Photo: Benefactor123 · CC BY 3.0Around Monterey Park, 6 historic places within 10 km
Only 0.3% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Heritage of the first rank begins 9.1 km away, in Downtown East Village.
Leave Monterey Park and the first historic place is Fort Calgary, 8.9 km away
Their towns number 3: Downtown Commercial Core, Downtown East Village and Sunnyside first. They are 3 National Historic Sites and 3 provincial or municipal listings. Count to 10 km and there are 6.
The 6 nearest, within 10 km
| Fort CalgaryNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 8.9 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 9.6 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 9.7 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 9.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 9.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 10 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Monterey Park added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%
More than half of Monterey Park’s housing predates 2001. Monterey Park built little from 1961 to 1980: 5.1% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. 83% of Monterey Park’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Monterey Park compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 10,300 to 10,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Coal Harbour, Markham Village and Masonville. The typical town its size has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Monterey Park and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey Park | 10,363 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Temple | 10,545 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pineridge | 10,062 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Coral Springs | 5,542 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Falconridge | 10,218 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Marlborough Park | 8,378 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Whitehorn | 11,273 | 0 | 0 | — |
Monterey Park in brief
Its housing is young: only 0.3% predates 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Monterey Park’s history
How many historic places does Monterey Park have on the registers?
Inside Monterey Park, none so far. At 8.9 km, Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Monterey Park?
0.3% 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).