Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Within 100 km of Grande Cache, 2 places are on the heritage registers
Its housing is mostly newer: 5.7% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. 3.9% of its homes went up between 2016 and 2021; the typical town built 4.1%.
2 designated places lie within 100 km of Grande Cache
The oldest, Sexsmith Blacksmith Shop, dates from 1916, 64 km away. Closest of all is Building 15, in Grande Prairie County No. 1, 51 km off. They are a Recognized Federal Heritage Building and a provincial or municipal listing.
The 2 nearest, within 100 km
| Building 15Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1947–1948 · 51 km away, in Grande Prairie County No. 1 |
| Sexsmith Blacksmith ShopProvincial historic resource · 1916 · 64 km away, in Sexsmith |
Grande Cache’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 40% of its homes
More than half of Grande Cache’s housing predates 2001. Grande Cache has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 21%, where most towns have 15%. 29% of Grande Cache’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Grande Cache compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,900 to 9,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Chelsea, Coaticook and Corktown have more. The middle one has 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Grande Cache in brief
The census dates only 5.7% of its homes before 1961, 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
- 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.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events 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. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
Questions about Grande Cache’s history
How many historic places does Grande Cache have on the registers?
Grande Cache has none of its own yet. Building 15, in Grande Prairie County No. 1, is the nearest, 51 km away.
How old are the homes in Grande Cache?
Before 1961: 5.7% 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).