Heritage within reach of Cumberland: 15 places, 10 km or closer
Its housing is mostly newer: 0% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Glenora, 7.3 km from here.
The heritage closest to Cumberland: Alberta Aviation Museum, at 5.4 km
Their towns number 8: Downtown, Wîhkwêntôwin and Sherbrooke first. The oldest, Government House, dates from 1911, 7.6 km away. All told, 15 places are within 10 km.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 5.4 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 7.4 km away, in McCauley |
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 7.5 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 7.6 km away, in Glenora |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 8.5 km away, in Downtown |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 8.5 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 8.6 km away, in Downtown |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 8.8 km away, in Boyle Street |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 8.8 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 8.8 km away, in Downtown |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 9.1 km away, in Downtown |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 9.2 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
Within 10 km of Cumberland, the record goes back to 1911
Around Cumberland, not inside it: the places within 10 km, by the first construction date on record.
Within 10 km, building dates exist for 10 places. The oldest is Government House in Glenora, from 1911.
Cumberland added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 0.5%, where most towns have 4.1%
Only 1.2% of Cumberland’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 66% of Cumberland’s, against 15% in the typical town. 32% of Cumberland’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, more than the typical town’s 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Cumberland and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | 6,493 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hudson | 3,634 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Carlton | 5,502 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Oxford | 4,460 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wellington | 3,314 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Caernarvon | 5,972 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Carlisle | 4,609 | 0 | 0 | — |
Cumberland in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 0% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Cumberland’s history
How many historic places does Cumberland have on the registers?
Not inside Cumberland. The closest is Alberta Aviation Museum in Sherbrooke, 5.4 km away.
How old are the homes in Cumberland?
Before 1961: 0% of its homes; 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).