Photo: Gabriil Yanofsky · CC BY 4.0An older town: 35% of Highland Park’s homes predate 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Highland Park has 2 times as much. The nearest heritage to Highland Park is Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, 3.1 km off, one of 11 places within 5 km. For the highest designations, the closest town is Hillhurst, 4.1 km off.
Within 5 km of Highland Park, the oldest record dates from 1875
Places near Highland Park (within 5 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
8 places within 5 km have a date. Fort Calgary, in Downtown East Village, is the oldest (1875).
6 places of the highest rank within 5 km of Highland Park
Among them are 6 National Historic Sites and 5 provincial or municipal listings. They stand in 5 towns, Downtown Commercial Core, Downtown East Village and Hillhurst among them. Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Hillhurst is the nearest, 3.1 km away.
The 11 nearest, within 5 km
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 3.1 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 3.8 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 4.4 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 4.5 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 4.6 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 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 |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 4.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Fort CalgaryNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 4.8 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 4.9 km away, in Beltline |
New homes stand out in Highland Park: 7.1% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Highland Park’s homes are older than 1981. Only 14% of Highland Park’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Few of Highland Park’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 9.5%, the norm 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Highland Park and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park | 4,908 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Pleasant | 9,224 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tuxedo Park | 4,082 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Winston Heights/Mountview | 4,361 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Thorncliffe | 15,570 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Capitol Hill | 6,135 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Renfrew | 6,685 | 0 | 0 | — |
Highland Park in brief
Of the homes standing in Highland Park, 35% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
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. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- 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. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Highland Park’s history
How many historic places does Highland Park have on the registers?
Nothing inside Highland Park; Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Hillhurst, 3.1 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Highland Park?
Before 1961: 35% 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).