Heritage within reach of Eckville: 6 places, 50 km or closer
For the highest designations, the closest town to Eckville is Clearwater County, 28 km off. Homes from 2016 to 2021 make up 4.7% of the stock; the typical town has 4.1%.
The closest heritage to Eckville is Stephansson House, 26 km off
The nearest of the highest rank is Rocky Mountain House, 40 km away. Count to 50 km and there are 6. Red Deer County, Lacombe and Red Deer hold most of them, among 4 towns.
The 6 nearest, within 50 km
| Stephansson HouseProvincial historic resource · 26 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Markerville Lutheran ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 30 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 39 km away, in Red Deer |
| Rocky Mountain HouseNational Historic Site · 1799–1800 · 40 km away, in Clearwater County |
| Flatiron BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1904 · 45 km away, in Lacombe |
| Lacombe Blacksmith Shop MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 45 km away, in Lacombe |
Most of Eckville’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 35%
Before 1961: 15% of Eckville’s homes, near the usual 18%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 32% of Eckville’s, against 23% in the typical town. Over half of the homes in Eckville were already standing by 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Eckville in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 15% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Eckville’s history
How many historic places does Eckville have on the registers?
Inside Eckville, none so far; Stephansson House, 26 km away in Red Deer County, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Eckville?
The 2021 Census dates 15% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).