Jasper Park keeps its older homes: 35% from before 1961
Jasper Park’s share is 2 times the typical 18%. Government House, 3 km from Jasper Park, heads a list of 24 historic places within 10 km. The nearest town with a top designation is Glenora, 2.4 km away.
Near Jasper Park (10 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
The historic places within 10 km of Jasper Park, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
“Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, in Ritchie, goes back furthest, to 1907. The chart rests on 14 dated places within 10 km.
One place of national importance within 10 km of Jasper Park
By designation: 21 provincial or municipal listings, a National Historic Site and a heritage railway station. The nearest is Government House, 3 km away in Glenora. 24 places lie within 10 km.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 3 km away, in Glenora |
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 3.7 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 4 km away, in Garneau |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 4.6 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 5.2 km away, in Strathcona |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 5.2 km away, in Strathcona |
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 5.3 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 5.3 km away, in Downtown |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 5.4 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 5.4 km away, in Downtown |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 5.5 km away, in Strathcona |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 5.5 km away, in Downtown |
7% of Jasper Park’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Over half of the homes in Jasper Park were already standing by 1981. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 7.3% of Jasper Park’s, against 15% in the typical town. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 35% of Jasper Park’s homes.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Jasper Park compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,200 to 3,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Only North Cypress-Langford has more. The typical town its size has 0. 15 of them have none.
Jasper Park and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper Park | 3,219 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Meadowlark Park | 2,671 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lynnwood | 3,452 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Parkview | 5,729 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Laurier Heights | 3,048 | 0 | 0 | — |
| West Jasper Place | 3,427 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Glenwood | 4,842 | 0 | 0 | — |
Jasper Park in brief
Older stock first: 35% of homes in Jasper Park were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Jasper Park’s history
How many historic places does Jasper Park have on the registers?
Not within Jasper Park. Its nearest is a top designation: Government House, 3 km away in Glenora.
How old are the homes in Jasper Park?
The 2021 Census dates 35% 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).