Photo: Tracklan2 · CC0Newton keeps its older homes: 49% from before 1961
For Newton, that is 2.8 times the typical town’s share, 18%. 25 places on the heritage registers lie within 10 km of Newton, the nearest Magrath Mansion, 1.6 km away. The nearest town with a top designation is Glenora, 10 km away.
Within 10 km of Newton, the record goes back to 1907
The area, not the town: places within 10 km of Newton, dated by the first construction year on their records.
The oldest is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie, from 1907. Within 10 km, building dates exist for 14 places.
The closest heritage to Newton is Magrath Mansion, 1.6 km off
By designation: 22 provincial or municipal listings, a Recognized Federal Heritage Building and a heritage railway station. Oldest of them is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” (1907), 8.2 km off. Count to 10 km and there are 25.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 1.6 km away, in Highlands |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 5.2 km away, in McCauley |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 5.2 km away, in Boyle Street |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 5.9 km away, in Downtown |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 6 km away, in Downtown |
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 6.4 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 6.7 km away, in Downtown |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 6.7 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 6.8 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 6.8 km away, in Downtown |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 7.3 km away, in Downtown |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 7.6 km away, in Strathcona |
Newton added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.8%, where most towns have 4.1%
Few of Newton’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 5.4%, the norm 15%. Only 15% of Newton’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Over half of the homes in Newton were already standing by 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Newton compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,800 to 2,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Lacolle, Ferme-Neuve, Yamachiche, Saint-Côme, Sainte-Luce and Saint-Prime. The typical town its size has 0. For 10, the registers list nothing.
Newton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | 2,809 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beacon Heights | 4,389 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Montrose | 3,378 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Highlands | 2,677 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Beverly Heights | 3,252 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Homesteader | 6,059 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Belvedere | 5,337 | 0 | 0 | — |
Newton in brief
The 2021 Census dates 49% of Newton’s homes before 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
- 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. 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Newton’s history
How many historic places does Newton have on the registers?
None within Newton itself; the nearest is 1.6 km off: Magrath Mansion, in Highlands.
How old are the homes in Newton?
49% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Why might a heritage building in Newton be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; one further listing in Newton shows up only as a Wikidata number.
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).