Secord’s surroundings: 26 historic places within 25 km
Few homes are old by the census: 0% before 1961, against 18%. Heritage of the first rank begins 8.9 km away, in Glenora.
26 historic places within 25 km of Secord
The first one out is Government House, 10 km away in Glenora. Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra hold most of them, among 12 towns. “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, 14 km off, is the oldest: 1907.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 10 km away, in Glenora |
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 11 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 12 km away, in Garneau |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 12 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 13 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 13 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Downtown |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 13 km away, in Strathcona |
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 13 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 13 km away, in Downtown |
From 1907 on: the dated places within 25 km of Secord
The area here stretches to 25 km around Secord: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
14 places within 25 km carry a construction date. The oldest is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie, from 1907.
New homes stand out in Secord: 54% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 0.4% of Secord’s, against 23% in the typical town. Secord built little from 1961 to 1980: 0% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. 45% of Secord’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Secord and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secord | 8,205 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Webber Greens | 5,035 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Suder Greens | 2,928 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rosenthal | 4,873 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Glastonbury | 9,745 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Granville | 2,994 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Belmead | 3,970 | 0 | 0 | — |
Secord in brief
Counted by age, only 0% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- 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 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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Questions about Secord’s history
How many historic places does Secord have on the registers?
Nothing inside Secord; Government House in Glenora, 10 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Secord?
0% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).