LocalDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1853Waterloo County GaolPhoto: Mac Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Waterloo County Gaol · Photo: Mac Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Central Frederick · Canada’s heritage registers
Older housing stands out in Central Frederick: 63% predates 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Central Frederick has 3.6 times as much. Canada’s heritage registers list 1 historic place inside the town. Per resident that is more than in 84% of Canadian towns: 1.7 for every 10,000 people. Waterloo County Gaol, from 1853, is the town’s designated heritage property (part iv).
Historic places
1
1.7 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
1853
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
63%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Central Frederick’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
What the map shows is the open record: the federal directory in full, and from provincial or municipal lists only the places Wikidata ties to an encyclopedia article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
One local listing in Central Frederick
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Central Frederick’s surroundings: 8 historic places within 5 km
Of the 2 of the highest rank, the nearest is Woodside, 900 m away. By age, Joseph Schneider Haus leads, from 1816, at 1.7 km. Among them are 4 provincial or municipal listings, 2 National Historic Sites and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 8 nearest, within 5 km
| Federal BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1937–1939 · 800 m away, in City Commercial Core |
| WoodsideNational Historic Site · 1853–1854 · 900 m away, in Bridgeport East |
| The Walper HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1893 · 1 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1897–1898 · 1 km away, in Mt. Hope Huron Park |
| Joseph Schneider HausNational Historic Site · 1816–1817 · 1.7 km away, in Victoria Park |
| Elizabeth Ziegler Public SchoolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1931 · 2.7 km away, in Waterloo |
| Erb-Kumpf HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 3.2 km away, in Waterloo |
| Huether HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 3.6 km away, in Waterloo |
Homes by age
Only 0.4% of Central Frederick’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Few of Central Frederick’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 2.6%, the norm 15%. Central Frederick built little from 1981 to 2000: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Over half of the homes in Central Frederick were already standing by 1961.
63%
Before 1961
22%
1961–80
11%
1981–2000
2.6%
2001–15
0.4%
2016–21
Central FrederickTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Central Frederick has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,900 to 5,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Central Frederick1
Only Broadway-Assiniboine and Lac-Mégantic have more. Their median is 0. For 9, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Central Frederick and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Frederick | 5,895 | 1 | 0 | 1853 |
| Auditorium | 3,918 | 0 | 0 | — |
| City Commercial Core | 2,581 | 2 | 0 | 1893 |
| Cedar Hill | 3,190 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mt. Hope Huron Park | 5,174 | 1 | 0 | 1897 |
| Fairfield | 3,497 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mill Courtland Woodside Park | 3,319 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Central Frederick in brief
Central Frederick’s homes from before 1961 come to 63%, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 1 historic place. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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.
Questions about Central Frederick’s history
How old are the homes in Central Frederick?
Before 1961: 63% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
How many historic places does Central Frederick have on the registers?
1 historic place inside Central Frederick, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
What is the oldest building in Central Frederick?
Waterloo County Gaol, a Designated heritage property (part IV), begun in 1853.
Why might a heritage building in Central Frederick be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 2 more listings in Central Frederick, 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).