Photo: Johntwrl · CC BY-SA 3.0In Holyrood, 63% of homes go back before 1961
For Holyrood, that is 3.6 times the typical town’s share, 18%. 22 places on the heritage registers lie within 5 km of Holyrood, the nearest Grierson Centre, 2.5 km away. For the highest designations, the closest town is Glenora, 7.8 km off.
Near Holyrood, within 5 km: built places from 1907 on
The historic places within 5 km of Holyrood, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
“Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, in Ritchie, goes back furthest, to 1907. Within 5 km, 11 records give a date.
The closest heritage to Holyrood is Grierson Centre, 2.5 km off
Oldest of them is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” (1907), 3.5 km off. Count to 5 km and there are 22. Among them are 20 provincial or municipal listings, a Recognized Federal Heritage Building and a heritage railway station.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 2.5 km away, in Boyle Street |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 2.9 km away, in Downtown |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 3.1 km away, in Downtown |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 3.3 km away, in Strathcona |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 3.3 km away, in Downtown |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 3.4 km away, in Downtown |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 3.5 km away, in Strathcona |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 3.5 km away, in Ritchie |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 3.5 km away, in Strathcona |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 3.6 km away, in Downtown |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 3.6 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 3.6 km away, in Strathcona |
Holyrood is still building: 5.3% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Few of Holyrood’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 6.7%, the norm 23%. Only 4.2% of Holyrood’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 19% of Holyrood’s, against 27% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Holyrood and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holyrood | 3,305 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ottewell | 8,040 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forest Heights | 4,118 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bonnie Doon | 6,697 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riverdale | 5,490 | 0 | 0 | — |
| King Edward Park | 8,399 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Capilano | 5,046 | 0 | 0 | — |
Holyrood in brief
Counted by age, 63% of Holyrood’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Holyrood’s history
How many historic places does Holyrood have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Holyrood; Grierson Centre, in Boyle Street, is 2.5 km away.
How old are the homes in Holyrood?
63% 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).