Photo: Johntwrl · Public domainAn older town: 40% of Forest Heights’s homes predate 1961
Forest Heights’s share is 2.3 times the typical 18%. Within 5 km of Forest Heights there are 21 designated places; Grierson Centre, at 2 km, is the closest. The closest top-tier heritage is in Glenora, 7.5 km from here.
Within 5 km of Forest Heights, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
Around Forest Heights, not inside it: the places within 5 km, by the first construction date on record.
Within 5 km, building dates exist for 10 places. First by date comes “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie, from 1907.
The registers find 21 places within 5 km of Forest Heights
Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra hold most of them, among 8 towns. Among them are 19 provincial or municipal listings, a Recognized Federal Heritage Building and a heritage railway station. “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, 4.4 km off, is the oldest: 1907.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 2 km away, in Boyle Street |
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 2.2 km away, in Highlands |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 2.7 km away, in Downtown |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 2.8 km away, in Downtown |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 2.9 km away, in McCauley |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 3.3 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 3.5 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 3.5 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 3.6 km away, in Downtown |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 3.8 km away, in Downtown |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 3.9 km away, in Strathcona |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 4.2 km away, in Strathcona |
A growing town: 5.3% of Forest Heights’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 12% of Forest Heights’s, against 23% in the typical town. Only 4.3% of Forest Heights’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. 35% of Forest Heights’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, more than the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Forest Heights compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,100 to 4,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: L'Ange-Gardien and Pioneer Tower West. The middle one has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Forest Heights and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Heights | 4,118 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Holyrood | 3,305 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Virginia Park | 3,431 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Capilano | 5,046 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riverdale | 5,490 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Boyle Street | 5,862 | 1 | 0 | 1912 |
| Ottewell | 8,040 | 0 | 0 | — |
Forest Heights in brief
Forest Heights’s homes from before 1961 come to 40%, 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
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
Questions about Forest Heights’s history
How many historic places does Forest Heights have on the registers?
None within Forest Heights itself; the nearest is 2 km off: Grierson Centre, in Boyle Street.
How old are the homes in Forest Heights?
The 2021 Census dates 40% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).