Photo: LittleT889 · CC0Beyond Scenic Acres’s limits, 16 historic places within 25 km
Before 1961: just 0.3% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Hillhurst, 11 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
16 designated places lie within 25 km of Scenic Acres
By designation: 8 provincial or municipal listings and 8 National Historic Sites. They are spread over 8 towns, including Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village. Closest of all is Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, in Bowness, 2.9 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Wood's Douglas Fir Tree SanctuaryProvincial historic resource · 2.9 km away, in Bowness |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 11 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 12 km away, in Beltline |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Sunnyside |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 13 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 13 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 14 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 14 km away, in Beltline |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 14 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 14 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 14 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Most of what stands within 25 km of Scenic Acres dates from the decades after Confederation
No place near Scenic Acres is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Dated places within 25 km: 12. Oldest of all: Fort Calgary, Downtown East Village, 1875.
Only 2% of Scenic Acres’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Only 1% of Scenic Acres’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 3.2% of Scenic Acres’s, against 27% in the typical town. 92% of Scenic Acres’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 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 Scenic Acres compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,000 to 8,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Clare and Otonabee-South Monaghan. The typical town its size has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Scenic Acres and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Arbour Lake | 10,454 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ranchlands | 7,376 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tuscany | 19,986 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Silver Springs | 9,042 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Royal Oak | 12,343 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hawkwood | 9,188 | 0 | 0 | — |
Scenic Acres in brief
Before 1961: just 0.3% of its homes, 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
Questions about Scenic Acres’s history
How many historic places does Scenic Acres have on the registers?
None within Scenic Acres itself; the nearest is 2.9 km off: Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, in Bowness.
How old are the homes in Scenic Acres?
0.3% 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).