Photo: Annichou · CC BY-SA 3.0In Overbrook, 32% of homes go back before 1961
For Overbrook, that is 1.8 times the typical town’s share, 18%. VIA Rail Station, Ottawa, Ontario, 1.6 km from Overbrook, heads a list of 65 historic places within 5 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Manor Park, 2.4 km from here.
From 1827 on: the dated places within 5 km of Overbrook
The historic places within 5 km of Overbrook, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
Commissariat Building, in Centretown, goes back furthest, to 1827. The chart rests on 62 dated places within 5 km. 18 are older than 1867.
Overbrook’s area holds 36 top-tier places within 5 km
The radius of 5 km holds 65. Commissariat Building, 4.1 km off, is the oldest: 1827. Closest of all is “VIA Rail Station, Ottawa, Ontario”, in Riverview, 1.6 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| VIA Rail Station, Ottawa, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1965–1967 · 1.6 km away, in Riverview |
| Beechwood CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1873–1874 · 2.2 km away, in Manor Park |
| Laurier HouseNational Historic Site · 1878–1879 · 2.5 km away, in Sandy Hill |
| St. Alban's Anglican ChurchOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1877 · 3.1 km away, in Sandy Hill |
| Rideau CottageRecognized federal heritage building of Canada · 1867 · 3.3 km away, in New Edinburgh |
| Ottawa Jail HostelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 3.4 km away, in Lowertown West |
| Rideau Hall and Landscaped GroundsNational Historic Site · 1838–1839 · 3.5 km away, in New Edinburgh |
| Lisgar Collegiate InstituteDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1843 · 3.5 km away, in Centretown |
| Saint Brigid's ChurchOntario Heritage Trust easement · 3.5 km away, in Lowertown West |
| Drill HallClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1879–1882 · 3.5 km away, in Centretown |
| StornowayRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1913–1915 · 3.6 km away, in Manor Park |
| Former Ottawa Teachers' CollegeNational Historic Site · 1874–1876 · 3.7 km away, in Centretown |
Overbrook built the most from 1961 to 1980, 33% of today’s homes
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 7.7% of Overbrook’s, against 15% in the typical town. From 2016 to 2021 Overbrook added 6% of its homes, more than the typical town’s 4.1%. Only 18% of Overbrook’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 Overbrook compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 19,800 to 20,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Fort York-Liberty Village and Loyalist. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Overbrook and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overbrook | 19,953 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Vanier South | 7,259 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Carson Grove - Carson Meadows | 11,290 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Vanier North | 10,498 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Manor Park | 9,491 | 2 | 1 | 1873 |
| Waterridge Village | 2,737 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riverview | 14,030 | 1 | 0 | 1965 |
Overbrook in brief
Housing in Overbrook includes 32% built 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 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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
Questions about Overbrook’s history
How many historic places does Overbrook have on the registers?
Not inside Overbrook. The closest is VIA Rail Station, Ottawa, Ontario in Riverview, 1.6 km away.
How old are the homes in Overbrook?
32% 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).