Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Older housing stands out in Perth East: 43% predates 1961
Perth East’s share is 2.5 times the typical 18%. Within 50 km of Perth East there are 23 designated places; Gallery Stratford, at 15 km, is the closest. The nearest town with a top designation is Stratford, 15 km away. Jacob Kaufman heads a list of 5 people born in Perth East before 1914.
Within 50 km of Perth East, the oldest record dates from 1816
Places as far as 50 km from Perth East, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Within 50 km, 20 records give a date. 8 are older than 1867. First by date comes Joseph Schneider Haus in Victoria Park, from 1816.
10 places of national importance within 50 km of Perth East
The first one out is Gallery Stratford, 15 km away in Stratford. By designation: 9 provincial or municipal listings, 9 National Historic Sites and 3 heritage railway stations. Oldest of them is Joseph Schneider Haus (1816), 37 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Gallery StratfordDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 15 km away, in Stratford |
| Stratford City HallNational Historic Site · 1898–1900 · 16 km away, in Stratford |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Stratford, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1914 · 16 km away, in Stratford |
| Castle KilbrideNational Historic Site · 1877–1879 · 25 km away, in New Hamburg |
| St. Marys Junction Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1858–1859 · 30 km away, in St. Marys |
| Brubacher HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1850 · 32 km away, in Waterloo |
| St. MarysDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 32 km away, in St. Marys |
| Huether HotelDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 34 km away, in Waterloo |
| Erb-Kumpf HouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 34 km away, in Waterloo |
| Elizabeth Ziegler Public SchoolDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1931 · 35 km away, in Waterloo |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Kitchener, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1897–1898 · 37 km away, in Mt. Hope Huron Park |
| Joseph Schneider HausNational Historic Site · 1816–1817 · 37 km away, in Victoria Park |
43% of Perth East’s homes were built before 1961
Half of the homes standing in Perth East today were built before 1981. Only 9.6% of Perth East’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 5.1% of Perth East’s, about the typical 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born in Perth East, 1847 to 1901
Fame, by Wikipedia: Zachariah Adam Hall first, in 3 languages. Counting only births before 1914, there are 5. John Fraser lived longest, to 94, dying in 1960. The years before Confederation gave 3 of the 5.
Everyone born in Perth East → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Perth East and its neighbours
Perth East in brief
The 2021 Census dates 43% of Perth East’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Its people of the past include Zachariah Adam Hall (1865), John Fraser (1866) and Jacob Kaufman (1847). The other figures are unremarkable: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Perth East’s history
How many historic places does Perth East have on the registers?
None within Perth East itself; the nearest is 15 km off: Gallery Stratford, in Stratford.
How old are the homes in Perth East?
43% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Why might a heritage building in Perth East be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. One more listing in Perth East is known through Wikidata alone, so it is 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).