Photo: Rowanswiki · CC BY-SA 4.0The heritage near Northmount: 25 places in a 10 km radius
Homes from before 1961 are 4.5% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. Look 8.5 km away, to Glenora, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
The registers find 25 places within 10 km of Northmount
They stand in 11 towns, Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra among them. At 4.7 km, Alberta Aviation Museum in Sherbrooke is the closest. “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, 9.4 km off, is the oldest: 1907.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 4.7 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 5.1 km away, in Highlands |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 5.3 km away, in McCauley |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 6.4 km away, in Boyle Street |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 6.6 km away, in Downtown |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 6.8 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 7 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 7.1 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 7.3 km away, in Downtown |
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 7.4 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 7.4 km away, in Downtown |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 7.9 km away, in Glenora |
Within 10 km of Northmount, the decades after Confederation left the most
The area, not the town: places within 10 km of Northmount, dated by the first construction year on their records.
The oldest is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie, from 1907. 14 places within 10 km carry a construction date.
No home in Northmount dates from 2016 to 2021; the typical town has 4.1%
Northmount built little from 2001 to 2015: 1.2% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 2.9% of Northmount’s, against 23% in the typical town. 89% of Northmount’s homes date from 1961 to 1980, well above the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Northmount and its neighbours
Northmount in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 4.5%, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Northmount’s history
How many historic places does Northmount have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Northmount; Alberta Aviation Museum, in Sherbrooke, is 4.7 km away.
How old are the homes in Northmount?
The 2021 Census dates 4.5% 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).