Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Beyond Grimshaw’s limits, 2 historic places within 100 km
Homes from before 1961 are 8.8% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. Heritage of the first rank begins 9.5 km away, in Peace No. 135.
2 places on Canada’s registers lie 100 km or less from Grimshaw
Fort Fork in Peace No. 135 is the nearest, 10 km away. Peace No. 135 and Fairview No. 136 hold most of them, among 2 towns.
The 2 nearest, within 100 km
| Fort ForkNational Historic Site · 1792–1793 · 10 km away, in Peace No. 135 |
| Fort DunveganNational Historic Site · 1805–1806 · 68 km away, in Fairview No. 136 |
Little new building in Grimshaw: 1.4% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Grimshaw has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 29%, where most towns have 23%. More of Grimshaw’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 45%. Count back from today and half of Grimshaw’s homes are older than 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Grimshaw and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimshaw | 2,799 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Peace No. 135 | 1,581 | 1 | 1 | 1792 |
Grimshaw in brief
Few of its homes are old, 8.8% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: it has no historic place, against 1 for the middle town its size.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Grimshaw’s history
How many historic places does Grimshaw have on the registers?
Inside Grimshaw, none so far. At 10 km, Fort Fork in Peace No. 135 is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Grimshaw?
8.8% 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).