Photo: Chicken4War · CC BY-SA 4.0An older town: 67% of Roncesvalles’s homes predate 1961
For Roncesvalles, that is 3.8 times the typical town’s share, 18%. St. Anne's Anglican Church, 1 km from Roncesvalles, heads a list of 23 historic places within 5 km. For the highest designations, the closest town is Little Portugal, 1.2 km off.
Around Roncesvalles, within 5 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1813
Each historic place within 5 km of Roncesvalles, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
Dated places within 5 km: 22. 6 go back before 1867. The earliest is Fort York in Fort York-Liberty Village, begun in 1813.
The registers find 23 places within 5 km of Roncesvalles
The earliest date is Fort York’s, 1813, 3.2 km away. St. Anne's Anglican Church in Little Portugal is the nearest, 1 km away. They belong to 12 towns, chiefly Fort York-Liberty Village, Kensington-Chinatown and University.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| St. Anne's Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1907–1909 · 1 km away, in Little Portugal |
| Gouinlock Buildings / Early Exhibition BuildingsNational Historic Site · 1904–1913 · 2.5 km away, in Fort York-Liberty Village |
| Postal Station “D”Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1937 · 2.7 km away, in Junction Area |
| Fort York ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1936 · 2.9 km away, in Fort York-Liberty Village |
| Fort YorkNational Historic Site · 1813–1816 · 3.2 km away, in Fort York-Liberty Village |
| Kensington MarketNational Historic Site · 1815–1816 · 3.5 km away, in Kensington-Chinatown |
| George Brown HouseNational Historic Site · 1875–1878 · 3.9 km away, in Kensington-Chinatown |
| Toronto Island Airport Terminal BuildingNational Historic Site · 1938–1940 · 4 km away, in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands |
| The GrangeNational Historic Site · 1817–1819 · 4.1 km away, in Kensington-Chinatown |
| Newman CentreOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1891 · 4.1 km away, in University |
| 299 Queen Street WestDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 4.1 km away, in Wellington Place |
| University CollegeNational Historic Site · 1856–1860 · 4.2 km away, in University |
67% of Roncesvalles’s homes were built before 1961
Count back from today and half of Roncesvalles’s homes are older than 1961. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 4.3% of Roncesvalles’s, against 23% in the typical town. Only 4.6% of Roncesvalles’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Roncesvalles compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 14,600 to 14,800 residents, by places on the registers.
8 have more. The typical town its size has 2. For 8, the registers list nothing.
Roncesvalles and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roncesvalles | 14,725 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Little Portugal | 15,669 | 1 | 1 | 1907 |
| Dufferin Grove | 11,276 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Parkdale | 21,663 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Junction-Wallace Emerson | 23,484 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Trinity-Bellwoods | 15,691 | 0 | 0 | — |
| High Park North | 22,162 | 0 | 0 | — |
Roncesvalles in brief
Roncesvalles’s homes from before 1961 come to 67%, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 2.
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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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. 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- 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.
Questions about Roncesvalles’s history
How many historic places does Roncesvalles have on the registers?
None in Roncesvalles itself. The closest is St. Anne's Anglican Church in Little Portugal, 1 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Roncesvalles?
67% 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).