Around Gibbons, 31 historic places within 50 km
Only 3.6% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Heritage of the first rank begins 16 km away, in Sturgeon County.
3 places of the highest rank within 50 km of Gibbons
The registers hold 31 within 50 km. They belong to 14 towns, chiefly Downtown, Strathcona and Strathcona County. Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton in Sturgeon County is the nearest, 13 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Fort Augustus and Fort EdmontonNational Historic Site · 1794–1796 · 13 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1902 · 14 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 30 km away, in Highlands |
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 31 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 32 km away, in McCauley |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 32 km away, in Boyle Street |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 33 km away, in Downtown |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 33 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 33 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 34 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 34 km away, in Downtown |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 34 km away, in Downtown |
From 1794 on: the dated places within 50 km of Gibbons
No place near Gibbons is close: these lie up to 50 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
The chart rests on 20 dated places within 50 km. One predates Confederation. The oldest is Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton in Sturgeon County, from 1794.
New homes are rare in Gibbons: 0.8% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Gibbons’s homes are older than 2001. Gibbons’s largest group of homes, 43%, went up from 1961 to 1980. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 26% of Gibbons’s, against 15% 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.
Gibbons and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibbons | 3,352 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bon Accord | 1,457 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sturgeon County | 21,144 | 2 | 1 | 1794 |
| Fort Saskatchewan | 30,575 | 0 | 0 | — |
Gibbons in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 3.6%, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: it has no historic place, where the middle town its size has 1.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- 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.
- 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. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
Questions about Gibbons’s history
How many historic places does Gibbons have on the registers?
None in Gibbons itself. The closest is Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton in Sturgeon County, 13 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Gibbons?
3.6% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).