LocalDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1906Willistead ManorPhoto: Mikerussell at en · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Willistead Manor · Photo: Mikerussell at en · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Walkerville · Canada’s heritage registers
An older town: 74% of Walkerville’s homes predate 1961
The typical town has 18%: Walkerville has 4.2 times the share. The registers put 1 historic place inside its boundary. For every 10,000 residents that makes 0.5, ahead of 74% of Canadian towns. The one entry is Willistead Manor (1906), a designated heritage property (part iv).
Historic places
1
0.5 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1906
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
74%
typical town: 18%
Through time
Looking back at Walkerville
From before 1950 comes the oldest view of one of its historic places. Open it full screen with a tap.
1913Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Walkerville’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
On a provincial or local list in Walkerville: one place
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
4 designated places lie within 5 km of Walkerville
The record reaches back to 1811 with François Bâby House, 2.2 km away. Mt. Zion Church of God in Christ in City Centre is the nearest, 1.2 km away. Their towns number 3: City Centre, River West and Sandwich first.
The 4 nearest, within 5 km
| Mt. Zion Church of God in ChristDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1939 · 1.2 km away, in City Centre |
| François Bâby HouseNational Historic Site · 1811–1812 · 2.2 km away, in City Centre |
| Church of Our Lady of the AssumptionOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1846 · 4.4 km away, in River West |
| Dominion HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1880 · 4.9 km away, in Sandwich |
Homes by age
Little new building in Walkerville: 0.6% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 16% of Walkerville’s, against 27% in the typical town. Walkerville built little from 2001 to 2015: 0.6% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Few of Walkerville’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 7.1%, the norm 23%.
74%
Before 1961
16%
1961–80
7.1%
1981–2000
0.6%
2001–15
0.6%
2016–21
WalkervilleTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Walkerville and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walkerville | 19,541 | 1 | 0 | 1906 |
| South Central | 10,392 | 0 | 0 | — |
| City Centre | 10,269 | 2 | 1 | 1811 |
| South Walkerville | 6,129 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Windsor | 20,876 | 0 | 0 | — |
| River West | 13,940 | 1 | 0 | 1846 |
| Remington Park | 5,783 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Walkerville in brief
Walkerville has 74% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 1 historic place. Beyond that, one historic place is about usual for its size (the median is 0); and its past has one life on the record, Arthur Saint-Pierre (1885).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Walkerville’s history
How old are the homes in Walkerville?
Before 1961: 74% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
How many historic places does Walkerville have on the registers?
Inside Walkerville: 1 historic place.
What is the oldest building in Walkerville?
By its record, Willistead Manor, from 1906 (Designated heritage property (part IV)).
Why might a heritage building in Walkerville be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 33 more listings in Walkerville, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article they get no page.
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).