Within 25 km of Paisley, 27 places are on the heritage registers
Before 1961: just 0% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Glenora, 14 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Top-ranked heritage near Paisley: 2 places within 25 km
The first one out is Strathcona Public Building, 12 km away in Queen Alexandra. Count to 25 km and there are 27. By age, “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” leads, from 1907, at 12 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 12 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 12 km away, in Ritchie |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 12 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 12 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 13 km away, in Garneau |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
Around Paisley, within 25 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
Reaching 25 km out from Paisley: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Dated places within 25 km: 15. “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, in Ritchie, goes back furthest, to 1907.
Paisley is still building: 73% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
The largest single period is from 2016 to 2021, with 73% of Paisley’s homes. Paisley built little from 1961 to 1980: 0% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Few of Paisley’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 0%, the norm 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Paisley compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,900 to 2,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Moosomin and Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford. The middle one has 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Paisley and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paisley | 2,897 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rutherford | 12,808 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Allard | 8,148 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Chappelle | 14,815 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Callaghan | 4,180 | 0 | 0 | — |
| MacEwan | 6,102 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mactaggart | 3,603 | 0 | 0 | — |
Paisley in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 0% were built 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
- 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.
- 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. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Paisley’s history
How many historic places does Paisley have on the registers?
None within Paisley itself; the nearest is 12 km off: Strathcona Public Building, in Queen Alexandra.
How old are the homes in Paisley?
Before 1961: 0% 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).