Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Leaskdale Manse · Photo: Dottiemockery · CC BY-SA 4.0Designations here include a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. The earliest construction date, 1886, belongs to Leaskdale Manse. Per resident Uxbridge has more than 78% of Canadian towns: 0.9 for every 10,000 people.
The railway reached Uxbridge in 1871. For the municipality of Uxbridge itself, Wikidata records 1850, a date that can be a founding as much as a merger.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Uxbridge, Ontario”, revision 1380932412 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. One place, placed by its register’s municipality, has no point and isn’t on the map.
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
The radius of 50 km holds 19. Closest of all is Former Port Perry Town Hall, in Port Perry, 16 km off. By designation: 10 National Historic Sites, 5 heritage railway stations and 4 provincial or municipal listings.
| Former Port Perry Town HallNational Historic Site · 1873–1874 · 16 km away, in Port Perry |
| Thistle Ha' FarmNational Historic Site · 1840–1871 · 19 km away, in Pickering |
| Sharon TempleNational Historic Site · 1825–1832 · 24 km away, in East Gwillimbury |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Newmarket, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 26 km away, in Newmarket |
| Old Newmarket Town Hall and CourthouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 26 km away, in Newmarket |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Markham, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 27 km away, in Markham Village |
| Markham Village Town HallDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 27 km away, in Markham Village |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Aurora, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 28 km away, in Aurora |
| Hillary HouseNational Historic Site · 1861–1863 · 29 km away, in Aurora |
| Aurora Radial Railway Bridge AbutmentDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1899 · 29 km away, in Aurora |
| The BriarsOntario Heritage Trust easement · 30 km away, in Keswick |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 30 km away, in Unionville |
23% of Uxbridge’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Homes from before 1961 are 20% of Uxbridge’s housing, about the typical 18%. From 2016 to 2021 Uxbridge added 4.9% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on 11 births here before 1914. Longest lived was Philip Bernard Rynard, 83 years in all (1980). 7 of the 11 were born in the decades after Confederation. Fame, by Wikipedia: William Henry Sharpe first, in 3 languages.
Everyone born in Uxbridge → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns of 22,500 to 22,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Colwood, Cité-Universitaire and Moss Park. The middle one has 0. For 11, the registers list nothing.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uxbridge | 22,618 | 2 | 1 | 1886 |
| Port Perry | 23,928 | 1 | 1 | 1873 |
| Stouffville | 58,010 | 0 | 0 | — |
The 2021 Census dates 20% of Uxbridge’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. There are 2 historic places in all, one with the highest designation; Leaskdale Manse heads them. Only 3 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places. Of its people of the past, the best known are William Henry Sharpe (1868), Samuel Simpson Sharpe (1873) and Philip Bernard Rynard (1897). Everything else is close to the norm: the designations ran from 1997 to 2009.
Just one: Leaskdale Manse.
Leaskdale Manse, a National Historic Site, begun in 1886.
Before 1961: 20% 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).
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