Forest Heights’s surroundings: 14 historic places within 10 km
Only 6.9% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. The closest top-tier heritage is in Downtown East Village, 5.6 km from here.
Within 10 km of Forest Heights: 14 places on the registers
Nearest comes Fort Calgary, 5.3 km off, in Downtown East Village. Between them, 6 towns share them, mainly Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village. Among them are 8 National Historic Sites and 6 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Fort CalgaryNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 5.3 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 6.1 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 6.2 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 6.3 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 6.5 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 6.5 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 6.6 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 6.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 6.8 km away, in Mission |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 7 km away, in Beltline |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 7.6 km away, in Beltline |
Most of what stands within 10 km of Forest Heights dates from the decades after Confederation
Each historic place within 10 km of Forest Heights, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
Dated places within 10 km: 11. Oldest of all: Fort Calgary, Downtown East Village, 1875.
None of Forest Heights’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 12% of Forest Heights’s, against 23% in the typical town. Few of Forest Heights’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 0%, the norm 15%. 78% of Forest Heights’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, more than 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 Forest Heights compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,100 to 6,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Haultain, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts and Sioux Lookout have more. Their median is 0. 13 of them have none.
Forest Heights and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Heights | 6,120 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Marlborough | 8,932 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Albert Park/Radisson Heights | 8,433 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forest Lawn | 7,513 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Penbrooke Meadows | 10,001 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Marlborough Park | 8,378 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Applewood Park | 6,835 | 0 | 0 | — |
Forest Heights in brief
The census dates only 6.9% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Forest Heights’s history
How many historic places does Forest Heights have on the registers?
Not within Forest Heights. Its nearest is a top designation: Fort Calgary, 5.3 km away in Downtown East Village.
How old are the homes in Forest Heights?
6.9% 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).