Photo: Qyd · CC BY-SA 3.0Brazeau County’s surroundings: 6 historic places within 100 km
Before 1961: just 8.7% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Lac Ste. Anne County, 75 km away. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is December 31, 1987; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
4 places of national importance within 100 km of Brazeau County
Nearest comes Rundle's Mission, 56 km off, in Leduc County. Oldest of them is Rocky Mountain House (1799), 94 km off. They are spread over 4 towns, including Leduc County, Lac Ste. Anne County and Clearwater County.
The 6 nearest, within 100 km
| Rundle's MissionNational Historic Site · 1847–1848 · 56 km away, in Leduc County |
| Lac Ste. Anne PilgrimageNational Historic Site · 1889 · 66 km away, in Lac Ste. Anne County |
| Leduc No. 1Provincial historic resource · 82 km away, in Leduc County |
| Leduc-Woodbend OilfieldNational Historic Site · 1946 · 83 km away, in Leduc County |
| Rocky Mountain HouseNational Historic Site · 1799–1800 · 94 km away, in Clearwater County |
| Whitecourt craterProvincial historic resource · 98 km away, in Woodlands County |
Most of Brazeau County’s homes went up from 2001 to 2015: 34%
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 30% of Brazeau County’s, against 23% in the typical town. From 2016 to 2021 Brazeau County added 5.1% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Over half of the homes in Brazeau County were already standing by 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 Brazeau County compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,600 to 7,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Baie-Saint-Paul and Fruitland have more. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have none.
Brazeau County and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazeau County | 7,685 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Drayton Valley | 8,047 | 0 | 0 | — |
Brazeau County in brief
Its housing is young: only 8.7% predates 1961, 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Brazeau County’s history
How many historic places does Brazeau County have on the registers?
None in Brazeau County itself. The closest is Rundle's Mission in Leduc County, 56 km away, a place of the highest rank.
When did Brazeau County become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Brazeau County to December 31, 1987. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Brazeau County?
8.7% 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).