26 registered heritage sites stand within 25 km of Albany
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 0%. Heritage of the first rank begins 9.7 km away, in Glenora.
The highest designation, once, within 25 km of Albany
26 places lie within 25 km. At 7.6 km, Alberta Aviation Museum in Sherbrooke is the closest. Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, 24 km off, is the oldest: 1902.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 7.6 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 9.5 km away, in McCauley |
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 9.8 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 9.9 km away, in Glenora |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 11 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 11 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 11 km away, in Downtown |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 11 km away, in Boyle Street |
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 11 km away, in Highlands |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 11 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 11 km away, in Downtown |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 11 km away, in Downtown |
Near Albany, within 25 km: built places from 1902 on
The nearest historic places to Albany, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, in Sturgeon County, goes back furthest, to 1902. 15 dated places within 25 km make up the record.
19% of Albany’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Albany built little from 1981 to 2000: 1.6% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Only 0% of Albany’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. 81% of Albany’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Albany compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,000 to 3,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Huntingdon and Dewdney Place have more. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Albany and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | 3,015 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Oxford | 4,460 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Carlton | 5,502 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rapperswill | 3,639 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dunluce | 6,079 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Canossa | 3,246 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cumberland | 6,493 | 0 | 0 | — |
Albany in brief
Few of its homes are old, 0% before 1961, 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
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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 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.
Questions about Albany’s history
How many historic places does Albany have on the registers?
Not inside Albany. The closest is Alberta Aviation Museum in Sherbrooke, 7.6 km away.
How old are the homes in Albany?
Before 1961: 0% 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).