Allendale keeps its older homes: 43% from before 1961
The typical town has 18%: Allendale has 2.5 times the share. Strathcona Public Building, 1.9 km from Allendale, heads a list of 20 historic places within 5 km. Look 5.9 km away, to Glenora, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
The places within 5 km of Allendale lean to the decades after Confederation
Each historic place within 5 km of Allendale, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
The chart rests on 10 dated places within 5 km. The earliest is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie, begun in 1907.
20 historic places within 5 km of Allendale
The record reaches back to 1907 with “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, 1.9 km away. Closest of all is Strathcona Public Building, in Queen Alexandra, 1.9 km off. By designation: 19 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 1.9 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 1.9 km away, in Ritchie |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 2 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 2 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 2.1 km away, in Strathcona |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 2.1 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 2.1 km away, in Strathcona |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 2.3 km away, in Strathcona |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 2.4 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 2.6 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 3 km away, in Garneau |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 3.1 km away, in Downtown |
10% of Allendale’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 4.5% of Allendale’s, against 23% in the typical town. Only 7.1% of Allendale’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Over half of the homes in Allendale 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.
How Allendale compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,900 to 3,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, Scott and Dégelis. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have none.
Allendale and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allendale | 2,951 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pleasantview | 3,746 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Queen Alexandra | 5,106 | 3 | 0 | 1913 |
| McKernan | 2,880 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Malmo Plains | 4,150 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Belgravia | 5,478 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Empire Park | 4,817 | 0 | 0 | — |
Allendale in brief
The pre-1961 share of Allendale’s homes is 43%, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Questions about Allendale’s history
How many historic places does Allendale have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Allendale; Strathcona Public Building, in Queen Alexandra, is 1.9 km away.
How old are the homes in Allendale?
Before 1961: 43% 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).