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1historic place on the registers

History of Hanna · Canada’s heritage registers

Hanna’s past, on the record: 1 historic place

Few towns have as much for their size as Hanna: 3.8 for every 10,000 residents, more than 92% of Canadian towns. Homes from before 1961 make up 34% of the stock, above the 18% of the typical town. It is Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Hanna, Alberta, a heritage railway station begun in 1913.

1913oldest building

Historic places

3.8 per 10,000 residents

Highest designations

National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings

Other federal designations

Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses

Oldest building

1913

the first construction date on its record

Homes built before 1961

34%

typical town: 18%

How it began

How Hanna began, in 1912

The first settlement at Hanna is dated 1912. Hanna takes its name from David Blyth Hanna, canadian businessman.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Hanna, Alberta”, revision 1380793051 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The map

Where Hanna’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Other federal designations

Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.

The 1, by tier

1 Other federal designations

Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.

Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.

Other federal designations

Federal heritage in Hanna: one more place

Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.

Heritage Railway Station · 1913–1914Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Hanna, AlbertaRailway Avenue (between Centre St. and 1 St. W)

Around the town

Within 100 km of Hanna: one place on the registers

The Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site in Drumheller is the nearest, 52 km away.

The nearest, within 100 km

The Atlas Coal Mine National Historic SiteNational historic site of Canada · 52 km away, in Drumheller

Homes by age

Only 1.4% of Hanna’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)

More of Hanna’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 34%. Few of Hanna’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 6.8%, the norm 15%. Half of the homes standing in Hanna today were built before 1981.

34%

Before 1961

34%

1961–80

24%

1981–2000

6.8%

2001–15

1.4%

2016–21

HannaTypical town

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

Towns its size

Hanna has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size

Towns of 2,700 to 2,700 residents, by places on the registers.

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Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay0

Ahead of it: Bouctouche. Their median is 0. For 12, the registers list nothing.

In brief

Hanna in brief

The 2021 Census dates 34% of Hanna’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 1 historic place. Just one town of its size, out of 16, has more historic places. The rest is about typical: its designation dates from 1991.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

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.
Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
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 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.
Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
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.

Questions about Hanna’s history

How many historic places does Hanna have on the registers?

The registers list 1 historic place inside Hanna.

How old are the homes in Hanna?

34% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.

What is the oldest building in Hanna?

By its record, Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Hanna, Alberta, from 1913 (Heritage Railway Station).

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).