Photo: SimonP · CC BY-SA 3.0Humber Summit and its setting: 51 historic places within 25 km
Heritage of the first rank begins 14 km from Humber Summit, in Lawrence Park South. The 2021 Census dates 1.1% of its homes to 2016 or later, against 4.1% in most towns.
34 places of the highest rank within 25 km of Humber Summit
The record reaches back to 1793 with Ashbridge Estate, 22 km away. Their towns number 29: Downtown Yonge East, Yonge-Bay Corridor and University first. All told, 51 places are within 25 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 13 km away, in Hope |
| Postal Station “D”Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1937 · 13 km away, in Junction Area |
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 14 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 14 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| SpadinaNational Historic Site · 1866–1914 · 15 km away, in Casa Loma |
| Balmoral Fire HallNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 16 km away, in Yonge-St.Clair |
| St. Anne's Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1907–1909 · 16 km away, in Little Portugal |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 16 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| Heliconian HallNational Historic Site · 1876–1877 · 17 km away, in Annex |
| Royal Conservatory of MusicNational Historic Site · 1880–1882 · 17 km away, in University |
| Newman CentreOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1891 · 17 km away, in University |
| Annesley HallNational Historic Site · 1902–1904 · 17 km away, in Bay-Cloverhill |
Within 25 km of Humber Summit, the decades after Confederation left the most
Places as far as 25 km from Humber Summit, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
The bars count 48 dated places within 25 km. Before Confederation: 15. Ashbridge Estate, in Greenwood-Coxwell, is the oldest (1793).
Humber Summit’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 64% of its homes
Humber Summit built little from 1981 to 2000: 14% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Only 3.2% of Humber Summit’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Before 1961: 16% of Humber Summit’s homes, near the usual 18%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Humber Summit and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humber Summit | 12,194 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Thistletown-Beaumond Heights | 9,357 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown | 32,069 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Humbermede | 16,959 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rexdale-Kipling | 10,378 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woodbridge | 18,835 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West Humber-Clairville | 33,690 | 0 | 0 | — |
Humber Summit in brief
Its housing is young: only 16% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Humber Summit’s history
How many historic places does Humber Summit have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Humber Summit; Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, Ontario, in Hope, is 13 km away.
How old are the homes in Humber Summit?
Before 1961: 16% of its homes; 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).