Braeside and its setting: 16 historic places within 25 km
Few homes are old by the census: 2.4% before 1961, against 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Beltline, 9.8 km away.
Within 25 km of Braeside, 8 top designations
Count to 25 km and there are 16. Nearest comes St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, 4.4 km off, in Midnapore. Oldest of them is Fort Calgary (1875), 11 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1904 · 4.4 km away, in Midnapore |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 9.6 km away, in Mission |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 9.8 km away, in Beltline |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 10 km away, in Beltline |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 10 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 11 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 11 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 11 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 11 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 11 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 11 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 11 km away, in Downtown East Village |
Most of what stands within 25 km of Braeside dates from the decades after Confederation
The area here stretches to 25 km around Braeside: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
Within 25 km, building dates exist for 12 places. The earliest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, begun in 1875.
Braeside added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%
Braeside has an unusual share of homes built from 1961 to 1980: 90%, where most towns have 27%. Few of Braeside’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 5.3%, the norm 23%. Only 0% of Braeside’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Braeside and its neighbours
Braeside in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 2.4% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Braeside’s history
How many historic places does Braeside have on the registers?
Braeside has none of its own yet. St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, in Midnapore, is the nearest, 4.4 km away.
How old are the homes in Braeside?
2.4% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).