Photo: Khoshhat · CC BY-SA 4.0Within 25 km of Cavanagh, 27 places are on the heritage registers
Homes from before 1961 are 0.6% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. Heritage of the first rank begins 14 km away, in Glenora.
27 places on Canada’s registers lie 25 km or less from Cavanagh
They are spread over 12 towns, including Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra. At 11 km, “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie is the closest. By designation: 23 provincial or municipal listings, 2 National Historic Sites and a heritage railway station.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 11 km away, in Ritchie |
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 11 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 11 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 11 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 12 km away, in Garneau |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 12 km away, in Downtown |
From 1907 on: the dated places within 25 km of Cavanagh
Out to 25 km from Cavanagh, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Oldest of all: “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, Ritchie, 1907. Within 25 km, 15 records give a date.
Cavanagh is still building: 29% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
46% of Cavanagh’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Cavanagh built little from 1961 to 1980: 1.3% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 22% of Cavanagh’s, about the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Cavanagh compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,300 to 7,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Chandler has more. Their median is 0. 15 of them have none.
Cavanagh and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavanagh | 7,300 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rutherford | 12,808 | 0 | 0 | — |
| MacEwan | 6,102 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Callaghan | 4,180 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Twin Brooks | 5,102 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bearspaw | 5,192 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Allard | 8,148 | 0 | 0 | — |
Cavanagh in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 0.6%, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- 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.
- 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. 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 Cavanagh’s history
How many historic places does Cavanagh have on the registers?
Not inside Cavanagh. The closest is Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta in Ritchie, 11 km away.
How old are the homes in Cavanagh?
0.6% 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).