TopNational Historic Site · 1911–1912Balmoral Fire Hall20 Balmoral AvenuePhoto: SimonP · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of Yonge-St.Clair · Canada’s heritage registers
45% of Yonge-St.Clair’s homes were built before 1961
The typical town has 18%: Yonge-St.Clair has 2.6 times the share. The registers list 1 historic place inside the town, and it carries the highest designation. Scaled to its population, 0.8 per 10,000 residents beats 77% of Canadian towns. That place is Balmoral Fire Hall, a national historic site, from 1911.
Historic places
1
0.8 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1911
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
45%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Yonge-St.Clair’s landmarks
Yonge-St.Clair’s one designated place, Balmoral Fire Hall, is pictured here.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The map
Where Yonge-St.Clair’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
Yonge-St.Clair’s top designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Yonge-St.Clair’s surroundings: 33 historic places within 5 km
They are spread over 17 towns, including Downtown Yonge East, Yonge-Bay Corridor and University. Closest of all is Mount Pleasant Cemetery, in Mount Pleasant East, 1.3 km off. The mix: 26 National Historic Sites and 7 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 1.3 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| SpadinaNational Historic Site · 1866–1914 · 1.4 km away, in Casa Loma |
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 1.8 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
| Heliconian HallNational Historic Site · 1876–1877 · 2.1 km away, in Annex |
| Studio BuildingNational Historic Site · 1913–1915 · 2.1 km away, in Rosedale-Moore Park |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 2.2 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Royal Conservatory of MusicNational Historic Site · 1880–1882 · 2.5 km away, in University |
| Annesley HallNational Historic Site · 1902–1904 · 2.5 km away, in Bay-Cloverhill |
| Don Valley Brick WorksOntario Heritage Trust easement · 2.8 km away, in Leaside-Bennington |
| Newman CentreOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1891 · 2.8 km away, in University |
| University CollegeNational Historic Site · 1856–1860 · 3 km away, in University |
| Women's College HospitalNational historic site of Canada · 1883 · 3.3 km away, in Bay-Cloverhill |
Homes by age
6.2% of Yonge-St.Clair’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Few of Yonge-St.Clair’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 14%, the norm 23%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 8.9% of Yonge-St.Clair’s, against 15% in the typical town. Half of the homes standing in Yonge-St.Clair today were built before 1981.
45%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
14%
1981–2000
8.9%
2001–15
6.2%
2016–21
Yonge-St.ClairTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Yonge-St.Clair has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 13,100 to 13,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Yonge-St.Clair1
Only Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) has more. The typical town its size has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Yonge-St.Clair and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonge-St.Clair | 13,177 | 1 | 1 | 1911 |
| Casa Loma | 11,369 | 1 | 1 | 1866 |
| Forest Hill South | 11,059 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Eglinton-Davisville | 23,380 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Yonge-Eglinton | 12,424 | 1 | 1 | 1837 |
| Rosedale-Moore Park | 20,268 | 1 | 1 | 1913 |
| Annex | 30,705 | 1 | 1 | 1876 |
In brief
Yonge-St.Clair in brief
Housing in Yonge-St.Clair includes 45% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, including Balmoral Fire Hall. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just one has more historic places. The other figures are unremarkable: its designation dates from 1990.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- 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.
Questions about Yonge-St.Clair’s history
How old are the homes in Yonge-St.Clair?
Before 1961: 45% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Yonge-St.Clair have the highest designation?
Balmoral Fire Hall.
What is the oldest building in Yonge-St.Clair?
Balmoral Fire Hall — its record dates it to 1911 (National Historic Site).
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).