In Glenbrook, 34% of homes go back before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Glenbrook has 1.9 times as much. Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall, 5 km from Glenbrook, heads a list of 15 historic places within 10 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Hillhurst, 5.1 km from here.
Within 10 km of Glenbrook, the record goes back to 1875
Around Glenbrook, not inside it: the places within 10 km, by the first construction date on record.
Oldest of all: Fort Calgary, Downtown East Village, 1875. The bars count 11 dated places within 10 km.
15 designated places lie within 10 km of Glenbrook
They stand in 7 towns, Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village among them. The first one out is Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall, 5 km away in Beltline. Fort Calgary, 7.8 km off, is the oldest: 1875.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 5 km away, in Beltline |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 5.5 km away, in Beltline |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 6.1 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 6.1 km away, in Beltline |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 6.3 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 6.3 km away, in Mission |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 6.5 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 6.6 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 6.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 6.9 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 7 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Glenbrook’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 42% of its homes
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 12% of Glenbrook’s, against 23% in the typical town. Only 7% of Glenbrook’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. New building in Glenbrook runs at the usual pace: 3.4% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Glenbrook compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 10,100 to 10,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Du Parc, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury and Leeds and the Thousand Islands. Their median is 0. 13 of them have none.
Glenbrook and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenbrook | 10,185 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Signal Hill | 13,293 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rosscarrock | 3,862 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Glamorgan | 6,479 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westgate | 3,139 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Killarney/Glengarry | 7,935 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Currie Barracks | 7,342 | 0 | 0 | — |
Glenbrook in brief
The pre-1961 share of Glenbrook’s homes is 34%, 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
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
Questions about Glenbrook’s history
How many historic places does Glenbrook have on the registers?
Inside Glenbrook, none so far. At 5 km, Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall in Beltline is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Glenbrook?
34% 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).