Photo: JMacPherson from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Older housing stands out in Wildwood: 43% predates 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Wildwood has 2.5 times as much. The registers count 15 places within 10 km of Wildwood; the closest, Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall, is 4 km away. The nearest town with a top designation is Hillhurst, 3.5 km away.
Around Wildwood, within 10 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1875
The historic places within 10 km of Wildwood, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
The earliest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, begun in 1875. Dated places within 10 km: 11.
Top-ranked heritage near Wildwood: 8 places within 10 km
By designation: 8 National Historic Sites and 7 provincial or municipal listings. The registers hold 15 within 10 km. They are spread over 7 towns, including Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 4 km away, in Beltline |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 4.1 km away, in Hillhurst |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 4.9 km away, in Beltline |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 5.2 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 5.5 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 5.6 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 5.7 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 5.8 km away, in Sunnyside |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 5.8 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| St. Mary's Parish HallMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 5.9 km away, in Mission |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 6 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 6.2 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Only 2.2% of Wildwood’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Over half of the homes in Wildwood were already standing by 1981. Few of Wildwood’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 1.9%, the norm 15%. Wildwood built little from 1981 to 2000: 14% 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 Wildwood compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,200 to 4,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Carleton-sur-Mer, West River and Napierville. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Wildwood and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood | 4,177 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Spruce Cliff | 6,691 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rosscarrock | 3,862 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westgate | 3,139 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West Hillhurst | 10,319 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Patterson | 4,169 | 0 | 0 | — |
| University Heights | 4,031 | 0 | 0 | — |
Wildwood in brief
Housing in Wildwood includes 43% built before 1961, 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. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s 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.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
Questions about Wildwood’s history
How many historic places does Wildwood have on the registers?
None inside Wildwood yet. The nearest, Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall, carries the highest designation, 4 km away in Beltline.
How old are the homes in Wildwood?
Before 1961: 43% 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).