Before 1961: 38% of the homes in Maple Leaf
Maple Leaf’s share is 2.2 times the typical 18%. 20 places on the heritage registers lie within 10 km of Maple Leaf, the nearest Eglinton Theatre, 5.7 km away. For the highest designations, the closest town is Lawrence Park South, 5.8 km off.
Within 10 km of Maple Leaf, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
The area, not the town: places within 10 km of Maple Leaf, dated by the first construction year on their records.
The bars count 19 dated places within 10 km. 5 predate Confederation. Oldest of all: Kensington Market, Kensington-Chinatown, 1815.
Top-ranked heritage near Maple Leaf: 16 places within 10 km
The nearest is Eglinton Theatre, 5.7 km away in Lawrence Park South. Count to 10 km and there are 20. By age, Kensington Market leads, from 1815, at 9.3 km.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 5.7 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
| Postal Station “D”Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1937 · 5.9 km away, in Junction Area |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 6.5 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| SpadinaNational Historic Site · 1866–1914 · 7.1 km away, in Casa Loma |
| Balmoral Fire HallNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 7.7 km away, in Yonge-St.Clair |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 7.9 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| St. Anne's Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1907–1909 · 8.3 km away, in Little Portugal |
| Heliconian HallNational Historic Site · 1876–1877 · 8.5 km away, in Annex |
| Royal Conservatory of MusicNational Historic Site · 1880–1882 · 8.6 km away, in University |
| Newman CentreOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1891 · 8.7 km away, in University |
| Annesley HallNational Historic Site · 1902–1904 · 8.8 km away, in Bay-Cloverhill |
| Studio BuildingNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 8.9 km away, in Rosedale-Moore Park |
Maple Leaf added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 3.2%, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 37% of Maple Leaf’s, against 27% in the typical town. Only 3.8% of Maple Leaf’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Maple Leaf built little from 1981 to 2000: 16% of its homes, where most towns have 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Maple Leaf compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 10,000 to 10,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Amherst, Lac-des-Fées and Kitimat have more. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Maple Leaf and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Leaf | 10,040 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Downsview | 18,055 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rustic | 9,543 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Yorkdale-Glen Park | 17,043 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Brookhaven-Amesbury | 17,541 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Oakdale-Beverley Heights | 21,386 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beechborough-Greenbrook | 6,419 | 0 | 0 | — |
Maple Leaf in brief
In Maple Leaf, 38% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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. 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
Questions about Maple Leaf’s history
How many historic places does Maple Leaf have on the registers?
Nothing inside Maple Leaf; Eglinton Theatre in Lawrence Park South, 5.7 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Maple Leaf?
38% 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).