The heritage near Sweet Grass: 22 places in a 10 km radius
Few homes are old by the census: 0% before 1961, against 18%. For the highest designations, the closest town is Glenora, 9.1 km off.
The highest designation, once, within 10 km of Sweet Grass
Among them are 19 provincial or municipal listings, a heritage railway station and a National Historic Site. At 6.2 km, Strathcona Public Building in Queen Alexandra is the closest. By age, “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” leads, from 1907, at 6.2 km.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 6.2 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 6.2 km away, in Ritchie |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 6.3 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 6.3 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 6.3 km away, in Strathcona |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 6.4 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 6.4 km away, in Strathcona |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 6.6 km away, in Strathcona |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 6.7 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 6.9 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 7 km away, in Garneau |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 7.4 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
Near Sweet Grass, within 10 km: built places from 1907 on
The historic places within 10 km of Sweet Grass, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
12 dated places within 10 km make up the record. The oldest is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie, from 1907.
New homes are rare in Sweet Grass: 1% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Only 0% of Sweet Grass’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 74% of Sweet Grass’s, against 27% in the typical town. Count back from today and half of Sweet Grass’s homes are older than 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 Sweet Grass compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,600 to 2,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Sainte-Croix and Outlook have more. The middle one has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Sweet Grass and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Grass | 2,616 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Greenfield | 3,710 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Blue Quill | 4,567 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Royal Gardens | 3,392 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Duggan | 6,247 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westbrook Estates | 2,838 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ermineskin | 7,483 | 0 | 0 | — |
Sweet Grass in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 0%, 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
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Sweet Grass’s history
How many historic places does Sweet Grass have on the registers?
None inside Sweet Grass yet. The nearest is Strathcona Public Building, 6.2 km away in Queen Alexandra.
How old are the homes in Sweet Grass?
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).