 · 5.7 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| Winchester HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1880 · 5.8 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| Enoch Turner SchoolhouseOntario Heritage Trust property · 1848 · 6 km away, in Moss Park |
| Gooderham and Worts DistilleryNational Historic Site · 1859–1928 · 6 km away, in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands |
| Fourth York Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1833–1836 · 6.6 km away, in Moss Park |
| Bank of Upper Canada BuildingNational Historic Site · 1827–1835 · 6.7 km away, in Moss Park |
| Maple Leaf GardensNational Historic Site · 1931–1932 · 6.8 km away, in Church-Wellesley |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 6.8 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| St. Lawrence HallNational Historic Site · 1850–1851 · 6.8 km away, in Downtown Yonge East |
A growing town: 6% of East End-Danforth’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Few of East End-Danforth’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 19%, the norm 27%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 10% of East End-Danforth’s, against 23% in the typical town. Only 8.6% of East End-Danforth’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.
East End-Danforth and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East End-Danforth | 22,055 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | 7,928 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woodbine Corridor | 12,283 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Taylor-Massey | 15,050 | 0 | 0 | — |
| The Beaches | 21,602 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Oakridge | 13,913 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Greenwood-Coxwell | 14,146 | 1 | 0 | 1793 |
East End-Danforth in brief
East End-Danforth has 54% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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 tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- 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.
Questions about East End-Danforth’s history
How many historic places does East End-Danforth have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside East End-Danforth; Ashbridge Estate, in Greenwood-Coxwell, is 2.7 km away.
How old are the homes in East End-Danforth?
The 2021 Census dates 54% 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).