Photo: Reg Natarajan from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.021 registered heritage sites stand within 25 km of Elder Mills
Few homes are old by the census: 0.2% before 1961, against 18%. Look 16 km away, to Richmond Hill, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
21 historic places within 25 km of Elder Mills
For the highest designations, the nearest of 13 is Eglinton Theatre, 21 km away. They stand in 17 towns, Aurora, University and Hope among them. “Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, Ontario” in Hope is the nearest, 9.8 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 9.8 km away, in Hope |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station, Brampton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 19 km away, in Downtown |
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 21 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
| Postal Station “D”Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1937 · 21 km away, in Junction Area |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 21 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Aurora Radial Railway Bridge AbutmentDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1899 · 22 km away, in Aurora |
| SpadinaNational Historic Site · 1866–1914 · 23 km away, in Casa Loma |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 23 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| Balmoral Fire HallNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 23 km away, in Yonge-St.Clair |
| St. Anne's Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1907–1909 · 24 km away, in Little Portugal |
| Hillary HouseNational Historic Site · 1861–1863 · 24 km away, in Aurora |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Aurora, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 24 km away, in Aurora |
Within 25 km of Elder Mills, the oldest record dates from 1815
Out to 25 km from Elder Mills, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Kensington Market, in Kensington-Chinatown, is the oldest (1815). 20 places within 25 km have a date. 5 predate Confederation.
Little new building in Elder Mills: 0.7% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Elder Mills has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 59%, where most towns have 23%. Few of Elder Mills’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 0.7%, the norm 27%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 39% of Elder Mills’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Elder Mills compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 16,600 to 17,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Saint-Édouard, Leaside-Bennington and Saint-Charles-Borromée. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have none.
Elder Mills and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elder Mills | 16,790 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woodbridge Meadows | 3,651 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pine Grove | 13,302 | 0 | 0 | — |
| The Ravines of Rainbow Creek | 5,333 | 0 | 0 | — |
| The Estates of Rainbow Creek | 6,822 | 0 | 0 | — |
| New Kleinburg | 11,333 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woodbridge | 18,835 | 0 | 0 | — |
Elder Mills in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 0.2%, 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
Questions about Elder Mills’s history
How many historic places does Elder Mills have on the registers?
None within Elder Mills itself; the nearest is 9.8 km off: Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, Ontario, in Hope.
How old are the homes in Elder Mills?
The 2021 Census dates 0.2% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).