The heritage near Hawkwood: 16 places in a 25 km radius
Homes from before 1961 are 0% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. Hillhurst, 9.6 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
16 historic places within 25 km of Hawkwood
The oldest, Fort Calgary, dates from 1875, 13 km away. Of the 8 of the highest rank, the nearest is Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, 9.1 km away. Closest of all is Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, in Bowness, 5.5 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Wood's Douglas Fir Tree SanctuaryProvincial historic resource · 5.5 km away, in Bowness |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 9.1 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 11 km away, in Beltline |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 11 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 11 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 12 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 12 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 12 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 12 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 12 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 12 km away, in Beltline |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 12 km away, in Downtown East Village |
Most of what stands within 25 km of Hawkwood dates from the decades after Confederation
The area here stretches to 25 km around Hawkwood: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
Oldest of all: Fort Calgary, Downtown East Village, 1875. Dated places within 25 km: 12.
None of Hawkwood’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Half of the homes standing in Hawkwood today were built before 2001. Only 6.3% of Hawkwood’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. Hawkwood built little from 2001 to 2015: 0.3% of its homes, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Hawkwood compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 9,200 to 9,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Stony Mountain. The typical town its size has 0. For 15, the registers list nothing.
Hawkwood and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkwood | 9,188 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ranchlands | 7,376 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Edgemont | 15,359 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Arbour Lake | 10,454 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dalhousie | 8,617 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hamptons | 7,342 | 0 | 0 | — |
Hawkwood in brief
Counted by age, only 0% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Hawkwood’s history
How many historic places does Hawkwood have on the registers?
None within Hawkwood itself; the nearest is 5.5 km off: Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, in Bowness.
How old are the homes in Hawkwood?
0% 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).