27 registered heritage sites stand within 25 km of Walker
Before 1961: just 0.2% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Heritage of the first rank begins 16 km away, in Glenora.
11 km from Walker: “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, the nearest on the registers
They stand in 12 towns, Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra among them. Its 2 places of national rank start with Government House, at 15 km. Among them are 23 provincial or municipal listings, 2 National Historic Sites and a heritage railway station.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 11 km away, in Ritchie |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 11 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 12 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 12 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| 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 |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 13 km away, in Downtown |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 13 km away, in Garneau |
Around Walker, within 25 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
The nearest historic places to Walker, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
“Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta”, in Ritchie, goes back furthest, to 1907. 15 places within 25 km have a date.
New homes stand out in Walker: 39% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 0.7% of Walker’s, against 23% in the typical town. Walker built little from 1961 to 1980: 0.2% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. 59% of Walker’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.
How Walker compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 13,300 to 13,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Glebe-Dows Lake, Durand, Bathurst and Sidney have more. The middle one has 0. 12 of them have none.
Walker and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker | 13,388 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Charlesworth | 8,135 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ellerslie | 5,963 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Summerside | 16,760 | 0 | 0 | — |
| The Orchards At Ellerslie | 6,267 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Anthony Henday South East | 4,960 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sakaw | 3,453 | 0 | 0 | — |
Walker in brief
Counted by age, only 0.2% of its homes come from 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
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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. 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. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
Questions about Walker’s history
How many historic places does Walker have on the registers?
None inside Walker yet. The nearest is Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta, 11 km away in Ritchie.
How old are the homes in Walker?
Before 1961: 0.2% 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).