Photo: Own work · CC BY-SA 3.0Ermineskin’s surroundings: 22 historic places within 10 km
Few homes are old by the census: 3.2% before 1961, against 18%. Heritage of the first rank begins 10 km away, in Glenora.
Ermineskin’s area holds one top-tier place within 10 km
Among them are 19 provincial or municipal listings, a heritage railway station and a National Historic Site. They stand in 8 towns, Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra among them. Count to 10 km and there are 22.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 6.5 km away, in Ritchie |
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 6.6 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 6.6 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 6.7 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 6.8 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 6.8 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 6.9 km away, in Strathcona |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 7 km away, in Strathcona |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 7.2 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 7.3 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 7.8 km away, in Garneau |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 7.9 km away, in Downtown |
Within 10 km of Ermineskin, the oldest record dates from 1907
Places near Ermineskin (within 10 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
12 places within 10 km carry a construction date. First by date comes “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie, from 1907.
New homes stand out in Ermineskin: 9.2% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Ermineskin’s largest group of homes, 47%, went up from 1961 to 1980. Count back from today and half of Ermineskin’s homes are older than 1981. In Ermineskin, 22% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (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 Ermineskin compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,400 to 7,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Digby, Colborne and Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon have more. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Ermineskin and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ermineskin | 7,483 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Blue Quill | 4,567 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Skyrattler | 2,956 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Duggan | 6,247 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bearspaw | 5,192 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sweet Grass | 2,616 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Greenfield | 3,710 | 0 | 0 | — |
Ermineskin in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 3.2% of the total, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Ermineskin’s history
How many historic places does Ermineskin have on the registers?
Ermineskin has none of its own yet. Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta, in Ritchie, is the nearest, 6.5 km away.
How old are the homes in Ermineskin?
3.2% 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).