Photo: Derek Hatfield from Peterborough, Canada · CC BY 2.0Beyond Norwood’s limits, 14 historic places within 50 km
Older housing stands out in Norwood: 31% of homes predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Look 27 km away, to Otonabee-South Monaghan, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Josiah Williams Pearce heads a list of 7 people born in Norwood before 1914. As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from January 1, 1998, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding.
Top-ranked heritage near Norwood: 9 places within 50 km
They stand in 8 towns, Peterborough, Cobourg and Havelock among them. Carrying Place of the Bay of Quinte, 48 km off, is the oldest: 1787. Count to 50 km and there are 14.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Havelock, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1914–1930 · 9.6 km away, in Havelock |
| Serpent MoundsNational Historic Site · 23 km away, in Otonabee-South Monaghan |
| Peterborough PetroglyphsNational Historic Site · 27 km away, in North Kawartha |
| Peterborough Lift LockNational Historic Site · 1896–1905 · 27 km away, in Peterborough |
| St. John the Evangelist Anglican ChurchOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1837 · 28 km away, in Peterborough |
| Market Hall Performing Arts CentreDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1890 · 29 km away, in Peterborough |
| Peterborough Drill Hall / ArmouryNational Historic Site · 1907–1910 · 29 km away, in Peterborough |
| Cox TerraceNational Historic Site · 1884–1885 · 29 km away, in Peterborough |
| Cathedral of Saint Peter-in-ChainsDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1837 · 29 km away, in Peterborough |
| Barnum HouseNational Historic Site · 1820–1821 · 43 km away, in Alnwick/Haldimand |
| Trent – Severn WaterwayNational Historic Site · 1830–1921 · 45 km away, in Quinte West |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Cobourg, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1912 · 48 km away, in Cobourg |
Within 50 km of Norwood, the years before Confederation left the most
Places as far as 50 km from Norwood, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
12 places within 50 km carry a construction date. Before Confederation: 6. The oldest is Carrying Place of the Bay of Quinte in Picton, from 1787.
New homes stand out in Norwood: 12% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Half of the homes standing in Norwood today were built before 1981. Norwood built little from 2001 to 2015: 8.9% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 27% of Norwood’s, about the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
7 Norwood births on record from before 1914
The decades after Confederation gave 6 of the 7. It starts with Josiah Williams Pearce, born in 1850. Longest lived was George Arthur Brethen, 91 years in all (1968). 12 Wikipedias cover Frank Henry Cooney, the most of anyone here.
Everyone born in Norwood → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
How Norwood compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,300 to 5,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce and South West Industrial. Their median is 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Norwood and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood | 5,308 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Havelock | 5,663 | 1 | 0 | 1914 |
| Campbellford | 15,103 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Douro-Dummer | 8,379 | 0 | 0 | — |
Norwood in brief
Older stock first: 31% of homes in Norwood were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Frank Henry Cooney (1872), William R. Howson (1883) and Fred Doherty (1887) are the best known of its historic lives. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
Questions about Norwood’s history
How many historic places does Norwood have on the registers?
None within Norwood itself; the nearest is 9.6 km off: Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Havelock, Ontario, in Havelock.
When did Norwood become a municipality?
Wikidata gives January 1, 1998 for Norwood, which may mark incorporation or an amalgamation rather than a founding.
How old are the homes in Norwood?
The 2021 Census dates 31% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).