Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0An older town: 38% of Capitol Hill’s homes predate 1961
The typical town has 18%: Capitol Hill has 2.2 times the share. Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, 1.1 km from Capitol Hill, heads a list of 14 historic places within 5 km. For the highest designations, the closest town is Hillhurst, 1.9 km off.
Around Capitol Hill, within 5 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
Within 5 km of Capitol Hill but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
Fort Calgary, in Downtown East Village, goes back furthest, to 1875. 11 dated places within 5 km make up the record.
Top-ranked heritage near Capitol Hill: 8 places within 5 km
Closest of all is Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, in Hillhurst, 1.1 km off. Oldest of them is Fort Calgary (1875), 4.7 km off. 14 places lie within 5 km.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 1.1 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 3.1 km away, in Beltline |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 3.3 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 3.3 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 3.8 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 3.8 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 3.8 km away, in Beltline |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 3.9 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 3.9 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 4 km away, in Beltline |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 4.1 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 4.1 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
9.2% of Capitol Hill’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Few of Capitol Hill’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 13%, the norm 23%. More than half of Capitol Hill’s housing predates 1981. 23% of Capitol Hill’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Capitol Hill compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,100 to 6,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Haultain, Saint-Césaire and Sioux Lookout. The typical town its size has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Capitol Hill and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Hill | 6,135 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Banff Trail | 4,175 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rosedale | 2,507 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Pleasant | 9,224 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hillhurst | 8,435 | 1 | 1 | 1921 |
| Charleswood | 5,642 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sunnyside | 2,976 | 1 | 0 | — |
Capitol Hill in brief
Of the homes standing in Capitol Hill, 38% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
Questions about Capitol Hill’s history
How many historic places does Capitol Hill have on the registers?
None inside Capitol Hill yet. The nearest, Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, carries the highest designation, 1.1 km away in Hillhurst.
How old are the homes in Capitol Hill?
Before 1961: 38% of its homes; 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).