Photo: Raquel. · CC BY 3.0Vellore’s surroundings: 43 historic places within 25 km
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 0%. Look 12 km away, to Richmond Hill, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Near Vellore, within 25 km: 28 places of national rank
At 5.2 km, “Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, Ontario” in Hope is the closest. Oldest of them is Fort York (1813), 25 km off. They stand in 24 towns, Downtown Yonge East, Yonge-Bay Corridor and Aurora among them.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 5.2 km away, in Hope |
| Aurora Radial Railway Bridge AbutmentDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1899 · 18 km away, in Aurora |
| Eglinton TheatreNational Historic Site · 1935–1937 · 19 km away, in Lawrence Park South |
| Montgomery's TavernNational Historic Site · 1837 · 19 km away, in Yonge-Eglinton |
| Postal Station “D”Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1937 · 20 km away, in Junction Area |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 20 km away, in Unionville |
| Hillary HouseNational Historic Site · 1861–1863 · 20 km away, in Aurora |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Aurora, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 20 km away, in Aurora |
| Mount Pleasant CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 21 km away, in Mount Pleasant East |
| SpadinaNational Historic Site · 1866–1914 · 21 km away, in Casa Loma |
| Balmoral Fire HallNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 21 km away, in Yonge-St.Clair |
| Heliconian HallNational Historic Site · 1876–1877 · 22 km away, in Annex |
Within 25 km of Vellore, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
Reaching 25 km out from Vellore: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
41 places within 25 km carry a construction date. Before Confederation: 10. First by date comes Fort York in Fort York-Liberty Village, from 1813.
Most of Vellore’s homes went up from 2001 to 2015: 71%
From 2016 to 2021 Vellore added 3.7% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Only 0.2% of Vellore’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. In Vellore, 24% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Vellore compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 38,200 to 40,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Prince Albert, Yaletown, Penticton, Campbell River and Erin Mills. The typical town its size has 0. For 11, the registers list nothing.
Vellore and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vellore | 39,490 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Purpleville | 19,918 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Peace Village | 14,598 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Maple | 20,122 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pine Grove | 13,302 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Vaughan Metropolitan Centre | 8,484 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Edgeley | 7,016 | 0 | 0 | — |
Vellore in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 0%, 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
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- 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.
- 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 Vellore’s history
How many historic places does Vellore have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Vellore; Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, Ontario, in Hope, is 5.2 km away.
How old are the homes in Vellore?
Before 1961: 0% 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).