Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Bassano and its setting: 6 historic places within 100 km
Heritage of the first rank begins 43 km from Bassano, in Newell County. Of its homes, 23% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Top-ranked heritage near Bassano: 4 places within 100 km
6 places lie within 100 km. They stand in 4 towns, Siksika 146, Vulcan County and Newell County among them. The mix: 4 National Historic Sites and 2 provincial or municipal listings.
The 6 nearest, within 100 km
| Majorville Cairn and Medicine WheelProvincial historic resource · 23 km away, in Vulcan County |
| Earthlodge VillageNational Historic Site · 28 km away, in Siksika 146 |
| Treaty Nº 7 Signing SiteNational Historic Site · 1877 · 31 km away, in Siksika 146 |
| Blackfoot CrossingNational Historic Site · 1877 · 31 km away, in Siksika 146 |
| Brooks AqueductNational Historic Site · 1912–1915 · 52 km away, in Newell County |
| The Atlas Coal Mine National Historic SiteNational historic site of Canada · 60 km away, in Drumheller |
None of Bassano’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Bassano built little from 2001 to 2015: 10% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. The busiest building years in Bassano were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 48% of today’s homes. Few of Bassano’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 18%, the norm 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Bassano in brief
Before 1961: 23% of Bassano’s homes, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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.
Questions about Bassano’s history
How many historic places does Bassano have on the registers?
Not inside Bassano. The closest is Majorville Cairn and Medicine Wheel in Vulcan County, 23 km away.
How old are the homes in Bassano?
Before 1961: 23% 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).