FedHeritage Railway Station · 1897–1898Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, Ontario126 Weber StreetPhoto: Secondarywaltz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, Ontario · Photo: Secondarywaltz · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Mt. Hope Huron Park · Canada’s heritage registers
Mt. Hope Huron Park keeps its older homes: 58% from before 1961
Mt. Hope Huron Park has 3.3 times what the typical town has (18%). The registers put 1 historic place inside its boundary. Relative to its size the figure is 1.9 per 10,000 residents, more than in 85% of Canadian towns. That place is Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, Ontario, a heritage railway station, from 1897.
Historic places
1
1.9 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1897
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
58%
typical town: 18%
Through time
Mt. Hope Huron Park in old pictures
One picture from before 1950: the oldest view of one of its historic places. It opens full screen with a tap.
1908Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Mt. Hope Huron Park’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Other federal designations
One more federal designation in Mt. Hope Huron Park
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
2 places of the highest rank within 5 km of Mt. Hope Huron Park
By age, Joseph Schneider Haus leads, from 1816, at 1.8 km. 9 places lie within 5 km. At 1.2 km, Waterloo County Gaol in Central Frederick is the closest.
The 9 nearest, within 5 km
| Waterloo County GaolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1853 · 1.2 km away, in Central Frederick |
| WoodsideNational Historic Site · 1853–1854 · 1.3 km away, in Bridgeport East |
| Federal BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1937–1939 · 1.3 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| The Walper HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1893 · 1.3 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| Elizabeth Ziegler Public SchoolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1931 · 1.4 km away, in Waterloo |
| Joseph Schneider HausNational Historic Site · 1816–1817 · 1.8 km away, in Victoria Park |
| Erb-Kumpf HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1.9 km away, in Waterloo |
| Huether HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 2.3 km away, in Waterloo |
| Brubacher HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1850 · 4.9 km away, in Waterloo |
Homes by age
New homes stand out in Mt. Hope Huron Park: 15% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Mt. Hope Huron Park were already standing by 1961. Only 3.5% of Mt. Hope Huron Park’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Few of Mt. Hope Huron Park’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 5.1%, the norm 15%.
58%
Before 1961
16%
1961–80
3.5%
1981–2000
5.1%
2001–15
15%
2016–21
Mt. Hope Huron ParkTypical 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
Mt. Hope Huron Park has the 4th most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,200 to 5,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Mt. Hope Huron Park1
Ahead of it: Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, Antigonish and West Alexander. The typical town its size has 0. 12 of them have none.
Neighbours
Mt. Hope Huron Park and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Hope Huron Park | 5,174 | 1 | 0 | 1897 |
| Fairfield | 3,497 | 0 | 0 | — |
| City Commercial Core | 2,581 | 2 | 0 | 1893 |
| Central Frederick | 5,895 | 1 | 0 | 1853 |
| Cherry Hill | 6,304 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Victoria Park | 3,574 | 1 | 1 | 1816 |
| Bridgeport East | 3,903 | 1 | 1 | 1853 |
In brief
Mt. Hope Huron Park in brief
Before 1961: 58% of Mt. Hope Huron Park’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 1 historic place. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 3 have more historic places. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its one place was designated in 1992.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- 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 tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- 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.
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Mt. Hope Huron Park’s history
How old are the homes in Mt. Hope Huron Park?
Before 1961: 58% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
How many historic places does Mt. Hope Huron Park have on the registers?
1 historic place in Mt. Hope Huron Park, from Canada’s heritage registers.
What is the oldest building in Mt. Hope Huron Park?
Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, Ontario, a Heritage Railway Station, begun in 1897.
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).