Photo: Lord of the Wings© from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0West Rouge’s surroundings: 37 historic places within 25 km
Its housing is mostly newer: 7.5% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Heritage of the first rank begins 5.9 km away, in Pickering.
Top-ranked heritage near West Rouge: 25 places within 25 km
37 places lie within 25 km. Their towns number 21: Downtown Yonge East, Yonge-Bay Corridor and Moss Park first. Nearest comes Markham Village Town Hall, 12 km off, in Markham Village.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Markham Village Town HallDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 12 km away, in Markham Village |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 13 km away, in Markham Village |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 15 km away, in Unionville |
| Thistle Ha' FarmNational Historic Site · 1840–1871 · 16 km away, in Pickering |
| Ashbridge EstateOntario Heritage Trust property · 1793 · 20 km away, in Greenwood-Coxwell |
| Don Valley Brick WorksOntario Heritage Trust easement · 21 km away, in Leaside-Bennington |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 22 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 22 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Chapel of St. James-the-LessNational Historic Site · 1857–1862 · 23 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| Don BreweryDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1876 · 23 km away, in Regent Park |
| Winchester HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1880 · 23 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| Balmoral Fire HallNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 23 km away, in Yonge-St.Clair |
Within 25 km of West Rouge, the oldest record dates from 1793
Out to 25 km from West Rouge, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
The bars count 36 dated places within 25 km. 13 predate Confederation. First by date comes Ashbridge Estate in Greenwood-Coxwell, from 1793.
West Rouge added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2.4%, where most towns have 4.1%
Count back from today and half of West Rouge’s homes are older than 2001. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 49% of West Rouge’s, against 23% in the typical town. Only 8.4% of West Rouge’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 West Rouge compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 20,700 to 21,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures and Sturgeon County have more. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
West Rouge and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Rouge | 20,915 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Centennial Scarborough | 13,453 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Highland Creek | 12,678 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West Hill | 28,414 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Morningside | 17,708 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Morningside Heights | 24,972 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Malvern East | 26,113 | 0 | 0 | — |
West Rouge in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 7.5% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Questions about West Rouge’s history
How many historic places does West Rouge have on the registers?
None inside West Rouge yet. The nearest is Markham Village Town Hall, 12 km away in Markham Village.
How old are the homes in West Rouge?
7.5% 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).