Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.026 heritage places lie within 10 km of Mount Dennis
Little Portugal, 7.3 km from Mount Dennis, has the nearest place of the highest rank. More of its homes are old than in most towns: 30% before 1961, against 18%.
21 places of national importance within 10 km of Mount Dennis
The nearest is Postal Station “D”, 3.8 km away in Junction Area. 26 places lie within 10 km. Between them, 16 towns share them, mainly University, Kensington-Chinatown and Fort York-Liberty Village.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Postal Station “D”Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1937 · 3.8 km away, in Junction Area |
| St. Anne's Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1907–1909 · 6.8 km away, in Little Portugal |
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 7.2 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
| SpadinaNational Historic Site · 1866–1914 · 7.3 km away, in Casa Loma |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 8.3 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Balmoral Fire HallNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 8.3 km away, in Yonge-St.Clair |
| Newman CentreOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1891 · 8.4 km away, in University |
| Royal Conservatory of MusicNational Historic Site · 1880–1882 · 8.5 km away, in University |
| Heliconian HallNational Historic Site · 1876–1877 · 8.6 km away, in Annex |
| Kensington MarketNational Historic Site · 1815–1816 · 8.6 km away, in Kensington-Chinatown |
| University CollegeNational Historic Site · 1856–1860 · 8.7 km away, in University |
| Annesley HallNational Historic Site · 1902–1904 · 8.7 km away, in Bay-Cloverhill |
Within 10 km of Mount Dennis, the record goes back to 1813
Each historic place within 10 km of Mount Dennis, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
Dated places within 10 km: 25. 7 predate Confederation. The oldest is Fort York in Fort York-Liberty Village, from 1813.
Only 0.6% of Mount Dennis’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Over half of the homes in Mount Dennis were already standing by 1981. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 32% of Mount Dennis’s homes. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 8.9% of Mount Dennis’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Mount Dennis and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dennis | 13,364 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rockcliffe-Smythe | 22,242 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Brookhaven-Amesbury | 17,541 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Humber Heights-Westmount | 10,427 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beechborough-Greenbrook | 6,419 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Weston | 18,896 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Keelesdale-Eglinton West | 11,407 | 0 | 0 | — |
Mount Dennis in brief
Mount Dennis has 30% of its homes from before 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. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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. 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
Questions about Mount Dennis’s history
How many historic places does Mount Dennis have on the registers?
Inside Mount Dennis, none so far; Postal Station “D”, 3.8 km away in Junction Area, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Mount Dennis?
30% predate 1961, where 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).