TopNational Historic Site · 1891–1892Beaulieu707 13th Avenue SWPhoto: Brad S Taylor · CC BY 2.0 · Commons file
Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall · Photo: Thivierr · CC BY-SA 3.03historic places on the registers
History of Beltline · Canada’s heritage registers
Heritage in Beltline: 3 historic places, all of the highest rank
Of Beltline’s dated places, Beaulieu is the oldest, from 1891. Only 6.4% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Scaled to its population, Beltline’s 1.1 per 10,000 residents beats 80% of Canadian towns. 9 more places on provincial or local lists are counted from Wikidata without pages.
Historic places
3
1.1 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
3
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1891
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
6.4%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
2 photographs of Beltline’s designated places
2 of the places on Beltline’s heritage registers are pictured here; the others keep their register record. The set includes 2 of Beltline’s highest-designated places. Among them: Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall and Beaulieu.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The map
Where Beltline’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 3, by tier
3 Highest designations
What the map shows is the open record: the federal directory in full, and from provincial or municipal lists only the places Wikidata ties to an encyclopedia article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
3 places in Beltline with the highest designation
The first was designated in 1989, the latest in 2017. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Their dates run from 1891, with Beaulieu, to 1917. Each one opens its own page.
TopNational Historic Site · 1917–1919Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall801 11th St. SWPhoto: Thivierr · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
National Historic Site · 1908–1913Central Memorial Library and Park1221 2nd Street Southwest
Homes by age
New homes stand out in Beltline: 20% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Beltline were already standing by 2001. 29% of Beltline’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 25% of Beltline’s, about the typical 27%.
6.4%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
20%
1981–2000
29%
2001–15
20%
2016–21
BeltlineTypical 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
Beltline has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 25,700 to 26,800 residents, by places on the registers.
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Just one has more: Foothills County. The middle one has 0. 9 of them have none.
Neighbours
Beltline and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beltline | 26,171 | 3 | 3 | 1891 |
| Lower Mount Royal | 3,136 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Downtown Commercial Core | 9,286 | 6 | 2 | 1880 |
| Downtown West End | 2,796 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mission | 6,329 | 1 | 0 | 1905 |
| Upper Mount Royal | 2,758 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Eau Claire | 3,733 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Beltline in brief
Beltline has 3 historic places, 3 with the highest designation. Just one town of its size, out of 16, has more historic places. Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 6.4%, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: its places were designated between 1989 and 2017.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
Questions about Beltline’s history
Which places in Beltline have the highest designation?
Beaulieu, Central Memorial Library and Park and Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall.
What is the oldest building in Beltline?
Beaulieu, a National Historic Site, begun in 1891.
How old are the homes in Beltline?
The 2021 Census dates 6.4% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Beltline be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 9 more listings in Beltline are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).