Photo: andrewarchy from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.051 heritage places lie within 25 km of Yonge-Doris
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 0.6%. Heritage of the first rank begins 6.2 km away, in Lawrence Park South.
34 places of national importance within 25 km of Yonge-Doris
Among them are 34 National Historic Sites, 12 provincial or municipal listings and 3 heritage railway stations. They are spread over 28 towns, including Downtown Yonge East, Yonge-Bay Corridor and University. The nearest is Montgomery's Tavern, 6.9 km away in Yonge-Eglinton.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 6.9 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 7.4 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 8.6 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| Balmoral Fire HallNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 9.6 km away, in Yonge-St.Clair |
| SpadinaNational Historic Site · 1866–1914 · 10 km away, in Casa Loma |
| Don Valley Brick WorksOntario Heritage Trust easement · 10 km away, in Leaside-Bennington |
| Studio BuildingNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 11 km away, in Rosedale-Moore Park |
| Heliconian HallNational Historic Site · 1876–1877 · 11 km away, in Annex |
| Royal Conservatory of MusicNational Historic Site · 1880–1882 · 12 km away, in University |
| Annesley HallNational Historic Site · 1902–1904 · 12 km away, in Bay-Cloverhill |
| Chapel of St. James-the-LessNational Historic Site · 1857–1862 · 12 km away, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town |
| Newman CentreOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1891 · 12 km away, in University |
The 25 km around Yonge-Doris keep buildings from as early as 1793
The nearest historic places to Yonge-Doris, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Dated places within 25 km: 49. 15 predate Confederation. Ashbridge Estate, in Greenwood-Coxwell, is the oldest (1793).
Only 1.6% of Yonge-Doris’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
37% of Yonge-Doris’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, more than the typical town’s 23%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 7% of Yonge-Doris’s, against 27% in the typical town. Yonge-Doris has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 53%, where most towns have 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 Yonge-Doris compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 20,100 to 20,600 residents, by places on the registers.
9 have more. The typical town its size has 1. For 7, the registers list nothing.
Yonge-Doris and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonge-Doris | 20,298 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Willowdale West | 17,210 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Willowdale | 15,514 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Avondale | 13,803 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lansing-Westgate | 15,980 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Newtonbrook West | 23,978 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Newtonbrook East | 15,996 | 0 | 0 | — |
Yonge-Doris in brief
Its housing is young: only 0.6% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 1.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- 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.
Questions about Yonge-Doris’s history
How many historic places does Yonge-Doris have on the registers?
None inside Yonge-Doris yet. The nearest, Montgomery's Tavern, carries the highest designation, 6.9 km away in Yonge-Eglinton.
How old are the homes in Yonge-Doris?
0.6% 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).