Athlone keeps its older homes: 34% from before 1961
Athlone has 1.9 times what the typical town has (18%). The nearest heritage to Athlone is Alberta Aviation Museum, 3.5 km off, one of 25 places within 10 km. Look 4.9 km away, to Glenora, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
The 10 km around Athlone keep buildings from as early as 1907
Each historic place within 10 km of Athlone, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
The earliest is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie, begun in 1907. Within 10 km, 14 records give a date.
Within 10 km of Athlone, one top designation
The first one out is Alberta Aviation Museum, 3.5 km away in Sherbrooke. Between them, 11 towns share them, mainly Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra. Within 10 km there are 25 in all.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 3.5 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 5.1 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 5.1 km away, in Glenora |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 5.7 km away, in McCauley |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 6.4 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 6.4 km away, in Downtown |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 6.6 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 6.7 km away, in Downtown |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 6.8 km away, in Downtown |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 7 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 7 km away, in Boyle Street |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 7 km away, in Downtown |
Only 2% of Athlone’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
30% of Athlone’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%. Athlone built little from 1961 to 1980: 17% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Half of the homes standing in Athlone today were built before 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 Athlone compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,200 to 3,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Seven Oaks and North Cypress-Langford. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Athlone and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlone | 3,242 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wellington | 3,314 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Calder | 4,221 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kensington | 3,697 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hudson | 3,634 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sherbrooke | 7,131 | 1 | 0 | 1942 |
| Woodcroft | 2,770 | 0 | 0 | — |
Athlone in brief
Athlone has 34% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Athlone’s history
How many historic places does Athlone have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Athlone; Alberta Aviation Museum, in Sherbrooke, is 3.5 km away.
How old are the homes in Athlone?
34% predate 1961, where 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).