Photo: Jason F. Voll · CC BY-SA 3.0Before 1961: 52% of the homes in Fairfield
Fairfield’s share is 2.9 times the typical 18%. Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, Ontario, 900 m from Fairfield, heads a list of 10 historic places within 5 km. For the highest designations, the closest town is Bridgeport East, 1.3 km off.
Near Fairfield (5 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the years before Confederation
The area, not the town: places within 5 km of Fairfield, dated by the first construction year on their records.
The bars count 8 dated places within 5 km. 4 are older than 1867. Oldest of all: Joseph Schneider Haus, Victoria Park, 1816.
The closest heritage to Fairfield is “Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, Ontario”, 900 m off
Joseph Schneider Haus, 2.2 km off, is the oldest: 1816. Their towns number 6: Waterloo, City Commercial Core and Mt. Hope Huron Park first. Its 2 places of national rank start with Woodside, at 1 km.
The 10 nearest, within 5 km
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1897–1898 · 900 m away, in Mt. Hope Huron Park |
| WoodsideNational Historic Site · 1853–1854 · 1 km away, in Bridgeport East |
| Waterloo County GaolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1853 · 1.4 km away, in Central Frederick |
| Elizabeth Ziegler Public SchoolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1931 · 1.5 km away, in Waterloo |
| Federal BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1937–1939 · 1.6 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| The Walper HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1893 · 1.6 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| Joseph Schneider HausNational Historic Site · 1816–1817 · 2.2 km away, in Victoria Park |
| Erb-Kumpf HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 2.2 km away, in Waterloo |
| Huether HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 2.5 km away, in Waterloo |
| Brubacher HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1850 · 4.9 km away, in Waterloo |
Fairfield added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.4%, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 2% of Fairfield’s, against 15% in the typical town. More than half of Fairfield’s housing predates 1961. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Fairfield 24% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Fairfield compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,500 to 3,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Downtown East Village and Saint-Pascal. The typical town its size has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Fairfield and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | 3,497 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mt. Hope Huron Park | 5,174 | 1 | 0 | 1897 |
| Central Frederick | 5,895 | 1 | 0 | 1853 |
| Bridgeport East | 3,903 | 1 | 1 | 1853 |
| City Commercial Core | 2,581 | 2 | 0 | 1893 |
| Cherry Hill | 6,304 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Auditorium | 3,918 | 0 | 0 | — |
Fairfield in brief
The pre-1961 share of Fairfield’s homes is 52%, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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 Fairfield’s history
How many historic places does Fairfield have on the registers?
Fairfield has none of its own yet. Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, Ontario, in Mt. Hope Huron Park, is the nearest, 900 m away.
How old are the homes in Fairfield?
52% 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).