Photo: Joli Rumi · CC BY-SA 4.0Older housing stands out in Avonmore: 72% predates 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Avonmore has 4.1 times the share. Within 5 km of Avonmore there are 19 designated places; Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta, at 3.1 km, is the closest. The nearest town with a top designation is Glenora, 8.5 km away.
Around Avonmore, within 5 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1907
Places near Avonmore (within 5 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
“Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, in Ritchie, is the oldest (1907). 9 places within 5 km have a date.
19 places on Canada’s registers lie 5 km or less from Avonmore
Their towns number 6: Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra first. Nearest comes “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, 3.1 km off, in Ritchie. The mix: 17 provincial or municipal listings, a heritage railway station and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 3.1 km away, in Ritchie |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 3.2 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 3.3 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 3.3 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 3.4 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 3.4 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 3.5 km away, in Strathcona |
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 3.5 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 3.7 km away, in Strathcona |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 3.8 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 4 km away, in Downtown |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 4.4 km away, in Downtown |
Little new building in Avonmore: 1.6% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 16% of Avonmore’s, against 27% in the typical town. Few of Avonmore’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 1.2%, the norm 23%. Avonmore built little from 2001 to 2015: 6% of its homes, where most towns have 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 Avonmore compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,000 to 3,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Saint-Marc-des-Carrières and Sunnyside. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have none.
Avonmore and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avonmore | 2,971 | 0 | 0 | — |
| King Edward Park | 8,399 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hazeldean | 3,247 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ritchie | 5,215 | 1 | 0 | 1907 |
| Bonnie Doon | 6,697 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Holyrood | 3,305 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tweddle Place | 5,211 | 0 | 0 | — |
Avonmore in brief
The 2021 Census dates 72% of Avonmore’s homes 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
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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. 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 federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
Questions about Avonmore’s history
How many historic places does Avonmore have on the registers?
None inside Avonmore yet. The nearest is Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta, 3.1 km away in Ritchie.
How old are the homes in Avonmore?
The 2021 Census dates 72% 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).