Evanston’s surroundings: 15 historic places within 25 km
Before 1961: just 0% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Hillhurst, 13 km from here.
15 designated places lie within 25 km of Evanston
The nearest is Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, 12 km away in Bowness. Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, 12 km off, is the nearest of 8 top-tier places. They are 8 National Historic Sites and 7 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Wood's Douglas Fir Tree SanctuaryProvincial historic resource · 12 km away, in Bowness |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 12 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 14 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 14 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 14 km away, in Beltline |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 14 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 14 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 14 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 14 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 15 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 15 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 15 km away, in Beltline |
Within 25 km of Evanston, the decades after Confederation left the most
The area here stretches to 25 km around Evanston: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
The earliest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, begun in 1875. Within 25 km, building dates exist for 11 places.
A growing town: 26% of Evanston’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Few of Evanston’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 0.1%, the norm 27%. Evanston has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 67%, where most towns have 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 5.8% of Evanston’s, against 23% 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.
Evanston and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evanston | 21,483 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kincora | 7,290 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sage Hill | 7,974 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Carrington | 2,920 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Panorama Hills | 25,494 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hidden Valley | 10,614 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sherwood | 6,537 | 0 | 0 | — |
Evanston in brief
Counted by age, only 0% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
Questions about Evanston’s history
How many historic places does Evanston have on the registers?
None within Evanston itself; the nearest is 12 km off: Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, in Bowness.
How old are the homes in Evanston?
0% predate 1961, where 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).