Photo: Qyd · CC BY-SA 3.0Around Montgomery, 15 historic places within 10 km
Heritage of the first rank begins 5 km from Montgomery, in Hillhurst. Of its homes, 26% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Leave Montgomery and the first historic place is Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, 5.3 km away
15 places lie within 10 km. They are spread over 7 towns, including Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village. Oldest of them is Fort Calgary (1875), 8.7 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 5.3 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Wood's Douglas Fir Tree SanctuaryProvincial historic resource · 5.4 km away, in Bowness |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 6 km away, in Beltline |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 6.9 km away, in Beltline |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 7.3 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 7.4 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 7.5 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 7.5 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 7.6 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 7.8 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 7.9 km away, in Mission |
Near Montgomery (10 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
Within 10 km of Montgomery but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
Fort Calgary, in Downtown East Village, is the oldest (1875). Dated places within 10 km: 11.
Montgomery is still building: 9.9% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 19% of Montgomery’s, against 15% in the typical town. More of Montgomery’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 30%. Only 17% of Montgomery’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 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 Montgomery compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,400 to 4,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Minnetonka and Vulcan County. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have none.
Montgomery and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery | 4,456 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Patterson | 4,169 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Coach Hill | 3,383 | 0 | 0 | — |
| University Heights | 4,031 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Varsity | 12,605 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wildwood | 4,177 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bowness | 11,548 | 1 | 0 | — |
Montgomery in brief
Of the homes standing in Montgomery, 26% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Montgomery’s history
How many historic places does Montgomery have on the registers?
None inside Montgomery yet. The nearest, Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, carries the highest designation, 5.3 km away in Hillhurst.
How old are the homes in Montgomery?
26% predate 1961, where 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).