In Normanhurst, 80% of homes go back before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Normanhurst has 4.6 times as much. Hamilton Waterworks, 2.6 km from Normanhurst, heads a list of 18 historic places within 10 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Parkview West, 2.2 km from here.
Within 10 km of Normanhurst, the dated places belong mostly to the years before Confederation
The area, not the town: places within 10 km of Normanhurst, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Oldest of all: Battlefield House, Battlefield, 1796. The bars count 18 dated places within 10 km. Before Confederation: 11.
Nearest to Normanhurst: Hamilton Waterworks, 2.6 km away
Corktown, Beasley and Battlefield hold most of them, among 11 towns. 18 places lie within 10 km. The record reaches back to 1796 with Battlefield House, 3.3 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Hamilton WaterworksNational Historic Site · 1856–1860 · 2.6 km away, in Parkview West |
| Battlefield HouseOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1796 · 3.3 km away, in Battlefield |
| Battle of Stoney CreekNational Historic Site · 1813 · 3.4 km away, in Battlefield |
| Victoria HallNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 6.2 km away, in Corktown |
| Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Station, Former, Hamilton, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 6.3 km away, in Corktown |
| St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Site · 1854–1858 · 6.3 km away, in Corktown |
| John Weir Foote ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1887–1889 · 6.3 km away, in Beasley |
| HMCS HaidaNational Historic Site · 1942–1943 · 6.4 km away, in North End East |
| Christ's Church CathedralOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1873 · 6.4 km away, in Beasley |
| Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)National Historic Site · 1929–1932 · 6.4 km away, in Beasley |
| McQuesten House / WhitehernNational Historic Site · 1848–1849 · 6.5 km away, in Durand |
| Sandyford PlaceNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 6.6 km away, in Durand |
None of Normanhurst’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
More than half of Normanhurst’s housing predates 1961. Normanhurst built little from 1981 to 2000: 0.7% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Few of Normanhurst’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 0%, the norm 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Normanhurst compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,200 to 3,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Seven Oaks and Annapolis County, Subdivision D. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Normanhurst and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normanhurst | 3,260 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mcquesten West | 6,349 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Glenview West | 3,431 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Homeside | 6,011 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bartonville | 4,311 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Crown Point East | 5,215 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rosedale | 3,070 | 0 | 0 | — |
Normanhurst in brief
Normanhurst has 80% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
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.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- 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.
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Normanhurst’s history
How many historic places does Normanhurst have on the registers?
Inside Normanhurst, none so far. At 2.6 km, Hamilton Waterworks in Parkview West is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Normanhurst?
Before 1961: 80% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).