Photo: SimonP · CC BY-SA 3.0Pleasant View and its setting: 52 historic places within 25 km
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 7.9%. Look 9.8 km away, to Mount Pleasant East, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Pleasant View’s area holds 35 top-tier places within 25 km
By designation: 35 National Historic Sites, 12 provincial or municipal listings and 3 heritage railway stations. Downtown Yonge East, Yonge-Bay Corridor and University hold most of them, among 29 towns. The nearest is “Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, Ontario”, 8.7 km away in Unionville.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 8.7 km away, in Unionville |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 10 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 11 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 11 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
| Markham Village Town HallDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 12 km away, in Markham Village |
| Don Valley Brick WorksOntario Heritage Trust easement · 12 km away, in Leaside-Bennington |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 12 km away, in Markham Village |
| Balmoral Fire HallNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 12 km away, in Yonge-St.Clair |
| Studio BuildingNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 13 km away, in Rosedale-Moore Park |
| Chapel of St. James-the-LessNational Historic Site · 1857–1862 · 13 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| SpadinaNational Historic Site · 1866–1914 · 14 km away, in Casa Loma |
| Ashbridge EstateOntario Heritage Trust property · 1793 · 14 km away, in Greenwood-Coxwell |
Within 25 km of Pleasant View, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
Places as far as 25 km from Pleasant View, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Ashbridge Estate, in Greenwood-Coxwell, is the oldest (1793). The bars count 50 dated places within 25 km. 16 go back before 1867.
No home in Pleasant View dates from 2016 to 2021; the typical town has 4.1%
Few of Pleasant View’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 1.4%, the norm 15%. Pleasant View has an unusual share of homes built from 1961 to 1980: 77%, where most towns have 27%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 11% of Pleasant View’s, against 23% 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.
Pleasant View and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View | 15,248 | 0 | 0 | — |
| L'Amoreaux West | 21,575 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Henry Farm | 19,953 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Don Valley Village | 26,972 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hillcrest Village | 16,374 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan | 27,526 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East L'Amoreaux | 21,533 | 0 | 0 | — |
Pleasant View in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 7.9% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- 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.
Questions about Pleasant View’s history
How many historic places does Pleasant View have on the registers?
Not inside Pleasant View. The closest is Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, Ontario in Unionville, 8.7 km away.
How old are the homes in Pleasant View?
Before 1961: 7.9% 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).