Greenfield’s surroundings: 23 historic places within 10 km
Only 1.7% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Heritage of the first rank begins 8.7 km away, in Glenora.
Strathcona Public Building, 5.6 km from Greenfield, is the closest
By age, “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” leads, from 1907, at 5.7 km. Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra hold most of them, among 9 towns. Among them are 20 provincial or municipal listings, a heritage railway station and a National Historic Site.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 5.6 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 5.7 km away, in Ritchie |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 5.7 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 5.7 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 5.8 km away, in Strathcona |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 5.9 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 5.9 km away, in Strathcona |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 6 km away, in Strathcona |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 6.2 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 6.3 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 6.5 km away, in Garneau |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 6.9 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
Around Greenfield, within 10 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1907
The area, not the town: places within 10 km of Greenfield, dated by the first construction year on their records.
First by date comes “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie, from 1907. 13 places within 10 km carry a construction date.
Little new building in Greenfield: 0.7% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Greenfield’s homes are older than 1981. Few of Greenfield’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 0.7%, the norm 23%. Greenfield built little from 2001 to 2015: 2.4% of its homes, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Greenfield compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,700 to 3,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Sainte-Claire, Baie-D'Urfé and Central. The middle one has 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Greenfield and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield | 3,710 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sweet Grass | 2,616 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Royal Gardens | 3,392 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Blue Quill | 4,567 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Duggan | 6,247 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westbrook Estates | 2,838 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ermineskin | 7,483 | 0 | 0 | — |
Greenfield in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 1.7% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- 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.
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Greenfield’s history
How many historic places does Greenfield have on the registers?
None inside Greenfield yet. The nearest is Strathcona Public Building, 5.6 km away in Queen Alexandra.
How old are the homes in Greenfield?
The 2021 Census dates 1.7% 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).