Photo: Grant Berg · CC BY-SA 3.0Within 100 km of Birch Hills County, 3 places are on the heritage registers
The nearest town to Birch Hills County with a top designation is Fairview No. 136, 37 km away. Building from 2016 to 2021 gave it 4.1% of its homes, where most towns have 4.1%.
Nearest to Birch Hills County: Fort Dunvegan, 38 km away
Within 100 km there are 3 in all. Fort Fork, 50 km off, is the oldest: 1792. Fairview No. 136, Peace No. 135 and Sexsmith hold most of them, among 3 towns.
The 3 nearest, within 100 km
| Fort DunveganNational Historic Site · 1805–1806 · 38 km away, in Fairview No. 136 |
| Fort ForkNational Historic Site · 1792–1793 · 50 km away, in Peace No. 135 |
| Sexsmith Blacksmith ShopProvincial historic resource · 1916 · 70 km away, in Sexsmith |
The biggest share of Birch Hills County’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 36%
Before 1961: 14% of Birch Hills County’s homes, near the usual 18%. 20% of Birch Hills County’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Half of the homes standing in Birch Hills County today were built before 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Birch Hills County in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 14%, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- 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.
- 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
Questions about Birch Hills County’s history
How many historic places does Birch Hills County have on the registers?
Inside Birch Hills County, none so far. At 38 km, Fort Dunvegan in Fairview No. 136 is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Birch Hills County?
Before 1961: 14% 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).