Photo: DXR · CC BY-SA 4.0Rosedale keeps its older homes: 36% from before 1961
For Rosedale, that is 2 times the typical town’s share, 18%. Within 5 km of Rosedale there are 14 designated places; Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, at 600 m, is the closest. Hillhurst, 1.3 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Within 5 km of Rosedale, the decades after Confederation left the most
Places near Rosedale (within 5 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
The earliest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, begun in 1875. Within 5 km, building dates exist for 11 places.
Leave Rosedale and the first historic place is Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, 600 m away
Fort Calgary, 3.1 km off, is the oldest: 1875. The mix: 8 National Historic Sites and 6 provincial or municipal listings. 14 places lie within 5 km.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 600 m away, in Hillhurst |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 1.6 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 1.9 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 2.1 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 2.2 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 2.2 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 2.3 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 2.4 km away, in Beltline |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 2.5 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 2.5 km away, in Beltline |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 2.5 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
A growing town: 7.1% of Rosedale’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
22% of Rosedale’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Rosedale built little from 1981 to 2000: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Half of the homes standing in Rosedale today were built before 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Rosedale and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale | 2,507 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sunnyside | 2,976 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Hillhurst | 8,435 | 1 | 1 | 1921 |
| Eau Claire | 3,733 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Downtown Commercial Core | 9,286 | 6 | 2 | 1880 |
| Crescent Heights | 6,411 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Capitol Hill | 6,135 | 0 | 0 | — |
Rosedale in brief
Rosedale’s homes from before 1961 come to 36%, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- 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.
- 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 Rosedale’s history
How many historic places does Rosedale have on the registers?
Nothing inside Rosedale; Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Hillhurst, 600 m away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Rosedale?
36% 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).