LocalMunicipal historic resource · 1904Flatiron BuildingPhoto: Properpostman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum · Photo: Jeffery J. Nichols · CC BY-SA 4.02historic places on the registers
History of Lacombe · Canada’s heritage registers
2 historic places on the heritage registers in Lacombe
The oldest building on Lacombe’s record is Flatiron Building, from 1904. Scaled to its population, Lacombe’s 1.4 per 10,000 residents beats 82% of Canadian towns. Wikidata knows 4 more provincial or municipal listings here that get no page, lacking an open statement or an encyclopedia article. The record has 2 provincial or municipal listings.
Historic places
2
1.4 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
2
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1904
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
11%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Heritage Lacombe through 2 photographs
The set opens with Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum and Flatiron Building. Each of Lacombe’s two designated places has a photo.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The map
Where Lacombe’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 2, by tier
2 Provincial and local listings
What the map shows is the open record: the federal directory in full, and from provincial or municipal lists only the places Wikidata ties to an encyclopedia article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
On provincial and local lists in Lacombe: 2 places
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Start with Flatiron Building and Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal historic resourceLacombe Blacksmith Shop MuseumPhoto: Jeffery J. Nichols · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Around the town
3 historic places within 50 km of Lacombe
Nearest comes “Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, Alberta”, 24 km off, in Red Deer. They belong to 2 towns, chiefly Red Deer County and Red Deer. Among them are 2 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station.
The 3 nearest, within 50 km
| Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 24 km away, in Red Deer |
| Stephansson HouseProvincial historic resource · 48 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Markerville Lutheran ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 49 km away, in Red Deer County |
Homes by age
Few of Lacombe’s homes are older than 1961: 11%, against 18%
Count back from today and half of Lacombe’s homes are older than 2001. New building is strong in Lacombe: 7.8% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%. 31% of Lacombe’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%.
11%
Before 1961
22%
1961–80
29%
1981–2000
31%
2001–15
7.8%
2016–21
LacombeTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Lacombe and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacombe | 14,733 | 2 | 0 | 1904 |
| Lacombe County | 11,072 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Blackfalds | 12,258 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Lacombe in brief
Lacombe holds 2 historic places on Canada’s registers. Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 11% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: 2 historic places is about usual for its size (the median is 1); and its past has lives on the record such as Roland Michener (1900) and Carl Tolman (1897).
How to read these numbers
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 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.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
Questions about Lacombe’s history
How many historic places does Lacombe have on the registers?
2 historic places in Lacombe, from Canada’s heritage registers.
What is the oldest building in Lacombe?
Flatiron Building (Municipal historic resource): the first construction date on its record is 1904.
How old are the homes in Lacombe?
11% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Lacombe be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 4 more listings in Lacombe are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).