Photo: Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0Beyond Bentley’s limits, 5 historic places within 50 km
Heritage of the first rank begins 53 km from Bentley, in Clearwater County. Older housing stands out: 29% of homes predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
The closest heritage to Bentley is Flatiron Building, 21 km off
By designation: 4 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. They stand in 3 towns, Lacombe, Red Deer County and Red Deer among them. The radius of 50 km holds 5.
The 5 nearest, within 50 km
| Flatiron BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1904 · 21 km away, in Lacombe |
| Lacombe Blacksmith Shop MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 21 km away, in Lacombe |
| Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 27 km away, in Red Deer |
| Stephansson HouseProvincial historic resource · 36 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Markerville Lutheran ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 39 km away, in Red Deer County |
No home in Bentley dates from 2016 to 2021; the typical town has 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Bentley were already standing by 1981. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 33% of Bentley’s homes. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Bentley 22% of its homes, near the usual 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Bentley and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | 1,153 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lacombe County | 11,072 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sylvan Lake | 17,897 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Blackfalds | 12,258 | 0 | 0 | — |
Bentley in brief
Before 1961: 29% of Bentley’s homes, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Bentley’s history
How many historic places does Bentley have on the registers?
Inside Bentley, none so far; Flatiron Building, 21 km away in Lacombe, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Bentley?
29% 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).