Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.050 registered heritage sites stand within 50 km of Black Diamond
The nearest town to Black Diamond with a top designation is Turner Valley, 3.9 km away. The newest homes, 2016 to 2021, are 8.5% of the total, the typical town 4.1%.
The closest heritage to Black Diamond is Turner Valley Gas Plant, 3 km off
The radius of 50 km holds 50. Fort Calgary, 42 km off, is the oldest: 1875. They belong to 10 towns, chiefly Foothills County, Downtown Commercial Core and Beltline.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Turner Valley Gas PlantNational Historic Site · 1914–1971 · 3 km away, in Turner Valley |
| St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1904 · 29 km away, in Midnapore |
| PiggeryClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1902–1928 · 29 km away, in Foothills County |
| Livestock ShedClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1940–1941 · 29 km away, in Foothills County |
| Self Feeder, former Bunkhouse, Building 30Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1909–1911 · 29 km away, in Foothills County |
| Percheron Box StallsClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1902–1928 · 29 km away, in Foothills County |
| Slaughter House, Building 27Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1927–1928 · 29 km away, in Foothills County |
| Poultry Shed, Building 21AClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1927–1931 · 30 km away, in Foothills County |
| Poultry Building 21Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1927–1931 · 30 km away, in Foothills County |
| Hay ShedClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1956–1957 · 30 km away, in Foothills County |
| Stud Horse Barn, Building 1Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1909–1911 · 30 km away, in Foothills County |
| Vehicle Garage, Building 24Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1930–1931 · 30 km away, in Foothills County |
Within 50 km of Black Diamond, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
No place near Black Diamond is close: these lie up to 50 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Dated places within 50 km: 44. Oldest of all: Fort Calgary, Downtown East Village, 1875.
The biggest share of Black Diamond’s homes dates from 2001 to 2015: 37%
Black Diamond built little from 1961 to 1980: 18% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. 15% of Black Diamond’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. Half of the homes standing in Black Diamond 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.
How Black Diamond compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,900 to 2,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Moosomin has more. Their median is 0. 15 of them have nothing on the registers.
Black Diamond and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Diamond | 2,910 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Turner Valley | 2,784 | 2 | 2 | 1914 |
| Foothills County | 25,789 | 33 | 31 | 1880 |
| Okotoks | 33,482 | 0 | 0 | — |
Black Diamond in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 15%, 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Black Diamond’s history
How many historic places does Black Diamond have on the registers?
Not within Black Diamond. Its nearest is a top designation: Turner Valley Gas Plant, 3 km away in Turner Valley.
How old are the homes in Black Diamond?
Before 1961: 15% 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).