Photo: Joli Rumi · CC BY-SA 4.0The heritage near Windermere: 27 places in a 25 km radius
Only 0.2% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. For the highest designations, the closest town is Glenora, 13 km off.
Near Windermere, within 25 km: 2 places of national rank
Among them are 23 provincial or municipal listings, 2 National Historic Sites and a heritage railway station. The radius of 25 km holds 27. At 12 km, Strathcona Public Building in Queen Alexandra is the closest.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 12 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 12 km away, in Garneau |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 12 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 12 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 12 km away, in Ritchie |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| Connaught ArmouryMunicipal historic resource · 12 km away, in Strathcona |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 13 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 13 km away, in Glenora |
Within 25 km of Windermere, the decades after Confederation left the most
Reaching 25 km out from Windermere: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
The earliest is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie, begun in 1907. 15 places within 25 km carry a construction date.
New homes stand out in Windermere: 39% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
57% of Windermere’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Windermere built little from 1961 to 1980: 1.9% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 0.9% of Windermere’s, against 23% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Windermere compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 14,800 to 15,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Bécancour, Carleton Place, Lawrence Park South, North Battleford, Powell River and Rockwood. Their median is 0. 10 of them have none.
Windermere and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windermere | 14,922 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ambleside | 7,733 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Keswick | 3,957 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Glenridding Heights | 4,388 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Haddow | 4,026 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Terwillegar | 8,183 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Terwillegar Towne | 6,478 | 0 | 0 | — |
Windermere in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 0.2%, 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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 Windermere’s history
How many historic places does Windermere have on the registers?
Inside Windermere, none so far; Strathcona Public Building, 12 km away in Queen Alexandra, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Windermere?
The 2021 Census dates 0.2% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).