TopNational Historic Site · 1839–1841Connell House128 Connell StreetPhoto: Greencolander · Public domain · Commons file
L. P. Fisher Public Library · Photo: ErikaBetts · CC BY-SA 4.04historic places on the registers
History of Woodstock · Canada’s heritage registers
4 historic places in Woodstock, one of them a top designation
Among the places are 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and a provincial or municipal listing. Only a few towns match Woodstock per resident: 6.4 for every 10,000, ahead of 96% of Canadian towns. More of its homes are old than in most towns: 35% before 1961, against 18%. Its oldest building on the record is Connell House, from 1839.
Historic places
4
6.4 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
2
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1839
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
35%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Then and today: Woodstock in 3 photos and 4 old pictures
First come Connell House and L. P. Fisher Public Library. 3 designated places in Woodstock have a photo. Credit goes to 3 photographers, each named on the photo.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Through time
Old Woodstock, 1860 to 1905
Set out by date: 4 old photographs of the town. Pick a dot to see the year; pick a picture to see it large.
1860
1860
1900
1905Public 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 Woodstock’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsOther federal designationsProvincial and local listings
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 4, by tier
1 Highest designations2 Other federal designations1 Provincial and local listings
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Woodstock with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Other federal designations
2 other places Canada recognizes in Woodstock
The first was designated in 1991, the latest in 1997. Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Armoury is the earliest, from 1904; the latest dates from 1955. Each one opens its own page.
FedRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1956Government of Canada Building680 Main StreetPhoto: WayneRay · Public domain · Commons file
Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1904–1906ArmouryChapel Street
Provincial and local listings
One local listing in Woodstock
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
LocalLocal historic place · 1914L. P. Fisher Public LibraryPhoto: ErikaBetts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Homes by age
A growing town: 5.4% of Woodstock’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Woodstock were already standing by 1981. In Woodstock, 24% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%). 22% of Woodstock’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, close to the typical town’s 23%.
35%
Before 1961
24%
1961–80
22%
1981–2000
14%
2001–15
5.4%
2016–21
WoodstockTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
From 1834 to 1889: lives that began in Woodstock
The longest life here was George Black’s, 92 years, ending in 1965. Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on 12 births here before 1914. 6 of the 12 were born in the years before Confederation. By Wikipedia’s reach, Minnie Bell Sharp leads, with 5 articles.
Henry A. Connell
George Heber Connell
Allan Dibblee
George W. Upham
Minnie Bell Sharp
Wendell P. Jones
James Kidd Flemming
George Black
John W. Niles
John M. Flewelling
George Frederick Clarke
Edward Samuel Mooers
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Minnie Bell Sharp1865–1937 · Canadian schoolteacher
James Kidd Flemming1868–1927 · Canadian politician
George Black1873–1965 · Canadian politician and lawyer
GC
George Frederick Clarke1883–1974 · New Brunswick author, historian and archaeologist
GC
George Heber Connell1836–1881 · Canadian politician
WJ
Wendell P. Jones1866–1944 · Canadian politician
JN
John W. Niles1876–1961 · Canadian politician
HC
Henry A. Connell1834–1917 · Canadian politician and businessman
Everyone born in Woodstock → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns its size
Woodstock has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,200 to 6,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Woodstock4
Their median is 0. 11 of them have none.
Neighbours
Woodstock and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodstock | 6,260 | 4 | 1 | 1839 |
| Woodstock | 2,371 | 1 | 0 | 1833 |
| Northampton | 1,981 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wakefield | 2,749 | 1 | 1 | 1901 |
| Richmond | 1,516 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hartland | 1,025 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Woodstock in brief
The 2021 Census dates 35% of Woodstock’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 4 historic places, one with the highest designation, Connell House among them. Among the 16 towns nearest its size, none has more historic places. Minnie Bell Sharp (1865), James Kidd Flemming (1868) and George Black (1873) are the best known of its historic lives. For the rest, the designations ran from 1975 to 1997.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- 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 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.
Questions about Woodstock’s history
How old are the homes in Woodstock?
Before 1961: 35% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Woodstock have the highest designation?
Connell House.
What is the oldest building in Woodstock?
Connell House, a National Historic Site, begun in 1839.
Why might a heritage building in Woodstock be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. One more listing in Woodstock is known through Wikidata alone, so it is counted, not paged.
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).