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History of Bonnyville · Canada’s heritage registers

The railway reached Bonnyville in 1928

6 places on the heritage registers lie within 50 km of Bonnyville, the nearest Hangar 1, 33 km away. Heritage of the first rank begins 7.8 km away, in Bonnyville No. 87.

Historic places within 50 km

1 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

33 km

Hangar 1

Homes built before 1961

10%

typical town: 18%

How it began

Milestones of Bonnyville since 1928

Bonnyville was on the railway from 1928. Bonnyville was incorporated as a village in 1929.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Bonnyville”, revision 1381638208 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The age of the area

From 1885 on: the dated places within 50 km of Bonnyville

Out to 50 km from Bonnyville, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.

British North America 1760–18660

After Confederation 1867–19131

Wars and Depression 1914–19450

Since 1946 1946 on5

Oldest of all: Frog Lake, Bonnyville No. 87, 1885. The chart rests on 6 dated places within 50 km.

Around the town

Near Bonnyville, within 50 km: one place of national rank

At 33 km, Hangar 1 in Cold Lake is the closest. The registers hold 6 within 50 km. Frog Lake, 48 km off, is the oldest: 1885.

The 6 nearest, within 50 km

Hangar 1Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1954–1955 · 33 km away, in Cold Lake

Hangar 2Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1953–1954 · 33 km away, in Cold Lake

Hangar 3Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1953–1954 · 34 km away, in Cold Lake

Senior Non Commissioned Officer's Building B-30Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1954–1955 · 34 km away, in Cold Lake

Hangar 4Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1954–1955 · 34 km away, in Cold Lake

Frog LakeNational Historic Site · 1885 · 48 km away, in Bonnyville No. 87

Homes by age

Only 10% of Bonnyville’s homes go back before 1961 (18% is typical)

From 2016 to 2021 Bonnyville added 5.3% of its homes, more than the typical town’s 4.1%. Bonnyville’s largest group of homes, 34%, went up from 1961 to 1980. 26% of Bonnyville’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%.

10%

Before 1961

34%

1961–80

25%

1981–2000

26%

2001–15

5.3%

2016–21

BonnyvilleTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Towns its size

How Bonnyville compares with 16 towns its size

Towns of 7,300 to 7,400 residents, by places on the registers.

Portage la Prairie2

Chandler1

Saint-Jude1

Blairmore Suburban Centre0

Bonnyville0

Just these have more: Portage la Prairie, Chandler and Saint-Jude. The middle one has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.

Neighbours

Bonnyville and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Highest	Oldest
Bonnyville	7,366	0	0	—
Bonnyville No. 87	13,265	1	1	1885

In brief

Bonnyville in brief

Its homes are mostly newer: 10% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

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. 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.
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 tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
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.
The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.

Questions about Bonnyville’s history

How many historic places does Bonnyville have on the registers?

Not inside Bonnyville. The closest is Hangar 1 in Cold Lake, 33 km away.

How old are the homes in Bonnyville?

10% predate 1961, where 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).