Photo: Jack Hope from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0The heritage near Strathcona Park: 15 places in a 10 km radius
Its housing is mostly newer: 0% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Look 6.1 km away, to Hillhurst, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Strathcona Park’s area holds 8 top-tier places within 10 km
They stand in 7 towns, Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village among them. The nearest is Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, 6.3 km away in Bowness. Among them are 8 National Historic Sites and 7 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Wood's Douglas Fir Tree SanctuaryProvincial historic resource · 6.3 km away, in Bowness |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 6.5 km away, in Beltline |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 6.7 km away, in Hillhurst |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 7.3 km away, in Beltline |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 7.8 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 7.9 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 8.1 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 8.2 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 8.3 km away, in Mission |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 8.3 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 8.3 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 8.5 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Around Strathcona Park, within 10 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1875
Around Strathcona Park, not inside it: the places within 10 km, by the first construction date on record.
The bars count 11 dated places within 10 km. First by date comes Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, from 1875.
Strathcona Park added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 0.5%, where most towns have 4.1%
Half of the homes standing in Strathcona Park today were built before 2001. 71% of Strathcona Park’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%. Strathcona Park built little from 1961 to 1980: 13% of its homes, where most towns have 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Strathcona Park compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,600 to 8,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Carleton Heights-Courtland Park and Nicolet. The middle one has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Strathcona Park and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathcona Park | 8,680 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Coach Hill | 3,383 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Patterson | 4,169 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West Springs | 11,632 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westgate | 3,139 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Aspen Woods | 9,606 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Signal Hill | 13,293 | 0 | 0 | — |
Strathcona Park in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 0% were built before 1961, 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 federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- 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.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Strathcona Park’s history
How many historic places does Strathcona Park have on the registers?
None within Strathcona Park itself; the nearest is 6.3 km off: Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, in Bowness.
How old are the homes in Strathcona Park?
Before 1961: 0% of its homes; 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).