Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.56 heritage places lie within 100 km of Drayton Valley
Only 9% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. The nearest town with a top designation is Lac Ste. Anne County, 74 km away.
Top-ranked heritage near Drayton Valley: 4 places within 100 km
Closest of all is Rundle's Mission, in Leduc County, 58 km off. Within 100 km there are 6 in all. The record reaches back to 1799 with Rocky Mountain House, 95 km away.
The 6 nearest, within 100 km
| Rundle's MissionNational Historic Site · 1847–1848 · 58 km away, in Leduc County |
| Lac Ste. Anne PilgrimageNational Historic Site · 1889 · 66 km away, in Lac Ste. Anne County |
| Leduc No. 1Provincial historic resource · 84 km away, in Leduc County |
| Leduc-Woodbend OilfieldNational Historic Site · 1946 · 84 km away, in Leduc County |
| Rocky Mountain HouseNational Historic Site · 1799–1800 · 95 km away, in Clearwater County |
| Whitecourt craterProvincial historic resource · 96 km away, in Woodlands County |
Most of Drayton Valley’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 37%
New building in Drayton Valley runs at the usual pace: 3.6% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. 22% of Drayton Valley’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 29% of Drayton Valley’s, against 23% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Drayton Valley compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,000 to 8,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Clare, Lincoln and Otonabee-South Monaghan. The middle one has 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Drayton Valley and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drayton Valley | 8,047 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Brazeau County | 7,685 | 0 | 0 | — |
Drayton Valley in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 9% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
Questions about Drayton Valley’s history
How many historic places does Drayton Valley have on the registers?
Inside Drayton Valley, none so far. At 58 km, Rundle's Mission in Leduc County is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Drayton Valley?
9% 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).