Photo: KMW2700 from Edmonton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0In Calder, 45% of homes go back before 1961
Calder’s share is 2.6 times the typical 18%. The registers count 25 places within 10 km of Calder; the closest, Alberta Aviation Museum, is 2.5 km away. For the highest designations, the closest town is Glenora, 5.3 km off.
Around Calder, within 10 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
Within 10 km of Calder but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
14 dated places within 10 km make up the record. “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, in Ritchie, goes back furthest, to 1907.
Within 10 km of Calder, one top designation
All told, 25 places are within 10 km. Closest of all is Alberta Aviation Museum, in Sherbrooke, 2.5 km off. They are 22 provincial or municipal listings, a National Historic Site and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 2.5 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 4.5 km away, in McCauley |
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 4.9 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 5.1 km away, in Glenora |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 5.6 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 5.6 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 5.7 km away, in Downtown |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 5.9 km away, in Boyle Street |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 5.9 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 5.9 km away, in Downtown |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 6.2 km away, in Downtown |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 6.4 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
45% of Calder’s homes were built before 1961
Only 15% of Calder’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 4.2% of Calder’s, against 15% in the typical town. From 2016 on, Calder built 3.3% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Calder compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,200 to 4,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Only La Pocatière and Stellarton have more. The typical town its size has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Calder and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calder | 4,221 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kensington | 3,697 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Carlisle | 4,609 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sherbrooke | 7,131 | 1 | 0 | 1942 |
| Athlone | 3,242 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lauderdale | 2,954 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wellington | 3,314 | 0 | 0 | — |
Calder in brief
Housing in Calder includes 45% built 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
- 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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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. 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 Calder’s history
How many historic places does Calder have on the registers?
None within Calder itself; the nearest is 2.5 km off: Alberta Aviation Museum, in Sherbrooke.
How old are the homes in Calder?
45% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).