Photo: Michael Hiemstra from Canada · CC BY 2.0Within 10 km of Rosenberg, 11 places are on the heritage registers
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 0.7%. The nearest town with a top designation is Victoria Park, 6.5 km away.
4 places of national importance within 10 km of Rosenberg
By age, Joseph Schneider Haus leads, from 1816, at 6.4 km. Homer Watson House in Pioneer Tower West is the nearest, 5.7 km away. Count to 10 km and there are 11.
The 11 nearest, within 10 km
| Homer Watson HouseNational Historic Site · 1834–1835 · 5.7 km away, in Pioneer Tower West |
| Waterloo Pioneer Memorial TowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1925–1927 · 6 km away, in Pioneer Tower West |
| Joseph Schneider HausNational Historic Site · 1816–1817 · 6.4 km away, in Victoria Park |
| The Walper HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1893 · 7 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| Federal BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1937–1939 · 7.1 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| Waterloo County GaolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1853 · 7.3 km away, in Central Frederick |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1897–1898 · 7.6 km away, in Mt. Hope Huron Park |
| WoodsideNational Historic Site · 1853–1854 · 8.5 km away, in Bridgeport East |
| Erb-Kumpf HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 8.6 km away, in Waterloo |
| Elizabeth Ziegler Public SchoolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1931 · 8.8 km away, in Waterloo |
| Huether HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 9.3 km away, in Waterloo |
Within 10 km of Rosenberg, the oldest record dates from 1816
Places near Rosenberg (within 10 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
The earliest is Joseph Schneider Haus in Victoria Park, begun in 1816. 9 places within 10 km have a date. 4 go back before 1867.
New homes stand out in Rosenberg: 33% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Rosenberg has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 64%, where most towns have 15%. Few of Rosenberg’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 0.3%, the norm 27%. Only 1.1% of Rosenberg’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 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 Rosenberg compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 9,800 to 9,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Roberval, Shawnigan and Shediac. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Rosenberg and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosenberg | 9,831 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Huron South | 5,555 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Country Hills West | 5,936 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Laurentian West | 16,857 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Country Hills | 4,561 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Laurentian Hills | 10,026 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alpine | 3,055 | 0 | 0 | — |
Rosenberg in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 0.7% 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. 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Rosenberg’s history
How many historic places does Rosenberg have on the registers?
Inside Rosenberg, none so far. At 5.7 km, Homer Watson House in Pioneer Tower West is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Rosenberg?
0.7% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Rosenberg be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 2 more listings in Rosenberg are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).