Coleman · Photo: Grapher78 · CC BY-SA 3.0Before 1961: 42% of the homes in Crowsnest Pass
Crowsnest Pass’s share is 2.4 times the typical 18%. On the registers the town counts 2 historic places, one at the top. For its size this is rich ground: 3.3 per 10,000 residents, ahead of 91% of Canadian towns. On the list: a provincial or municipal listing.
Crowsnest Pass’s landmarks in 2 photos, with 1 old views
Pictured and oldest in Crowsnest Pass: Coleman, 1903. Each of Crowsnest Pass’s two designated places has a photo. Two to begin with: Coleman and Frank Slide.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Crowsnest Pass before 1950
One picture from before 1950: the oldest view of one of its historic places. Open it full screen with a tap.
1903Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Where Crowsnest Pass’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Crowsnest Pass’s top designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
TopOne local listing in Crowsnest Pass
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
LocalNear Crowsnest Pass, within 100 km: 35 places of national rank
Within 100 km there are 40 in all. They are 30 Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, 5 National Historic Sites and 4 provincial or municipal listings. Between them, 6 towns share them, mainly Foothills County, Fort Macleod and Electoral Area C, East Kootenay.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Head-Smashed-In Buffalo JumpWorld Heritage Site · 62 km away, in Willow Creek No. 26 |
| RCMP Detachment GarageRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1927–1929 · 69 km away, in Pincher Creek No. 9 |
| Empress TheatreProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 76 km away, in Fort Macleod |
| Territorial Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1902–1905 · 76 km away, in Fort Macleod |
| Fort MacleodNational Historic Site · 1874–1875 · 78 km away, in Fort Macleod |
| Fort SteeleBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 1864 · 85 km away, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay |
| Fort SteeleNational Historic Site · 1887–1888 · 85 km away, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay |
| E.P. RanchProvincial historic resource · 90 km away, in Foothills County |
| Implement ShedClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1910–1911 · 91 km away, in Foothills County |
| Blacksmith ShopClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1900–1907 · 91 km away, in Foothills County |
| Root Cellar, Building 13Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1910–1911 · 91 km away, in Foothills County |
| Coal ShedClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1909–1911 · 91 km away, in Foothills County |
Just outside Crowsnest Pass: 1
| LilleProvincial historic resource · 1.2 km outside the town |
New homes are rare in Crowsnest Pass: 3.1% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Crowsnest Pass built little from 1981 to 2000: 17% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. More than half of Crowsnest Pass’s housing predates 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 27% of Crowsnest Pass’s, about the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Crowsnest Pass has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,000 to 6,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Cumberland County, Subdivision C. Their median is 0. 12 of them have none.
Crowsnest Pass in brief
Crowsnest Pass’s homes from before 1961 come to 42%, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, with Coleman first. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just one has more historic places. The other figures are unremarkable: William Kovach (1909) is its person of the past on the record; and its designation dates from 2001.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Crowsnest Pass’s history
How old are the homes in Crowsnest Pass?
The 2021 Census dates 42% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Which places in Crowsnest Pass have the highest designation?
It is Coleman.
What is the oldest building in Crowsnest Pass?
By its record, Coleman, from 1903 (National Historic Site).
Why might a heritage building in Crowsnest Pass be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 8 more listings in Crowsnest Pass, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article they get no page.
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).