Within 10 km of Bearspaw, 13 places are on the heritage registers
Its housing is mostly newer: 0.5% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Glenora, 12 km away.
13 historic places within 10 km of Bearspaw
By designation: 12 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie is the nearest, 8.2 km away. Between them, 6 towns share them, mainly Strathcona, Queen Alexandra and Ritchie.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 8.2 km away, in Ritchie |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 8.3 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 8.3 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 8.3 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 8.4 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 8.5 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 8.5 km away, in Strathcona |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 8.6 km away, in Strathcona |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 8.8 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 8.9 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 9.5 km away, in Garneau |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 9.6 km away, in Downtown |
New homes are rare in Bearspaw: 1.8% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Few of Bearspaw’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 1.4%, the norm 15%. Bearspaw has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 77%, where most towns have 23%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 18% of Bearspaw’s, against 27% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Bearspaw and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearspaw | 5,192 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Skyrattler | 2,956 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ermineskin | 7,483 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Twin Brooks | 5,102 | 0 | 0 | — |
| MacEwan | 6,102 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Blue Quill | 4,567 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cavanagh | 7,300 | 0 | 0 | — |
Bearspaw in brief
Its housing is young: only 0.5% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
Questions about Bearspaw’s history
How many historic places does Bearspaw have on the registers?
Bearspaw has none of its own yet. Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta, in Ritchie, is the nearest, 8.2 km away.
How old are the homes in Bearspaw?
Before 1961: 0.5% 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).