Photo: Cszmurlo · CC BY 2.5History around Magrath: 6 designated places within 50 km
The nearest town to Magrath with a top designation is Stirling, 26 km away. More of its homes are old than in most towns: 28% before 1961, against 18%.
6 places on Canada’s registers lie 50 km or less from Magrath
Their towns number 4: Raymond, Stirling and Cardston County first. The record reaches back to 1869 with Fort Whoop-Up, 23 km away. For the highest designations, the nearest of 3 is Fort Whoop-Up, 23 km away.
The 6 nearest, within 50 km
| Raymond Buddhist ChurchProvincial historic resource · 15 km away, in Raymond |
| Raymond Community CentreProvincial historic resource · 15 km away, in Raymond |
| Fort Whoop-UpNational Historic Site · 1869–1870 · 23 km away, in Cardston County |
| Michelsen FarmsteadProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 26 km away, in Stirling |
| Stirling Agricultural VillageNational Historic Site · 1890 · 26 km away, in Stirling |
| Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day SaintsNational Historic Site · 1913–1924 · 41 km away, in Cardston |
28% of Magrath’s homes were built before 1961
New building in Magrath runs at the usual pace: 3.7% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. Half of the homes standing in Magrath today were built before 1981. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Magrath 26% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Magrath and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magrath | 2,566 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Raymond | 4,594 | 2 | 0 | — |
Magrath in brief
Housing in Magrath includes 28% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed; and Mark W. Ellingson (1904) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
Questions about Magrath’s history
How many historic places does Magrath have on the registers?
Not inside Magrath. The closest is Raymond Buddhist Church in Raymond, 15 km away.
How old are the homes in Magrath?
28% 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).