Beyond Ranchlands’s limits, 16 historic places within 25 km
Few homes are old by the census: 3.1% before 1961, against 18%. For the highest designations, the closest town is Hillhurst, 9.4 km off.
Ranchlands’s surroundings: 16 historic places within 25 km
The first one out is Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, 4 km away in Bowness. Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village hold most of them, among 8 towns. They are 8 provincial or municipal listings and 8 National Historic Sites.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Wood's Douglas Fir Tree SanctuaryProvincial historic resource · 4 km away, in Bowness |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 9.1 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 11 km away, in Beltline |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 11 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 11 km away, in Sunnyside |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 12 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 12 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 12 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 12 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 12 km away, in Beltline |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 12 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 12 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
The 25 km around Ranchlands keep buildings from as early as 1875
The nearest historic places to Ranchlands, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
12 places within 25 km have a date. The earliest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, begun in 1875.
None of Ranchlands’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Ranchlands has an unusual share of homes built from 1961 to 1980: 65%, where most towns have 27%. Few of Ranchlands’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 1.7%, the norm 15%. 29% of Ranchlands’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, more 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 Ranchlands compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,300 to 7,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Portage la Prairie, Chandler and Saint-Jude. The middle one has 0. 13 of them have none.
Ranchlands and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranchlands | 7,376 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Silver Springs | 9,042 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hawkwood | 9,188 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Arbour Lake | 10,454 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dalhousie | 8,617 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 0 | 0 | — |
Ranchlands in brief
Few of its homes are old, 3.1% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
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. 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Ranchlands’s history
How many historic places does Ranchlands have on the registers?
None inside Ranchlands yet. The nearest is Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, 4 km away in Bowness.
How old are the homes in Ranchlands?
3.1% 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).