Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Edgemont and its setting: 16 historic places within 25 km
Before 1961: just 0.4% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Hillhurst, 8.8 km from here.
Leave Edgemont and the first historic place is Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, 7.2 km away
Among them are 8 provincial or municipal listings and 8 National Historic Sites. Their towns number 8: Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village first. By age, Fort Calgary leads, from 1875, at 12 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Wood's Douglas Fir Tree SanctuaryProvincial historic resource · 7.2 km away, in Bowness |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 8.1 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 10 km away, in Beltline |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 10 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 10 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| 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 |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 11 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 11 km away, in Beltline |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 11 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 11 km away, in Beltline |
From 1875 on: the dated places within 25 km of Edgemont
Reaching 25 km out from Edgemont: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
The oldest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, from 1875. Within 25 km, building dates exist for 12 places.
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Edgemont, against 4.1% elsewhere
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 76% of Edgemont’s, against 23% in the typical town. Only 4.4% of Edgemont’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Edgemont built little from 1961 to 1980: 17% of its homes, where most towns have 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Edgemont and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgemont | 15,359 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hamptons | 7,342 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hawkwood | 9,188 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Macewan Glen | 4,718 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dalhousie | 8,617 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hidden Valley | 10,614 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 0 | 0 | — |
Edgemont in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 0.4%, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
Questions about Edgemont’s history
How many historic places does Edgemont have on the registers?
None inside Edgemont yet. The nearest is Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, 7.2 km away in Bowness.
How old are the homes in Edgemont?
Before 1961: 0.4% 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).