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History of Fort Saskatchewan · Canada’s heritage registers

1905: the year the railway came to Fort Saskatchewan

Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, 3.5 km from Fort Saskatchewan, heads a list of 16 historic places within 25 km. Few homes are old by the census: 5.7% before 1961, against 18%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Sturgeon County, 22 km from here.

Historic places within 25 km

1 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

3.5 km

Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic Church

Homes built before 1961

5.7%

typical town: 18%

Born here before 1914

the earliest in 1884

Through time

Fort Saskatchewan in old pictures

One old photograph of the town, made before 1950. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.

Boom yearsFort Sask BridgePhoto: University of Alberta Libraries, Postcard 3652 · Public domain

Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.

How it began

Fort Saskatchewan’s record begins in 1899

The municipality of Fort Saskatchewan was incorporated as a village in 1899. Trains arrived at Fort Saskatchewan in 1905.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Fort Saskatchewan”, revision 1379736128 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The age of the area

Around Fort Saskatchewan, within 25 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1794

The area here stretches to 25 km around Fort Saskatchewan: each historic place by the first construction date it records.

British North America 1760–18661

After Confederation 1867–19134

Wars and Depression 1914–19454

Since 1946 1946 on1

The bars count 10 dated places within 25 km. Before Confederation: one. Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, in Sturgeon County, is the oldest (1794).

Around the town

The heritage closest to Fort Saskatchewan: Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, at 3.5 km

They stand in 9 towns, Downtown, Sturgeon County and Highlands among them. The oldest, Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, dates from 1794, 6.3 km away. All told, 16 places are within 25 km.

The 12 nearest, within 25 km

Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1902 · 3.5 km away, in Sturgeon County

Fort Augustus and Fort EdmontonNational Historic Site · 1794–1796 · 6.3 km away, in Sturgeon County

Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 19 km away, in Highlands

St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 22 km away, in McCauley

Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 22 km away, in Boyle Street

Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 23 km away, in Sherbrooke

McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 23 km away, in Downtown

Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 23 km away, in Downtown

First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 24 km away, in Downtown

Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 24 km away, in Downtown

Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 24 km away, in Downtown

McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 24 km away, in Downtown

Homes by age

A growing town: 11% of Fort Saskatchewan’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%

Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 44% of Fort Saskatchewan’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 14% of Fort Saskatchewan’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. In Fort Saskatchewan, 26% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).

5.7%

Before 1961

26%

1961–80

14%

1981–2000

44%

2001–15

11%

2016–21

Fort SaskatchewanTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Neighbours

Fort Saskatchewan and its neighbours

Town	People	Oldest
Fort Saskatchewan	30,575	—
Edmonton Energy And Technology Park	5,225	—
Fraser	3,973	—
Cy Becker	2,683	—
Kirkness	5,279	—
Bannerman	5,187	—
Brintnell	6,658	—

In brief

Fort Saskatchewan in brief

Counted by age, only 5.7% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed; and its past has one life on the record, Henry Norwest (1884).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
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.
The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
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.
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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.

Questions about Fort Saskatchewan’s history

How many historic places does Fort Saskatchewan have on the registers?

None within Fort Saskatchewan itself; the nearest is 3.5 km off: Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, in Sturgeon County.

How old are the homes in Fort Saskatchewan?

The 2021 Census dates 5.7% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).

Why might a heritage building in Fort Saskatchewan be missing here?

Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 2 further listings in Fort Saskatchewan 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).