Photo: Carlos Duarte Do Nascimento from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.044% of Westmount’s homes were built before 1961
For Westmount, that is 2.5 times the typical town’s share, 18%. Robertson-Wesley United Church, 1.1 km from Westmount, heads a list of 23 historic places within 5 km. Glenora, 1.7 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Within 5 km of Westmount, the decades after Confederation left the most
Around Westmount, not inside it: the places within 5 km, by the first construction date on record.
First by date comes Old Scona Academic High School in Strathcona, from 1908. 13 places within 5 km have a date.
The registers find 23 places within 5 km of Westmount
By designation: 21 provincial or municipal listings, a National Historic Site and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. Their towns number 9: Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra first. The nearest of the highest rank is Government House, 1.2 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 1.1 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 1.2 km away, in Glenora |
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 2.2 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 3 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 3 km away, in Downtown |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 3.1 km away, in Garneau |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 3.2 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 3.2 km away, in Downtown |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 3.4 km away, in McCauley |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 3.5 km away, in Downtown |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 3.6 km away, in Downtown |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 3.7 km away, in Downtown |
New homes stand out in Westmount: 6.4% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 7.2% of Westmount’s, against 15% in the typical town. Few of Westmount’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 13%, the norm 23%. Over half of the homes in Westmount were already standing by 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 Westmount compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,900 to 5,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Central Business District, Cardston County, Sussex and Warwick have more. The middle one has 0. 12 of them have none.
Westmount and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 4,961 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Inglewood | 7,167 | 0 | 0 | — |
| North Glenora | 3,693 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Queen Mary Park | 7,958 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Glenora | 6,197 | 1 | 1 | 1911 |
| Wîhkwêntôwin | 19,050 | 2 | 0 | 1971 |
| Woodcroft | 2,770 | 0 | 0 | — |
Westmount in brief
The pre-1961 share of Westmount’s homes is 44%, 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 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
Questions about Westmount’s history
How many historic places does Westmount have on the registers?
None within Westmount itself; the nearest is 1.1 km off: Robertson-Wesley United Church, in Wîhkwêntôwin.
How old are the homes in Westmount?
The 2021 Census dates 44% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Westmount be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 3 further listings in Westmount 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).