TopNational Historic Site · 1912–1915Brooks Aqueduct8 km southeast of Brooks, off the Trans-Canada HighwayPhoto: Grapher78 · CC BY 3.0 · Commons file
Brooks Aqueduct · Photo: Grapher78 · CC BY 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Newell County · Canada’s heritage registers
One place in Newell County, at the top of the registers
In Newell County that place is Brooks Aqueduct, a national historic site, from 1912. Newell County has 1.3 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 81% of Canadian towns. There are also 2 listings on provincial or municipal registers with no open description, so no pages.
Historic places
1
1.3 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1912
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
15%
typical town: 18%
Through time
Newell County before 1950
The past in one picture: one old photograph of the town. It opens full screen with a tap.
1914Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Newell County’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Newell County with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Leave Newell County and the first historic place is Majorville Cairn and Medicine Wheel, 32 km away
Earthlodge Village, 67 km away, leads 5 places with the top designation. The record reaches back to 1430 with Suffield Tipi Rings, 97 km away. 9 places lie within 100 km.
The 9 nearest, within 100 km
| Majorville Cairn and Medicine WheelProvincial historic resource · 32 km away, in Vulcan County |
| Central Laboratory (B-1)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1956 · 65 km away, in Cypress County |
| Ralston School (R2)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1951 · 67 km away, in Cypress County |
| Earthlodge VillageNational Historic Site · 67 km away, in Siksika 146 |
| Treaty Nº 7 Signing SiteNational Historic Site · 1877 · 71 km away, in Siksika 146 |
| Blackfoot CrossingNational Historic Site · 1877 · 71 km away, in Siksika 146 |
| The Atlas Coal Mine National Historic SiteNational historic site of Canada · 91 km away, in Drumheller |
| British Block CairnNational Historic Site · 97 km away, in Cypress County |
| Suffield Tipi RingsNational Historic Site · 1430–1431 · 97 km away, in Cypress County |
Homes by age
Most of Newell County’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 32%
From 2016 to 2021 Newell County added 3.5% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Homes from before 1961 are 15% of Newell County’s housing, about the typical 18%. 21% of Newell County’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%.
15%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
32%
1981–2000
21%
2001–15
3.5%
2016–21
Newell 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
Newell County has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,800 to 7,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Newell County1
Ahead of it: Cypress County and Coteau-du-Lac. The middle one has 0. 11 of them have none.
Neighbours
Newell County and its neighbours
In brief
Newell County in brief
All told, Newell County has 1 historic place, one with the highest designation; Brooks Aqueduct heads the list. Just 2 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. Its homes are mostly newer: 15% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: its one place was designated in 1983.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
Questions about Newell County’s history
Which places in Newell County have the highest designation?
Brooks Aqueduct.
What is the oldest building in Newell County?
Brooks Aqueduct, a National Historic Site, begun in 1912.
Why might a heritage building in Newell County be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 2 more listings in Newell County, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article they get no page.
How old are the homes in Newell County?
Before 1961: 15% 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).