Within 25 km of Walden, 15 places are on the heritage registers
Homes from before 1961 are 0% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. Heritage of the first rank begins 12 km away, in Foothills County.
Within 25 km of Walden: 15 places on the registers
By age, Fort Calgary leads, from 1875, at 19 km. The first one out is St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, 6.2 km away in Midnapore. They stand in 7 towns, Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village among them.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1904 · 6.2 km away, in Midnapore |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 19 km away, in Mission |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 19 km away, in Beltline |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 19 km away, in Beltline |
| Fort CalgaryNational Historic Site · 1875–1876 · 19 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 19 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 19 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 19 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 19 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Calgary City HallNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 19 km away, in Downtown East Village |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 20 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 20 km away, in Beltline |
The places within 25 km of Walden lean to the decades after Confederation
Reaching 25 km out from Walden: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
12 places within 25 km have a date. The oldest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, from 1875.
New homes stand out in Walden: 56% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
More of Walden’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 than in any other period: 56%. Few of Walden’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 0%, the norm 27%. Walden built little from 1981 to 2000: 0% 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 Walden compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,100 to 8,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Argyle, Rigaud, St. Marys, Alnwick/Haldimand and Kirkland Lake. The typical town its size has 0. For 10, the registers list nothing.
Walden and its neighbours
Walden in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 0% came earlier, 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. 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.
- 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.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- 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.
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Walden’s history
How many historic places does Walden have on the registers?
None inside Walden yet. The nearest is St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, 6.2 km away in Midnapore.
How old are the homes in Walden?
0% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).