Garrison Woods and its setting: 8 historic places within 5 km
From Garrison Woods, look 3.7 km away, to Beltline, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Before 1961: just 11% of the homes, where most towns have 18%.
Within 5 km of Garrison Woods, 5 top designations
The first one out is Beaulieu, 3.7 km away in Beltline. All told, 8 places are within 5 km. They stand in 3 towns, Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Mission among them.
The 8 nearest, within 5 km
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 3.7 km away, in Beltline |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 3.7 km away, in Beltline |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 4.1 km away, in Mission |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 4.1 km away, in Beltline |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 4.6 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 4.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 4.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 4.8 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Most of what stands within 5 km of Garrison Woods dates from the decades after Confederation
The area, not the town: places within 5 km of Garrison Woods, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Oldest of all: Stephen Avenue, Downtown Commercial Core, 1880. 6 places within 5 km have a date.
Little new building in Garrison Woods: 1.9% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 53% of Garrison Woods’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 7.4% of Garrison Woods’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. In Garrison Woods, 26% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Garrison Woods and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrison Woods | 3,138 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Altadore | 7,675 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Richmond | 4,811 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Calgary | 4,412 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Currie Barracks | 7,342 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Killarney/Glengarry | 7,935 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bankview | 5,610 | 0 | 0 | — |
Garrison Woods in brief
Few of its homes are old, 11% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
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.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- 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.
Questions about Garrison Woods’s history
How many historic places does Garrison Woods have on the registers?
Garrison Woods has none of its own; Beaulieu, in Beltline, the closest at 3.7 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Garrison Woods?
Before 1961: 11% 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).