Photo: GTD Aquitaine · Public domainIn a 25 km circle around Guildwood: 50 places on the registers
For the highest designations, the closest town to Guildwood is Pickering, 12 km off. Building from 2016 to 2021 gave it 0.4% of its homes, where most towns have 4.1%.
Near Guildwood, within 25 km: 35 places of national rank
Within 25 km there are 50 in all. Closest of all is Ashbridge Estate, in Greenwood-Coxwell, 14 km off. They are 35 National Historic Sites, 11 provincial or municipal listings and 2 heritage railway stations.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Ashbridge EstateOntario Heritage Trust property · 1793 · 14 km away, in Greenwood-Coxwell |
| Markham Village Town HallDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 15 km away, in Markham Village |
| Don Valley Brick WorksOntario Heritage Trust easement · 15 km away, in Leaside-Bennington |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 16 km away, in Markham Village |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 16 km away, in Unionville |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 16 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| Don BreweryDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1876 · 16 km away, in Regent Park |
| Chapel of St. James-the-LessNational Historic Site · 1857–1862 · 16 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| Winchester HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1880 · 17 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 17 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Enoch Turner SchoolhouseOntario Heritage Trust property · 1848 · 17 km away, in Moss Park |
| Gooderham and Worts DistilleryNational Historic Site · 1859–1928 · 17 km away, in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands |
The 25 km around Guildwood keep buildings from as early as 1793
Reaching 25 km out from Guildwood: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
First by date comes Ashbridge Estate in Greenwood-Coxwell, from 1793. Within 25 km, 48 records give a date. 16 are older than 1867.
Old houses stand out in Guildwood: 25% predate 1961, where most towns have 18%
Few of Guildwood’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 2.7%, the norm 15%. Guildwood has an unusual share of homes built from 1961 to 1980: 52%, where most towns have 27%. More than half of Guildwood’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.
Guildwood and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildwood | 9,797 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Scarborough Village | 16,774 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn | 27,429 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West Hill | 28,414 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Morningside | 17,708 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woburn North | 26,662 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Eglinton East | 22,820 | 0 | 0 | — |
Guildwood in brief
The pre-1961 share of Guildwood’s homes is 25%, 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
Questions about Guildwood’s history
How many historic places does Guildwood have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Guildwood; Ashbridge Estate, in Greenwood-Coxwell, is 14 km away.
How old are the homes in Guildwood?
25% 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).