Photo: outofthought · CC BY-SA 3.0In a 25 km circle around Royal Oak: 15 places on the registers
Few homes are old by the census: 0% before 1961, against 18%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Hillhurst, 13 km from here.
Royal Oak’s area holds 8 top-tier places within 25 km
Within 25 km there are 15 in all. The oldest, Fort Calgary, dates from 1875, 17 km away. They stand in 7 towns, Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village among them.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Wood's Douglas Fir Tree SanctuaryProvincial historic resource · 5.7 km away, in Bowness |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 13 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 15 km away, in Beltline |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 15 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 15 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 16 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 16 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 16 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 16 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 16 km away, in Beltline |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 16 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 16 km away, in Downtown East Village |
Around Royal Oak, within 25 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1875
The nearest historic places to Royal Oak, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
First by date comes Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, from 1875. 11 places within 25 km have a date.
Little new building in Royal Oak: 0.6% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 88% of Royal Oak’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 0.2% of Royal Oak’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. Royal Oak built little from 1981 to 2000: 9.7% of its homes, where most towns have 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 Royal Oak compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 12,300 to 12,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Summerland and Yonge-Eglinton. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Royal Oak and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Oak | 12,343 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rocky Ridge | 8,419 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Arbour Lake | 10,454 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tuscany | 19,986 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rocky View County | 50,260 | 0 | 0 | — |
Royal Oak in brief
Its housing is young: only 0% predates 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
- 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.
- 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. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- 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 federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
Questions about Royal Oak’s history
How many historic places does Royal Oak have on the registers?
Royal Oak has none of its own yet. Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, in Bowness, is the nearest, 5.7 km away.
How old are the homes in Royal Oak?
The 2021 Census dates 0% 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).