In a 5 km circle around Westmount: 10 places on the registers
From Westmount, look 2 km away, to Victoria Park, for the nearest place of the highest designation. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 7.1% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.
2 places of national importance within 5 km of Westmount
By designation: 6 provincial or municipal listings, 2 National Historic Sites and a heritage railway station. The earliest date is Joseph Schneider Haus’s, 1816, 2.4 km away. They are spread over 6 towns, including Waterloo, City Commercial Core and Victoria Park.
The 10 nearest, within 5 km
| Erb-Kumpf HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1.6 km away, in Waterloo |
| Elizabeth Ziegler Public SchoolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1931 · 2.2 km away, in Waterloo |
| Huether HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 2.2 km away, in Waterloo |
| Joseph Schneider HausNational Historic Site · 1816–1817 · 2.4 km away, in Victoria Park |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1897–1898 · 2.7 km away, in Mt. Hope Huron Park |
| The Walper HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1893 · 2.8 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| Federal BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1937–1939 · 3 km away, in City Commercial Core |
| Waterloo County GaolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1853 · 3.1 km away, in Central Frederick |
| Brubacher HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1850 · 3.9 km away, in Waterloo |
| WoodsideNational Historic Site · 1853–1854 · 4 km away, in Bridgeport East |
Near Westmount, within 5 km: built places from 1816 on
Each historic place within 5 km of Westmount, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
8 dated places within 5 km make up the record. Before Confederation: 4. The oldest is Joseph Schneider Haus in Victoria Park, from 1816.
A town of older homes: 25% of Westmount’s were built before 1961 (18% is typical)
Over half of the homes in Westmount were already standing by 1981. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 37% of Westmount’s homes. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 8.3% of Westmount’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Westmount compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,000 to 5,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Carbonear and Saint-Germain-de-Grantham have more. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have none.
Westmount and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 5,048 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Victoria Hills | 10,760 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cherry Hill | 6,304 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Victoria Park | 3,574 | 1 | 1 | 1816 |
| Highland West | 12,476 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forest Hill | 5,760 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Meinzinger Park-Lakeside | 5,007 | 0 | 0 | — |
Westmount in brief
Counted by age, 25% of Westmount’s homes predate 1961, 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. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- 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.
- 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. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Westmount’s history
How many historic places does Westmount have on the registers?
None inside Westmount yet. The nearest is Erb-Kumpf House, 1.6 km away in Waterloo.
How old are the homes in Westmount?
25% 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).