In a 5 km circle around Heritage Park: 6 places on the registers
Heritage of the first rank begins 3.1 km from Heritage Park, in Bridgeport East. Its housing is mostly newer: 11% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
2 places of national importance within 5 km of Heritage Park
The registers hold 6 within 5 km. At 2.9 km, Woodside in Bridgeport East is the closest. Their towns number 5: City Commercial Core, Bridgeport East and Central Frederick first.
The 6 nearest, within 5 km
| WoodsideNational Historic Site · 1853–1854 · 2.9 km away, in Bridgeport East |
| Waterloo County GaolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1853 · 3.3 km away, in Central Frederick |
| Federal BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1937–1939 · 3.5 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| The Walper HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1893 · 3.6 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1897–1898 · 3.8 km away, in Mt. Hope Huron Park |
| Joseph Schneider HausNational Historic Site · 1816–1817 · 4.2 km away, in Victoria Park |
Within 5 km of Heritage Park, the oldest record dates from 1816
The area, not the town: places within 5 km of Heritage Park, dated by the first construction year on their records.
6 places within 5 km have a date. 3 go back before 1867. The earliest is Joseph Schneider Haus in Victoria Park, begun in 1816.
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Heritage Park, against 4.1% elsewhere
Only 1.3% of Heritage Park’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 74% of Heritage Park’s, against 27% in the typical town. Heritage Park built little from 1981 to 2000: 12% of its homes, where most towns have 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Heritage Park compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,300 to 6,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Beasley and Electoral Area C, Peace River have more. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have none.
Heritage Park and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Park | 6,369 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Grand River North | 3,823 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rosemount | 6,169 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stanley Park | 8,721 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Idlewood | 5,005 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Auditorium | 3,918 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Central Frederick | 5,895 | 1 | 0 | 1853 |
Heritage Park in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 11% came earlier, 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
- 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. 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.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- 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.
Questions about Heritage Park’s history
How many historic places does Heritage Park have on the registers?
Nothing inside Heritage Park; Woodside in Bridgeport East, 2.9 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Heritage Park?
Before 1961: 11% 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).