Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0In a 5 km circle around Eau Claire: 14 places on the registers
Only 0.9% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. The closest top-tier heritage is in Downtown Commercial Core, 500 m from here.
14 historic places within 5 km of Eau Claire
Among them are 8 National Historic Sites and 6 provincial or municipal listings. Between them, 6 towns share them, mainly Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village. Its 8 places of national rank start with Palace Theatre, at 900 m.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 500 m away, in Sunnyside |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 600 m away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 900 m away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 900 m away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 900 m away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 1 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 1.2 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 1.2 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 1.3 km away, in Beltline |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 1.5 km away, in Beltline |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 1.6 km away, in Beltline |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 1.8 km away, in Mission |
Within 5 km of Eau Claire, the record goes back to 1875
The historic places within 5 km of Eau Claire, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
Oldest of all: Fort Calgary, Downtown East Village, 1875. The chart rests on 11 dated places within 5 km.
19% of Eau Claire’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Eau Claire has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 36%, where most towns have 15%. Few of Eau Claire’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 10%, the norm 27%. 34% of Eau Claire’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 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 Eau Claire compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,700 to 3,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Just one has more: Sainte-Claire. The middle one has 0. 15 of them have none.
Eau Claire and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eau Claire | 3,733 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Downtown Commercial Core | 9,286 | 6 | 2 | 1880 |
| Sunnyside | 2,976 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Crescent Heights | 6,411 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rosedale | 2,507 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Downtown West End | 2,796 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beltline | 26,171 | 3 | 3 | 1891 |
Eau Claire in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 0.9%, 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
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- 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.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- 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 Eau Claire’s history
How many historic places does Eau Claire have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Eau Claire; Centre Street Bridge, in Sunnyside, is 500 m away.
How old are the homes in Eau Claire?
0.9% 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).