Photo: Qyd · CC BY-SA 2.5History around Erlton: 14 designated places within 5 km
For the highest designations, the closest town to Erlton is Beltline, 2 km off. There is also one listing on a provincial or municipal register with no open description, so no page.
The highest designation, 8 times, within 5 km of Erlton
Oldest of them is Fort Calgary (1875), 2.4 km off. At 1.2 km, St. Mary's Parish Hall in Mission is the closest. The radius of 5 km holds 14.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 1.2 km away, in Mission |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 1.7 km away, in Beltline |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 2 km away, in Beltline |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 2.1 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 2.1 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 2.1 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 2.1 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 2.2 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 2.3 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Fort CalgaryNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 2.4 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 2.5 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 2.9 km away, in Beltline |
Near Erlton (5 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
Each historic place within 5 km of Erlton, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
The earliest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, begun in 1875. The chart rests on 11 dated places within 5 km.
8.1% of Erlton’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
More than half of Erlton’s housing predates 2001. Only 11% of Erlton’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 28% of Erlton’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Erlton compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,200 to 3,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Seven Oaks and North Cypress-Langford have more. Their median is 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Erlton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erlton | 3,221 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mission | 6,329 | 1 | 0 | 1905 |
| Elbow Park | 4,120 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ramsay | 3,601 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Upper Mount Royal | 2,758 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beltline | 26,171 | 3 | 3 | 1891 |
| Lower Mount Royal | 3,136 | 0 | 0 | — |
Erlton in brief
Before 1961: 22% of Erlton’s homes, 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
Questions about Erlton’s history
How many historic places does Erlton have on the registers?
Not inside Erlton. The closest is St. Mary's Parish Hall in Mission, 1.2 km away.
How old are the homes in Erlton?
The 2021 Census dates 22% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Erlton be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; one further listing in Erlton shows up only as a Wikidata number.
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).