Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0In a 25 km circle around East Riverside: 8 places on the registers
Homes from before 1961 are 4.3% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. Look 11 km away, to City Centre, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
2 places of national importance within 25 km of East Riverside
They belong to 4 towns, chiefly Sandwich, City Centre and Walkerville. Duff Baby House, 14 km off, is the oldest: 1798. The mix: 6 provincial or municipal listings and 2 National Historic Sites.
The 8 nearest, within 25 km
| Willistead ManorDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1906 · 8.1 km away, in Walkerville |
| Mt. Zion Church of God in ChristDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1939 · 9.9 km away, in City Centre |
| François Bâby HouseNational Historic Site · 1811–1812 · 11 km away, in City Centre |
| Church of Our Lady of the AssumptionOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1846 · 13 km away, in River West |
| Dominion HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1880 · 14 km away, in Sandwich |
| Duff Baby HouseOntario Heritage Trust property · 1798 · 14 km away, in Sandwich |
| Essex County Court HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1855 · 14 km away, in Sandwich |
| Sandwich First Baptist ChurchNational Historic Site · 1851–1852 · 14 km away, in Sandwich |
Most of what stands within 25 km of East Riverside dates from the years before Confederation
The area here stretches to 25 km around East Riverside: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
Duff Baby House, in Sandwich, goes back furthest, to 1798. Dated places within 25 km: 8. 5 are older than 1867.
East Riverside is still building: 15% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
48% of East Riverside’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. East Riverside built little from 1961 to 1980: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 21% of East Riverside’s, about the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
East Riverside and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Riverside | 15,758 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forest Glade | 21,328 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riverside | 21,828 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tecumseh | 25,554 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fontainebleau | 11,567 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Windsor | 20,876 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Walkerville | 6,129 | 0 | 0 | — |
East Riverside in brief
Its housing is young: only 4.3% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about East Riverside’s history
How many historic places does East Riverside have on the registers?
Inside East Riverside, none so far; Willistead Manor, 8.1 km away in Walkerville, is the closest.
How old are the homes in East Riverside?
The 2021 Census dates 4.3% 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).