Somerset’s surroundings: 16 historic places within 25 km
Only 0.3% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. The closest top-tier heritage is in Foothills County, 16 km from here.
16 places on Canada’s registers lie 25 km or less from Somerset
Of 8 top designations nearby, Beaulieu is the closest, at 16 km. The earliest date is Fort Calgary’s, 1875, 17 km away. Between them, 8 towns share them, mainly Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1904 · 2.8 km away, in Midnapore |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 15 km away, in Mission |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 16 km away, in Beltline |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 16 km away, in Beltline |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 16 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 16 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 16 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 16 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 16 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 17 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Fort CalgaryNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 17 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 17 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Around Somerset, within 25 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1875
No place near Somerset is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
First by date comes Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, from 1875. The chart rests on 12 dated places within 25 km.
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Somerset, against 4.1% elsewhere
More than half of Somerset’s housing predates 2001. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 0.6% of Somerset’s, against 27% in the typical town. 65% of Somerset’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, more 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 Somerset compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,400 to 8,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Goderich, Drumheller, Hillhurst, Huron-Kinloss and Saint-Roch. Their median is 0. 11 of them have nothing on the registers.
Somerset and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset | 8,416 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Shawnessy | 9,696 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bridlewood | 12,547 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Silverado | 9,663 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Millrise | 6,754 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Midnapore | 7,022 | 1 | 0 | 1904 |
| Fish Creek Park | 9,045 | 0 | 0 | — |
Somerset in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 0.3%, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Somerset’s history
How many historic places does Somerset have on the registers?
None inside Somerset yet. The nearest is St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, 2.8 km away in Midnapore.
How old are the homes in Somerset?
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).