Photo: Rowanswiki · CC0Within 5 km of Ottewell, 20 places are on the heritage registers
Homes from before 1961 make up 31% of Ottewell’s stock, above the 18% of the typical town. For the highest designations, the closest town is Glenora, 8.9 km off.
20 places on Canada’s registers lie 5 km or less from Ottewell
The first one out is Magrath Mansion, 3.4 km away in Highlands. They belong to 7 towns, chiefly Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra. “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, 4.6 km off, is the oldest: 1907.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 3.4 km away, in Highlands |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 3.5 km away, in Boyle Street |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 4 km away, in Downtown |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 4.2 km away, in Downtown |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 4.4 km away, in Strathcona |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 4.4 km away, in Downtown |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 4.5 km away, in Downtown |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 4.5 km away, in Strathcona |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 4.6 km away, in Ritchie |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 4.6 km away, in Strathcona |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 4.6 km away, in McCauley |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 4.6 km away, in Downtown |
Around Ottewell, within 5 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
The historic places within 5 km of Ottewell, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
Within 5 km, 10 records give a date. “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, in Ritchie, goes back furthest, to 1907.
None of Ottewell’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 0% of Ottewell’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 4.4% of Ottewell’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. 62% of Ottewell’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, more than the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Ottewell compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,000 to 8,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Clare, Lincoln and Otonabee-South Monaghan. The middle one has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Ottewell and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottewell | 8,040 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Holyrood | 3,305 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Gold Bar | 2,685 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forest Heights | 4,118 | 0 | 0 | — |
| King Edward Park | 8,399 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Capilano | 5,046 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bonnie Doon | 6,697 | 0 | 0 | — |
Ottewell in brief
Of the homes standing in Ottewell, 31% went up before 1961, 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
- 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.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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 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.
Questions about Ottewell’s history
How many historic places does Ottewell have on the registers?
Inside Ottewell, none so far; Magrath Mansion, 3.4 km away in Highlands, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Ottewell?
Before 1961: 31% 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).