Photo: under_volcano from Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Heritage within reach of Oakridge: 11 places, 10 km or closer
Its housing is mostly newer: 1.8% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Look 8.9 km away, to Beltline, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
The registers find 11 places within 10 km of Oakridge
Of the 5 of the highest rank, the nearest is Beaulieu, 8.8 km away. By age, Stephen Avenue leads, from 1880, at 9.8 km. The mix: 6 provincial or municipal listings and 5 National Historic Sites.
The 11 nearest, within 10 km
| St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1904 · 6.6 km away, in Midnapore |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 8.8 km away, in Beltline |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 8.9 km away, in Mission |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 9.1 km away, in Beltline |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 9.1 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 9.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 9.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 9.8 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 9.8 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 9.9 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 10 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Within 10 km of Oakridge, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
Each historic place within 10 km of Oakridge, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
First by date comes Stephen Avenue in Downtown Commercial Core, from 1880. Within 10 km, 9 records give a date.
Only 0.4% of Oakridge’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Oakridge has an unusual share of homes built from 1961 to 1980: 88%, where most towns have 27%. Few of Oakridge’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 0%, the norm 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 7.3% of Oakridge’s, against 23% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Oakridge compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,600 to 5,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Memramcook, Wolfville, Carp, Havelock, Smithers and The Pas have more. Their median is 0. 10 of them have none.
Oakridge and its neighbours
Oakridge in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.8% were built before 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
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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 tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
Questions about Oakridge’s history
How many historic places does Oakridge have on the registers?
None within Oakridge itself; the nearest is 6.6 km off: St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, in Midnapore.
How old are the homes in Oakridge?
1.8% 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).