Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain16 heritage places lie within 25 km of Silver Springs
Before 1961: just 2.2% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Look 8.8 km away, to Hillhurst, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
8 places of national importance within 25 km of Silver Springs
The earliest date is Fort Calgary’s, 1875, 12 km away. Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary in Bowness is the nearest, 2.9 km away. 16 places lie within 25 km.
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 · 8.7 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 10 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 · 11 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 11 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 11 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 11 km away, in Beltline |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 11 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 11 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 12 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Within 25 km of Silver Springs, the oldest record dates from 1875
No place near Silver Springs is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Fort Calgary, in Downtown East Village, is the oldest (1875). The bars count 12 dated places within 25 km.
Silver Springs added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 0.5%, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 1.9% of Silver Springs’s, against 15% in the typical town. 79% of Silver Springs’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, more than the typical town’s 27%. Only 14% of Silver Springs’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less 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 Silver Springs compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 9,000 to 9,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Chelsea, Coaticook and Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval. The middle one has 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Silver Springs and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Springs | 9,042 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ranchlands | 7,376 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bowness | 11,548 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dalhousie | 8,617 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hawkwood | 9,188 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Varsity | 12,605 | 0 | 0 | — |
Silver Springs in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 2.2%, 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Silver Springs’s history
How many historic places does Silver Springs have on the registers?
Not inside Silver Springs. The closest is Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary in Bowness, 2.9 km away.
How old are the homes in Silver Springs?
2.2% 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).