Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0Within 10 km of Riverbend, 14 places are on the heritage registers
Only 0.3% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Downtown East Village, 8.5 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Leave Riverbend and the first historic place is St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, 6.8 km away
Their towns number 6: Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village first. Oldest of them is Fort Calgary (1875), 8.2 km off. Of the 7 of the highest rank, the nearest is Fort Calgary, 8.2 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1904 · 6.8 km away, in Midnapore |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 7.8 km away, in Mission |
| Fort CalgaryNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 8.2 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 8.4 km away, in Beltline |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 8.5 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 8.5 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 8.6 km away, in Beltline |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 8.6 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 8.6 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 8.6 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 8.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 9.1 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Around Riverbend, within 10 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1875
The area, not the town: places within 10 km of Riverbend, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Fort Calgary, in Downtown East Village, is the oldest (1875). 11 places within 10 km carry a construction date.
None of Riverbend’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Riverbend has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 90%, where most towns have 23%. Few of Riverbend’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 0.3%, the norm 15%. Only 7.4% of Riverbend’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Riverbend compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 9,200 to 9,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Stony Mountain. The middle one has 0. 15 of them have nothing on the registers.
Riverbend and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverbend | 9,193 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ogden | 8,484 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Willow Park | 6,891 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Acadia | 9,950 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Douglasdale/Glen | 13,333 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fairview | 3,909 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Queensland | 4,452 | 0 | 0 | — |
Riverbend in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 0.3% of the total, 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. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- 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 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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
Questions about Riverbend’s history
How many historic places does Riverbend have on the registers?
Inside Riverbend, none so far; St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, 6.8 km away in Midnapore, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Riverbend?
The 2021 Census dates 0.3% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).