9 registered heritage sites stand within 5 km of Forest Hill
Only 9.8% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. For the highest designations, the closest town is Victoria Park, 2.2 km off.
The registers find 9 places within 5 km of Forest Hill
Their towns number 6: Waterloo, City Commercial Core and Victoria Park first. The nearest is Joseph Schneider Haus, 2.4 km away in Victoria Park. They are 5 provincial or municipal listings, 2 National Historic Sites and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 9 nearest, within 5 km
| Joseph Schneider HausNational Historic Site · 1816–1817 · 2.4 km away, in Victoria Park |
| The Walper HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1893 · 3.1 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| Federal BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1937–1939 · 3.2 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| Waterloo County GaolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1853 · 3.5 km away, in Central Frederick |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1897–1898 · 3.5 km away, in Mt. Hope Huron Park |
| Erb-Kumpf HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 3.7 km away, in Waterloo |
| Elizabeth Ziegler Public SchoolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1931 · 4.1 km away, in Waterloo |
| Huether HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 4.4 km away, in Waterloo |
| WoodsideNational Historic Site · 1853–1854 · 4.8 km away, in Bridgeport East |
Near Forest Hill, within 5 km: built places from 1816 on
The area, not the town: places within 5 km of Forest Hill, dated by the first construction year on their records.
7 places within 5 km have a date. 3 predate Confederation. Joseph Schneider Haus, in Victoria Park, goes back furthest, to 1816.
Forest Hill added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 74% of Forest Hill’s, against 27% in the typical town. Only 2% of Forest Hill’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Few of Forest Hill’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 11%, the norm 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Forest Hill and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hill | 5,760 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Meinzinger Park-Lakeside | 5,007 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Laurentian Hills | 10,026 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Victoria Hills | 10,760 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forest Heights | 14,369 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Victoria Park | 3,574 | 1 | 1 | 1816 |
| Southdale | 5,277 | 0 | 0 | — |
Forest Hill in brief
Its housing is young: only 9.8% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Forest Hill’s history
How many historic places does Forest Hill have on the registers?
Nothing inside Forest Hill; Joseph Schneider Haus in Victoria Park, 2.4 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Forest Hill?
The 2021 Census dates 9.8% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).