In Gold Bar, 65% of homes go back before 1961
Gold Bar’s share is 3.7 times the typical 18%. The nearest heritage to Gold Bar is Magrath Mansion, 2.4 km off, one of 25 places within 10 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Glenora, 9.9 km from here.
Most of what stands within 10 km of Gold Bar dates from the decades after Confederation
Around Gold Bar, not inside it: the places within 10 km, by the first construction date on record.
“Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, in Ritchie, is the oldest (1907). Within 10 km, building dates exist for 14 places.
25 places on Canada’s registers lie 10 km or less from Gold Bar
Nearest comes Magrath Mansion, 2.4 km off, in Highlands. Among them are 22 provincial or municipal listings, a Recognized Federal Heritage Building and a heritage railway station. Government House, 8.7 km off, is the one top-tier place.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 2.4 km away, in Highlands |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 4.4 km away, in Boyle Street |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 5.1 km away, in Downtown |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 5.2 km away, in Downtown |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 5.2 km away, in McCauley |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 5.6 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 5.9 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 5.9 km away, in Downtown |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 5.9 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 6 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 6 km away, in Downtown |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 6.2 km away, in Strathcona |
None of Gold Bar’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Count back from today and half of Gold Bar’s homes are older than 1961. Gold Bar built little from 1981 to 2000: 2.8% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Few of Gold Bar’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 0.9%, the norm 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Gold Bar and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Bar | 2,685 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Capilano | 5,046 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ottewell | 8,040 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forest Heights | 4,118 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beverly Heights | 3,252 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Holyrood | 3,305 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rundle Heights | 5,175 | 0 | 0 | — |
Gold Bar in brief
Counted by age, 65% of Gold Bar’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: it has no historic place, where the middle town its size has 1.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
Questions about Gold Bar’s history
How many historic places does Gold Bar have on the registers?
Inside Gold Bar, none so far; Magrath Mansion, 2.4 km away in Highlands, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Gold Bar?
65% 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).