Rosemount keeps its older homes: 50% from before 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Rosemount has 2.8 times the share. The nearest heritage to Rosemount is Woodside, 1.8 km off, one of 8 places within 5 km. Look 2.1 km away, to Bridgeport East, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Within 5 km of Rosemount, the dated places belong mostly to the years before Confederation
Within 5 km of Rosemount but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
The earliest is Joseph Schneider Haus in Victoria Park, begun in 1816. 7 dated places within 5 km make up the record. 3 predate Confederation.
Rosemount’s surroundings: 8 historic places within 5 km
The mix: 4 provincial or municipal listings, 2 National Historic Sites and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. They belong to 6 towns, chiefly City Commercial Core, Waterloo and Bridgeport East. Woodside in Bridgeport East is the nearest, 1.8 km away.
The 8 nearest, within 5 km
| WoodsideNational Historic Site · 1853–1854 · 1.8 km away, in Bridgeport East |
| Waterloo County GaolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1853 · 2.4 km away, in Central Frederick |
| Federal BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1937–1939 · 2.6 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| The Walper HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1893 · 2.7 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1897–1898 · 2.8 km away, in Mt. Hope Huron Park |
| Joseph Schneider HausNational Historic Site · 1816–1817 · 3.3 km away, in Victoria Park |
| Elizabeth Ziegler Public SchoolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1931 · 4.3 km away, in Waterloo |
| Erb-Kumpf HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 4.9 km away, in Waterloo |
New homes are rare in Rosemount: 1.3% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
38% of Rosemount’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, more than the typical town’s 27%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 2.9% of Rosemount’s, against 15% in the typical town. Few of Rosemount’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 6.1%, 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.
How Rosemount compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,100 to 6,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Saint-Césaire, Electoral Area A, Cariboo and Glenora. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Rosemount and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemount | 6,169 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Heritage Park | 6,369 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Grand River North | 3,823 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Auditorium | 3,918 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stanley Park | 8,721 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Central Frederick | 5,895 | 1 | 0 | 1853 |
| Bridgeport East | 3,903 | 1 | 1 | 1853 |
Rosemount in brief
Rosemount has 50% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
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.
- 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.
- 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. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Rosemount’s history
How many historic places does Rosemount have on the registers?
Not within Rosemount. Its nearest is a top designation: Woodside, 1.8 km away in Bridgeport East.
How old are the homes in Rosemount?
50% 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).