Photo: Odysseus1479 · CC BY-SA 3.0History around Central McDougall: 25 designated places within 5 km
The nearest town to Central McDougall with a top designation is Glenora, 4.2 km away. There are also 3 listings on provincial or municipal registers with no open description, so no pages.
One place of the highest rank within 5 km of Central McDougall
They are 22 provincial or municipal listings, a Recognized Federal Heritage Building and a National Historic Site. All told, 25 places are within 5 km. Oldest of them is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” (1907), 4 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 800 m away, in McCauley |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 1.3 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 1.4 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 1.5 km away, in Downtown |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 1.5 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 1.7 km away, in Downtown |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 1.7 km away, in Boyle Street |
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 1.8 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 1.9 km away, in Downtown |
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 2.4 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 2.5 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 2.6 km away, in Downtown |
Within 5 km of Central McDougall, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
Around Central McDougall, not inside it: the places within 5 km, by the first construction date on record.
Oldest of all: “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, Ritchie, 1907. The bars count 14 dated places within 5 km.
Central McDougall added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.3%, where most towns have 4.1%
Before 1961: 18% of Central McDougall’s homes, near the usual 18%. More of Central McDougall’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 35%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 21% of Central McDougall’s, against 15% 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.
How Central McDougall compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,800 to 4,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Woodlands County and Central Okanagan have more. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Central McDougall and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central McDougall | 4,802 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Queen Mary Park | 7,958 | 0 | 0 | — |
| McCauley | 4,060 | 1 | 0 | 1946 |
| Downtown | 12,880 | 7 | 0 | 1912 |
| Boyle Street | 5,862 | 1 | 0 | 1912 |
| Wîhkwêntôwin | 19,050 | 2 | 0 | 1971 |
| Alberta Avenue | 6,097 | 0 | 0 | — |
Central McDougall in brief
The 2021 Census dates 18% of Central McDougall’s homes before 1961, 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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 tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Central McDougall’s history
How many historic places does Central McDougall have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Central McDougall; St. Josaphat Cathedral, in McCauley, is 800 m away.
How old are the homes in Central McDougall?
18% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Central McDougall be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 3 more listings in Central McDougall, 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).