Photo: LaserToaster5 · CC BY-SA 4.027 registered heritage sites stand within 25 km of Kirkness
Only 1.8% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Look 14 km away, to Glenora, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Kirkness’s area holds 2 top-tier places within 25 km
Within 25 km there are 27 in all. The first one out is Magrath Mansion, 6.2 km away in Highlands. They are spread over 12 towns, including Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 6.2 km away, in Highlands |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 9.3 km away, in McCauley |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 9.7 km away, in Boyle Street |
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 9.9 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 10 km away, in Downtown |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 10 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 11 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 11 km away, in Downtown |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 11 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 11 km away, in Downtown |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 12 km away, in Downtown |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
Within 25 km of Kirkness, the record goes back to 1794
Out to 25 km from Kirkness, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Dated places within 25 km: 16. One is older than 1867. Oldest of all: Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, Sturgeon County, 1794.
Kirkness is still building: 24% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 39% of Kirkness’s homes. Few of Kirkness’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 13%, the norm 27%. Kirkness has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 20%, 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 Kirkness compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,200 to 5,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Just one has more: South West Industrial. The middle one has 0. For 15, the registers list nothing.
Kirkness and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkness | 5,279 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fraser | 3,973 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bannerman | 5,187 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Edmonton Energy And Technology Park | 5,225 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Miller | 3,294 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Brintnell | 6,658 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Clareview Town Centre | 3,800 | 0 | 0 | — |
Kirkness in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 1.8%, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
Questions about Kirkness’s history
How many historic places does Kirkness have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Kirkness; Magrath Mansion, in Highlands, is 6.2 km away.
How old are the homes in Kirkness?
The 2021 Census dates 1.8% 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).