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St. Mary's Parish Hall · Photo: Thank you for visiting my page · CC BY 2.01historic place on the registers
History of Mission · Canada’s heritage registers
1 historic place on the heritage registers in Mission
Mission’s entry is St. Mary's Parish Hall (1905), a municipal historic resource. Relative to its size Mission has 1.6 per 10,000 residents, more than 83% of Canadian towns. One more place on a provincial or local list is counted from Wikidata without a page.
Historic places
1
1.6 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1905
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
18%
typical town: 18%
Through time
Looking back at Mission
One picture from before 1950: the oldest view of one of its historic places. Tap it to see it full screen.
1910–1919Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Mission’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
One more place Mission or its province protects
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Top-ranked heritage near Mission: 8 places within 5 km
They are spread over 5 towns, including Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village. The nearest is Central Memorial Library and Park, 900 m away in Beltline. By designation: 8 National Historic Sites and 5 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 900 m away, in Beltline |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 1 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 1.4 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 1.4 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 1.5 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 1.6 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1.6 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 1.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 1.7 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 1.9 km away, in Beltline |
| Fort CalgaryNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 2.2 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 2.3 km away, in Sunnyside |
Homes by age
Mission’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 35% of its homes
More than half of Mission’s housing predates 1981. 21% of Mission’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Like the typical town (18%), Mission has 18% of its homes from before 1961.
18%
Before 1961
35%
1961–80
21%
1981–2000
21%
2001–15
4.9%
2016–21
MissionTypical 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
Mission has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,300 to 6,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Mission1
Ahead of it: Beasley and Neepawa. The typical town its size has 0. For 11, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Mission and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission | 6,329 | 1 | 0 | 1905 |
| Erlton | 3,221 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beltline | 26,171 | 3 | 3 | 1891 |
| Upper Mount Royal | 2,758 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lower Mount Royal | 3,136 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Elbow Park | 4,120 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ramsay | 3,601 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Mission in brief
The 2021 Census dates 18% of Mission’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 1 historic place. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
Questions about Mission’s history
How many historic places does Mission have on the registers?
Inside Mission: 1 historic place.
What is the oldest building in Mission?
By its record, St. Mary's Parish Hall, from 1905 (Municipal historic resource).
Why might a heritage building in Mission be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Mission, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets no page.
How old are the homes in Mission?
Before 1961: 18% 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).