Photo: Dwayne Reilander · CC BY-SA 4.0In a 10 km circle around Acadia: 14 places on the registers
Heritage of the first rank begins 7.5 km from Acadia, in Beltline. Few homes are old by the census: 13% before 1961, against 18%.
14 places on Canada’s registers lie 10 km or less from Acadia
By designation: 7 provincial or municipal listings and 7 National Historic Sites. They stand in 6 towns, Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village among them. At 5.9 km, St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Midnapore is the closest.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1904 · 5.9 km away, in Midnapore |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 6.9 km away, in Mission |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 7.5 km away, in Beltline |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 7.5 km away, in Beltline |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 7.9 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 7.9 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 7.9 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Fort CalgaryNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 7.9 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 7.9 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 7.9 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 8 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 8.2 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Near Acadia (10 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
Around Acadia, not inside it: the places within 10 km, by the first construction date on record.
The earliest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, begun in 1875. Within 10 km, building dates exist for 11 places.
Acadia added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 73% of Acadia’s, against 27% in the typical town. Only 0.8% of Acadia’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Acadia built little from 1981 to 2000: 12% of its homes, where most towns have 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Acadia compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 9,900 to 10,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Hatchet Lake and Shawnigan. The middle one has 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Acadia and its neighbours
Acadia in brief
Its housing is young: only 13% 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. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- 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. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- 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.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Acadia’s history
How many historic places does Acadia have on the registers?
Not inside Acadia. The closest is St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Midnapore, 5.9 km away.
How old are the homes in Acadia?
The 2021 Census dates 13% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).