Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Listowel keeps its older homes: 32% from before 1961
Listowel has 1.8 times what the typical town has (18%). 17 places on the heritage registers lie within 50 km of Listowel, the nearest Gallery Stratford, 39 km away. Stratford, 39 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank. 7 people on record were born in Listowel before 1914, Horatio Walker the earliest.
Near Listowel (50 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
Reaching 50 km out from Listowel: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
15 places within 50 km carry a construction date. 5 go back before 1867. Joseph Schneider Haus, in Victoria Park, goes back furthest, to 1816.
Near Listowel, within 50 km: 6 places of national rank
The radius of 50 km holds 17. Waterloo, Stratford and Fergus hold most of them, among 10 towns. They are 8 provincial or municipal listings, 6 National Historic Sites and 2 heritage railway stations.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Gallery StratfordDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 39 km away, in Stratford |
| Stratford City HallNational Historic Site · 1898–1900 · 39 km away, in Stratford |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Stratford, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1914 · 40 km away, in Stratford |
| West Montrose Covered BridgeDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1881 · 42 km away, in Elmira |
| Castle KilbrideNational Historic Site · 1877–1879 · 42 km away, in New Hamburg |
| Brubacher HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1850 · 43 km away, in Waterloo |
| Former Elora Drill ShedNational Historic Site · 1865–1866 · 43 km away, in Fergus |
| Wellington County House of Industry and RefugeNational Historic Site · 1876–1878 · 45 km away, in Fergus |
| Huether HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 45 km away, in Waterloo |
| Erb-Kumpf HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 46 km away, in Waterloo |
| Elizabeth Ziegler Public SchoolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1931 · 46 km away, in Waterloo |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1897–1898 · 48 km away, in Mt. Hope Huron Park |
New homes stand out in Listowel: 15% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 20% of Listowel’s, against 27% in the typical town. Only 16% of Listowel’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Half of the homes standing in Listowel today were built before 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Listowel’s 2 persons of national historic significance, and others
The line ends with Jack Walter (1908). It starts with Horatio Walker, born in 1858. At 80, Horatio Walker outlived the rest, dying in 1938. Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on 7 births here before 1914.
Everyone born in Listowel → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
Listowel in brief
In Listowel, 32% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Horatio Walker (1858), Jack Walter (1908) and George Hay (1898) are the best known of its historic lives. For the rest, it has no historic place, against 1 for the middle town its size.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- 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. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
Questions about Listowel’s history
How many historic places does Listowel have on the registers?
None inside Listowel yet. The nearest is Gallery Stratford, 39 km away in Stratford.
How old are the homes in Listowel?
Before 1961: 32% 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).