Photo: Drm310 · CC BY-SA 3.046% of Holliston’s homes were built before 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Holliston has 2.6 times the share. Saskatoon Electrical System Substation, 2.3 km from Holliston, heads a list of 18 historic places within 5 km. Look 2.2 km away, to Grosvenor Park, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Within 5 km of Holliston, the decades after Confederation left the most
Within 5 km of Holliston but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
The chart rests on 17 dated places within 5 km. First by date comes Marr Residence in Buena Vista, from 1884.
18 designated places lie within 5 km of Holliston
They belong to 9 towns, chiefly Central Business District, Haultain and Buena Vista. Of the 2 of the highest rank, the nearest is College Building, 3.5 km away. By age, Marr Residence leads, from 1884, at 2.8 km.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Saskatoon Electrical System SubstationMunicipal heritage property · 2.3 km away, in Haultain |
| Broadway TheatreMunicipal heritage property · 1946 · 2.4 km away, in Haultain |
| Former Fire Hall No. 3Municipal heritage property · 1911 · 2.4 km away, in Haultain |
| Gustin HouseMunicipal heritage property · 1920 · 2.6 km away, in Buena Vista |
| Arrand BlockMunicipal heritage property · 1912 · 2.6 km away, in Buena Vista |
| Sommerville/Petitt HouseMunicipal heritage property · 1912 · 2.7 km away, in Central Business District |
| Victoria SchoolMunicipal heritage property · 1888 · 2.8 km away, in Grosvenor Park |
| Marr ResidenceMunicipal heritage property · 1884 · 2.8 km away, in Buena Vista |
| Rugby ChapelMunicipal heritage property · 1912 · 3.2 km away, in University |
| Land Titles BuildingProvincial heritage property · 1910 · 3.3 km away, in Central Business District |
| Cathedral of St. John the EvangelistMunicipal heritage property · 1917 · 3.4 km away, in Central Business District |
| College BuildingNational Historic Site · 1910–1913 · 3.5 km away, in Grosvenor Park |
No home in Holliston dates from 2016 to 2021; the typical town has 4.1%
Few of Holliston’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 4.6%, the norm 23%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 0.8% of Holliston’s, against 15% in the typical town. The busiest building years in Holliston were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 47% of today’s homes.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Holliston compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,000 to 3,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Saint-Marc-des-Carrières and Sunnyside. Their median is 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Holliston and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holliston | 2,963 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Brevoort Park | 3,485 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Nutana Park | 3,045 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Nutana Urban Centre | 5,926 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Adelaide/Churchill | 2,652 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Eastview | 7,536 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Haultain | 6,126 | 3 | 0 | 1911 |
Holliston in brief
Holliston’s homes from before 1961 come to 46%, 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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 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.
Questions about Holliston’s history
How many historic places does Holliston have on the registers?
Holliston has none of its own yet. Saskatoon Electrical System Substation, in Haultain, is the nearest, 2.3 km away.
How old are the homes in Holliston?
46% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).