TopNational Historic Site · 1847–1848Rundle's MissionTownship Road 474APhoto: Grapher78 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Leduc-Woodbend Oilfield · Photo: Jeffery J. Nichols · CC BY-SA 4.03historic places on the registers
History of Leduc County · Canada’s heritage registers
2 top designations among Leduc County’s 3 historic places
Among the places are a provincial or municipal listing. Of the dated places, Rundle's Mission is the oldest, from 1847. Measured against its size, Leduc County’s 1.8 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 85% of Canadian towns. One more place on a provincial or local list is counted from Wikidata without a page.
Historic places
3
1.8 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1847
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
15%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Leduc County’s landmarks in 3 pictures
Leduc-Woodbend Oilfield and Rundle's Mission lead the set. Every place on Leduc County’s registers has a photo here. Credit goes to 3 photographers, each named on the 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 Leduc County’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 3, by tier
2 Highest designations1 Provincial and local listings
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
2 places in Leduc County with the highest designation
The oldest, Rundle's Mission, dates from 1847; the newest from 1946. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Their designations span 1963 to 1990. Each one opens its own page.
TopNational Historic Site · 1946Leduc-Woodbend OilfieldJunction of highways 60 & 19Photo: Jeffery J. Nichols · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Provincial and local listings
On a provincial or local list in Leduc County: one place
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
LocalHomes by age
New homes stand out in Leduc County: 8.2% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Leduc County has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 24%, where most towns have 15%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 29% of Leduc County’s homes. Homes from before 1961 are 15% of Leduc County’s housing, about the typical 18%.
15%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
24%
1981–2000
24%
2001–15
8.2%
2016–21
Leduc CountyTypical 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
Leduc County has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 16,200 to 16,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Leduc County3
The middle one has 0. For 9, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Leduc County and its neighbours
In brief
Leduc County in brief
The registers count 3 historic places in Leduc County, 2 with the highest designation, Rundle's Mission first. It tops the 16 towns nearest its size for historic places. Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 15%, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1963 and 1990.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- 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.
Questions about Leduc County’s history
Which places in Leduc County have the highest designation?
Rundle's Mission and Leduc-Woodbend Oilfield.
What is the oldest building in Leduc County?
Rundle's Mission, a National Historic Site, begun in 1847.
Why might a heritage building in Leduc County be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; one further listing in Leduc County shows up only as a Wikidata number.
How old are the homes in Leduc County?
15% predate 1961, where 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).