TopNational Historic Site · 1921–1923Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology1301 16th North West AvenuePhoto: Thivierr · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology · Photo: Thivierr · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Hillhurst · Canada’s heritage registers
One place in Hillhurst, at the top of the registers
Hillhurst’s one place is Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, a national historic site begun in 1921. Relative to its size Hillhurst has 1.2 per 10,000 residents, more than 81% of Canadian towns. Wikidata knows one more provincial or municipal listing here that gets no page, lacking an open statement or an encyclopedia article.
Historic places
1
1.2 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1921
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
25%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Hillhurst’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
What the map shows is the open record: the federal directory in full, and from provincial or municipal lists only the places Wikidata ties to an encyclopedia article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Hillhurst with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Nearest to Hillhurst: Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall, 1.2 km away
The oldest, Fort Calgary, dates from 1875, 3.7 km away. Among them are 7 National Historic Sites and 6 provincial or municipal listings. Count to 5 km and there are 13.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 1.2 km away, in Beltline |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 2 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 2.1 km away, in Beltline |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 2.3 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 2.4 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 2.5 km away, in Beltline |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 2.5 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 2.6 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 2.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 2.9 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 3 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 3 km away, in Mission |
Homes by age
Hillhurst is still building: 11% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Before 1961: 25% of Hillhurst’s homes, against 18% in most towns. Hillhurst’s largest group of homes, 26%, went up from 1961 to 1980. Count back from today and half of Hillhurst’s homes are older than 1981.
25%
Before 1961
26%
1961–80
20%
1981–2000
17%
2001–15
11%
2016–21
HillhurstTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Hillhurst has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,400 to 8,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Hillhurst1
Only Goderich has more. The middle one has 0. For 11, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Hillhurst and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillhurst | 8,435 | 1 | 1 | 1921 |
| Downtown West End | 2,796 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rosedale | 2,507 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sunnyside | 2,976 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Downtown Commercial Core | 9,286 | 6 | 2 | 1880 |
| Sunalta | 4,151 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Capitol Hill | 6,135 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Hillhurst in brief
Of the homes standing in Hillhurst, 25% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Together that makes 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, led by Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Just one town of its size, out of 16, has more historic places. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its one place was designated in 1987.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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 tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- 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.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
Questions about Hillhurst’s history
Which places in Hillhurst have the highest designation?
Just one: Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.
What is the oldest building in Hillhurst?
Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (National Historic Site): the first construction date on its record is 1921.
How old are the homes in Hillhurst?
25% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Why might a heritage building in Hillhurst be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Hillhurst, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets no page.
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).