Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Flatrock and its setting: 31 historic places within 25 km
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 8.4%. St. John's, 18 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Near Flatrock, within 25 km: 22 places of national rank
By designation: 21 National Historic Sites, 8 provincial or municipal listings and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. The earliest date is Fort William’s, 1697, 16 km away. Their towns number 2: St. John's and Mount Pearl first.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Pleasantville-Building 223Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1957 · 15 km away, in St. John's |
| Christ Church / Quidi Vidi ChurchNational Historic Site · 1842–1843 · 15 km away, in St. John's |
| Mallard CottageNational Historic Site · 1820–1841 · 15 km away, in St. John's |
| WinterholmeNational Historic Site · 1905–1908 · 16 km away, in St. John's |
| St. Thomas Rectory / Commissariat House and GardenNational Historic Site · 1818–1822 · 16 km away, in St. John's |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1827–1832 · 16 km away, in St. John's |
| Anderson HouseCity of St. John's heritage site · 1804 · 16 km away, in St. John's |
| Rennie's Mill Road Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1846–1921 · 16 km away, in St. John's |
| Colonial BuildingProvincial historic site · 16 km away, in St. John's |
| Fort WilliamNational Historic Site · 1697–1698 · 16 km away, in St. John's |
| Bishop Feild CollegeCity of St. John's heritage site · 1844 · 16 km away, in St. John's |
| Murray PremisesNational Historic Site · 1847–1850 · 16 km away, in St. John's |
Near Flatrock, within 25 km: built places from 1697 on
Out to 25 km from Flatrock, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Fort William, in St. John's, goes back furthest, to 1697. The bars count 26 dated places within 25 km. 18 go back before 1867.
A growing town: 12% of Flatrock’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
44% of Flatrock’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 14% of Flatrock’s, against 27% in the typical town. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Flatrock 24% of its homes, near the usual 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Flatrock and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flatrock | 1,938 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pouch Cove | 2,270 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Torbay | 8,297 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove | 2,601 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 0 | 0 | — |
| St. John's | 128,693 | 35 | 25 | 1697 |
| Wabana | 2,008 | 0 | 0 | — |
Flatrock in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 8.4%, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: one person of its past, Herbert Pottle (1907).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- 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 tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Flatrock’s history
How many historic places does Flatrock have on the registers?
Inside Flatrock, none so far; Pleasantville-Building 223, 15 km away in St. John's, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Flatrock?
8.4% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Flatrock be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 2 further listings in Flatrock show up only as Wikidata numbers.
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).