Heritage within reach of Callaghan: 27 places, 25 km or closer
Before 1961: just 1% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Heritage of the first rank begins 15 km away, in Glenora.
2 places of national importance within 25 km of Callaghan
They stand in 12 towns, Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra among them. Closest of all is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, in Ritchie, 12 km off. The registers hold 27 within 25 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 12 km away, in Ritchie |
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 13 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 13 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 13 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 13 km away, in Strathcona |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 13 km away, in Strathcona |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Strathcona |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 14 km away, in Garneau |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 14 km away, in Downtown |
Within 25 km of Callaghan, the record goes back to 1907
No place near Callaghan is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
15 places within 25 km have a date. Oldest of all: “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, Ritchie, 1907.
New homes stand out in Callaghan: 19% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Callaghan built little from 1961 to 1980: 0% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Only 1.3% of Callaghan’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. 78% of Callaghan’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 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 Callaghan compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,200 to 4,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Carleton-sur-Mer and Napierville have more. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Callaghan and its neighbours
Callaghan in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 1% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
Questions about Callaghan’s history
How many historic places does Callaghan have on the registers?
Inside Callaghan, none so far; Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta, 12 km away in Ritchie, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Callaghan?
1% 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).