Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn a 25 km circle around Mahogany: 15 places on the registers
Homes from before 1961 are 1% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. For the highest designations, the closest town is Foothills County, 15 km off.
The highest designation, 8 times, within 25 km of Mahogany
By age, Fort Calgary leads, from 1875, at 19 km. The registers hold 15 within 25 km. Closest of all is St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, in Midnapore, 10 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1904 · 10 km away, in Midnapore |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 19 km away, in Mission |
| Fort CalgaryNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 19 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 19 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 19 km away, in Beltline |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 19 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 20 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 20 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 20 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 20 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 20 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 20 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Around Mahogany, within 25 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
Reaching 25 km out from Mahogany: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
12 places within 25 km carry a construction date. First by date comes Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, from 1875.
New homes stand out in Mahogany: 63% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Only 1% of Mahogany’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 0.4% of Mahogany’s, against 27% in the typical town. 34% of Mahogany’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 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 Mahogany compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 17,600 to 18,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Cold Lake and L'Ancienne-Lorette. Their median is 0. 14 of them have none.
Mahogany and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahogany | 17,818 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Auburn Bay | 18,296 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Copperfield | 13,952 | 0 | 0 | — |
| New Brighton | 13,048 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cranston | 20,055 | 0 | 0 | — |
| McKenzie Towne | 17,757 | 0 | 0 | — |
| McKenzie Lake | 11,966 | 0 | 0 | — |
Mahogany in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 1% were built before 1961, 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 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- 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.
Questions about Mahogany’s history
How many historic places does Mahogany have on the registers?
Inside Mahogany, none so far; St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, 10 km away in Midnapore, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Mahogany?
1% 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).