New Brighton and its setting: 15 historic places within 25 km
Its housing is mostly newer: 0% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Downtown East Village, 16 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Nearest to New Brighton: St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, 8.6 km away
For the highest designations, the nearest of 8 is Fort Calgary, 16 km away. Within 25 km there are 15 in all. Fort Calgary, 16 km off, is the oldest: 1875.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1904 · 8.6 km away, in Midnapore |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 15 km away, in Mission |
| Fort CalgaryNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 16 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 16 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 16 km away, in Beltline |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 16 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 16 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 16 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 16 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 16 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 16 km away, in Beltline |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 17 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Within 25 km of New Brighton, the oldest record dates from 1875
The area here stretches to 25 km around New Brighton: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
The earliest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, begun in 1875. 12 dated places within 25 km make up the record.
The biggest share of New Brighton’s homes dates from 2001 to 2015: 92%
New Brighton built little from 1961 to 1980: 0% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Only 1.1% of New Brighton’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. From 2016 to 2021 New Brighton added 5.7% of its homes, more than the typical town’s 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
New Brighton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Brighton | 13,048 | 0 | 0 | — |
| McKenzie Towne | 17,757 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Copperfield | 13,952 | 0 | 0 | — |
| McKenzie Lake | 11,966 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Auburn Bay | 18,296 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mahogany | 17,818 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Deer Run | 3,652 | 0 | 0 | — |
New Brighton in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 0% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
Questions about New Brighton’s history
How many historic places does New Brighton have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside New Brighton; St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, in Midnapore, is 8.6 km away.
How old are the homes in New Brighton?
Before 1961: 0% 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).