Beyond Homesteader’s limits, 22 historic places within 10 km
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 4.6%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Glenora, 11 km from here.
Nearest to Homesteader: Magrath Mansion, 3.5 km away
22 places lie within 10 km. Downtown, Strathcona and Wîhkwêntôwin hold most of them, among 9 towns. The oldest, “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, dates from 1907, 9.9 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 3.5 km away, in Highlands |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 6.6 km away, in McCauley |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 6.9 km away, in Boyle Street |
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 7.5 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 7.6 km away, in Downtown |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 7.7 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 8.3 km away, in Downtown |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 8.4 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 8.4 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 8.4 km away, in Downtown |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 9 km away, in Downtown |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 9.4 km away, in Strathcona |
Within 10 km of Homesteader, the record goes back to 1907
The area, not the town: places within 10 km of Homesteader, dated by the first construction year on their records.
“Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, in Ritchie, goes back furthest, to 1907. 11 places within 10 km have a date.
Homesteader built the most from 1961 to 1980, 61% of today’s homes
From 2016 to 2021 Homesteader added 4.8% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Only 6.2% of Homesteader’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Count back from today and half of Homesteader’s homes are older than 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Homesteader and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homesteader | 6,059 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Clareview Town Centre | 3,800 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Belmont | 5,299 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Belvedere | 5,337 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Newton | 2,809 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Overlanders | 2,879 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beacon Heights | 4,389 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homesteader in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 4.6% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Homesteader’s history
How many historic places does Homesteader have on the registers?
None inside Homesteader yet. The nearest is Magrath Mansion, 3.5 km away in Highlands.
How old are the homes in Homesteader?
Before 1961: 4.6% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).