Photo: Kaz Andrew from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Before 1961: 54% of the homes in Alberta Avenue
Against 18% in the typical town, Alberta Avenue has 3.1 times the share. The nearest heritage to Alberta Avenue is St. Josaphat Cathedral, 1.7 km off, one of 13 places within 5 km. For the highest designations, the closest town is Glenora, 6 km off.
Within 5 km of Alberta Avenue, the wars and the Depression left the most
Around Alberta Avenue, not inside it: the places within 5 km, by the first construction date on record.
Oldest of all: Grierson Centre, Boyle Street, 1912. 8 places within 5 km have a date.
13 historic places within 5 km of Alberta Avenue
Oldest of them is Grierson Centre (1912), 2.8 km off. The nearest is St. Josaphat Cathedral, 1.7 km away in McCauley. They are 12 provincial or municipal listings and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 1.7 km away, in McCauley |
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 2.3 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 2.8 km away, in Boyle Street |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 3 km away, in Downtown |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 3.2 km away, in Downtown |
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 3.3 km away, in Highlands |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 3.4 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 3.6 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 3.7 km away, in Downtown |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 3.8 km away, in Downtown |
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 4.4 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 4.5 km away, in Downtown |
New homes stand out in Alberta Avenue: 5.8% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Only 8.5% of Alberta Avenue’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 18% of Alberta Avenue’s, against 27% in the typical town. Few of Alberta Avenue’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 12%, the norm 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Alberta Avenue and its neighbours
Alberta Avenue in brief
Alberta Avenue’s homes from before 1961 come to 54%, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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 tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- 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 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.
Questions about Alberta Avenue’s history
How many historic places does Alberta Avenue have on the registers?
None within Alberta Avenue itself; the nearest is 1.7 km off: St. Josaphat Cathedral, in McCauley.
How old are the homes in Alberta Avenue?
The 2021 Census dates 54% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Alberta Avenue be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 2 more listings in Alberta Avenue, 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).