FedRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914Grierson Centre9530 101st AvenuePhoto: Xiao23 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Grierson Centre · Photo: Xiao23 · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Boyle Street · Canada’s heritage registers
Boyle Street: 1 historic place on Canada’s heritage registers
In Boyle Street that place is Grierson Centre, a recognized federal heritage building, from 1912. Measured against its size, Boyle Street’s 1.7 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 84% of Canadian towns. Few homes are old by the census: 7.3% before 1961, against 18%. Wikidata knows 6 more provincial or municipal listings here that get no page, lacking an open statement or an encyclopedia article.
Historic places
1
1.7 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1912
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
7.3%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Boyle Street’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
What the map shows is the open record: the federal directory in full, and from provincial or municipal lists only the places Wikidata ties to an encyclopedia article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Other federal designations
One other place Canada recognizes in Boyle Street
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
24 historic places within 5 km of Boyle Street
By designation: 22 provincial or municipal listings, a heritage railway station and a National Historic Site. Closest of all is St. Josaphat Cathedral, in McCauley, 1.1 km off. For the highest designation, go 4.7 km to Government House.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 1.1 km away, in McCauley |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 1.4 km away, in Downtown |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 1.5 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 2.1 km away, in Downtown |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 2.2 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 2.2 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 2.2 km away, in Downtown |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 2.8 km away, in Downtown |
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 3.1 km away, in Highlands |
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 3.2 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 3.2 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 3.3 km away, in Strathcona |
Homes by age
New homes stand out in Boyle Street: 9% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Boyle Street were already standing by 2001. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 33% of Boyle Street’s homes. 24% of Boyle Street’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%.
7.3%
Before 1961
33%
1961–80
26%
1981–2000
24%
2001–15
9%
2016–21
Boyle StreetTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Boyle Street has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,800 to 5,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Boyle Street1
Just these have more: Broadway-Assiniboine and Verchères. The middle one has 1. 8 of them have none.
Neighbours
Boyle Street and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyle Street | 5,862 | 1 | 0 | 1912 |
| McCauley | 4,060 | 1 | 0 | 1946 |
| Virginia Park | 3,431 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riverdale | 5,490 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Central McDougall | 4,802 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Parkdale | 4,029 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forest Heights | 4,118 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Boyle Street in brief
Boyle Street has 1 historic place. Just 2 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 7.3%, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, its designation dates from 1985.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- 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. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- 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. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
Questions about Boyle Street’s history
How many historic places does Boyle Street have on the registers?
Inside Boyle Street: 1 historic place.
What is the oldest building in Boyle Street?
Grierson Centre, a Recognized Federal Heritage Building, begun in 1912.
How old are the homes in Boyle Street?
7.3% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Why might a heritage building in Boyle Street be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 6 more listings in Boyle Street, 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).