Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5History around Arbour Lake: 15 designated places within 25 km
Few homes are old by the census: 0% before 1961, against 18%. For the highest designations, the closest town is Hillhurst, 12 km off.
Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, 4.8 km from Arbour Lake, is the closest
Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, 11 km off, is the nearest of 8 top-tier places. Within 25 km there are 15 in all. They are 8 National Historic Sites and 7 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Wood's Douglas Fir Tree SanctuaryProvincial historic resource · 4.8 km away, in Bowness |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 11 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 13 km away, in Beltline |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 14 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 14 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 14 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 14 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 14 km away, in Beltline |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 14 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 14 km away, in Downtown East Village |
Near Arbour Lake, within 25 km: built places from 1875 on
Out to 25 km from Arbour Lake, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
The bars count 11 dated places within 25 km. The oldest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, from 1875.
No home in Arbour Lake dates from 2016 to 2021; the typical town has 4.1%
Arbour Lake has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 68%, where most towns have 23%. Few of Arbour Lake’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 4.8%, the norm 27%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 25% of Arbour Lake’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Arbour Lake compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 10,400 to 10,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Coal Harbour and Corman Park No. 344. The typical town its size has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Arbour Lake and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbour Lake | 10,454 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Royal Oak | 12,343 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ranchlands | 7,376 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hawkwood | 9,188 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Silver Springs | 9,042 | 0 | 0 | — |
Arbour Lake in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 0%, 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
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article 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. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Arbour Lake’s history
How many historic places does Arbour Lake have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Arbour Lake; Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, in Bowness, is 4.8 km away.
How old are the homes in Arbour Lake?
The 2021 Census dates 0% 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).