Photo: Joningham · CC BY-SA 4.0Beyond Innisfail’s limits, 6 historic places within 100 km
The closest top-tier heritage to Innisfail is in Clearwater County, 64 km away. Few homes are old by the census: 10% before 1961, against 18%.
The registers find 6 places within 100 km of Innisfail
They belong to 4 towns, chiefly Red Deer County, Lacombe and Red Deer. Closest of all is Markerville Lutheran Church, in Red Deer County, 19 km off. Its one place of national rank is Rocky Mountain House, at 79 km.
The 6 nearest, within 100 km
| Markerville Lutheran ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 19 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Stephansson HouseProvincial historic resource · 23 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 29 km away, in Red Deer |
| Flatiron BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1904 · 52 km away, in Lacombe |
| Lacombe Blacksmith Shop MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 52 km away, in Lacombe |
| Rocky Mountain HouseNational Historic Site · 1799–1800 · 79 km away, in Clearwater County |
Innisfail’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 34% of its homes
More than half of Innisfail’s housing predates 2001. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 22% of Innisfail’s, against 15% in the typical town. Innisfail has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 30%, where most towns have 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 Innisfail compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,700 to 8,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Nicolet. The middle one has 0. 15 of them have nothing on the registers.
Innisfail and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innisfail | 8,736 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bowden | 1,315 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Penhold | 3,812 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Red Deer County | 22,076 | 2 | 0 | — |
Innisfail in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 10%, 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
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
Questions about Innisfail’s history
How many historic places does Innisfail have on the registers?
Innisfail has none of its own yet. Markerville Lutheran Church, in Red Deer County, is the nearest, 19 km away.
How old are the homes in Innisfail?
The 2021 Census dates 10% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Innisfail be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Innisfail, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets no page.
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).