Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0The registers count 27 places within 50 km of Legal; the closest, Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, is 35 km away. Look 21 km away, to Sturgeon County, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Legal got its start in 1894. 132 years have passed since. February 20, 1914 is the date of Legal’s municipality in Wikidata, and like many such dates it may record a charter, not the first homes.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Legal, Alberta”, revision 1376602393 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
The area here stretches to 50 km around Legal: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
First by date comes Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton in Sturgeon County, from 1794. The bars count 16 dated places within 50 km. One goes back before 1867.
Nearest comes Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, 35 km off, in Sturgeon County. They stand in 12 towns, Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra among them. The mix: 23 provincial or municipal listings, 2 National Historic Sites and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
| Fort Augustus and Fort EdmontonNational Historic Site · 1794–1796 · 35 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1902 · 35 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 43 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 44 km away, in Highlands |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 44 km away, in McCauley |
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 45 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 45 km away, in Glenora |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 46 km away, in Boyle Street |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 46 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 46 km away, in Downtown |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 46 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 46 km away, in Downtown |
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 22% of Legal’s, against 15% in the typical town. The busiest building years in Legal were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 41% of today’s homes. Before 1961: 14% of Legal’s homes, near the usual 18%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal | 1,253 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Morinville | 10,763 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bon Accord | 1,457 | 0 | 0 | — |
Its housing is young: only 14% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
Legal has none of its own; Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, in Sturgeon County, the closest at 35 km, holds the highest designation.
Before 1961: 14% of its homes; 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).