Photo: CnekYT · CC BY-SA 4.0Before 1961: 59% of the homes in Westgate
Most towns have 18%, so Westgate has 3.4 times as much. Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall, 5 km from Westgate, heads a list of 15 historic places within 10 km. Heritage of the first rank begins 4.7 km away, in Hillhurst.
From 1875 on: the dated places within 10 km of Westgate
Each historic place within 10 km of Westgate, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
11 dated places within 10 km make up the record. Oldest of all: Fort Calgary, Downtown East Village, 1875.
15 designated places lie within 10 km of Westgate
Nearest comes Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall, 5 km off, in Beltline. They belong to 7 towns, chiefly Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village. Fort Calgary, 8 km off, is the oldest: 1875.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 5 km away, in Beltline |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 5.5 km away, in Hillhurst |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 5.7 km away, in Beltline |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 6.2 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 6.3 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 6.6 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 6.6 km away, in Mission |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 6.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 6.8 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 6.9 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 7.1 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Westgate added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%
More than half of Westgate’s housing predates 1961. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 0% of Westgate’s, against 15% in the typical town. Westgate built little from 1981 to 2000: 12% 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 Westgate compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,100 to 3,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Percé, Paspébiac, Trois-Pistoles and Thorhild County have more. Their median is 0. 12 of them have none.
Westgate and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westgate | 3,139 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rosscarrock | 3,862 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wildwood | 4,177 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Glenbrook | 10,185 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Strathcona Park | 8,680 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Spruce Cliff | 6,691 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Signal Hill | 13,293 | 0 | 0 | — |
Westgate in brief
Housing in Westgate includes 59% 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 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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Westgate’s history
How many historic places does Westgate have on the registers?
None inside Westgate yet. The nearest, Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall, carries the highest designation, 5 km away in Beltline.
How old are the homes in Westgate?
59% 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).