Photo: Odysseus1479 · CC BY-SA 3.0An older town: 37% of Virginia Park’s homes predate 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Virginia Park has 2.1 times the share. The registers count 15 places within 5 km of Virginia Park; the closest, Magrath Mansion, is 1.7 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Glenora, 7.1 km from here.
Around Virginia Park, within 5 km, most dated places come from the wars and the Depression
Within 5 km of Virginia Park but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
Grierson Centre, in Boyle Street, goes back furthest, to 1912. Within 5 km, 7 records give a date.
Magrath Mansion, 1.7 km from Virginia Park, is the closest
They are spread over 7 towns, including Downtown, Strathcona and Highlands. All told, 15 places are within 5 km. Among them are 14 provincial or municipal listings and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 1.7 km away, in Highlands |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 2.2 km away, in McCauley |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 2.2 km away, in Boyle Street |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 2.9 km away, in Downtown |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 2.9 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 3.6 km away, in Downtown |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 3.7 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 3.7 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 3.7 km away, in Downtown |
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 4 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 4.3 km away, in Downtown |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 4.6 km away, in Strathcona |
Only 1.1% of Virginia Park’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
35% of Virginia Park’s homes date from 1961 to 1980, well above the typical 27%. Virginia Park built little from 2001 to 2015: 9.2% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Few of Virginia Park’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 17%, 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 Virginia Park compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,400 to 3,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Richmond has more. The typical town its size has 0. For 15, the registers list nothing.
Virginia Park and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Park | 3,431 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Parkdale | 4,029 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Boyle Street | 5,862 | 1 | 0 | 1912 |
| Forest Heights | 4,118 | 0 | 0 | — |
| McCauley | 4,060 | 1 | 0 | 1946 |
| Highlands | 2,677 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Eastwood | 4,681 | 0 | 0 | — |
Virginia Park in brief
Housing in Virginia Park includes 37% 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
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Virginia Park’s history
How many historic places does Virginia Park have on the registers?
None within Virginia Park itself; the nearest is 1.7 km off: Magrath Mansion, in Highlands.
How old are the homes in Virginia Park?
37% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Why might a heritage building in Virginia Park be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 4 further listings in Virginia Park show up only as Wikidata numbers.
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).