The heritage near Northern Lights County: one place in a 100 km radius
Homes from before 1961 are 5.4% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. Peace No. 135, 67 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
One place of national importance within 100 km of Northern Lights County
Closest of all is Fort Fork, in Peace No. 135, 75 km off. Within 100 km there is one place in all.
The nearest, within 100 km
| Fort ForkNational Historic Site · 1792–1793 · 75 km away, in Peace No. 135 |
The biggest share of Northern Lights County’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 40%
24% of Northern Lights County’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. From 2016 on, Northern Lights County built 3.8% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. Half of the homes standing in Northern Lights County today were built before 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Northern Lights County compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,100 to 4,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: L'Ange-Gardien, Pioneer Tower West and North Norfolk. The middle one has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Northern Lights County and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Lights County | 4,115 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Manning | 1,153 | 0 | 0 | — |
Northern Lights County in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 5.4% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
Questions about Northern Lights County’s history
How many historic places does Northern Lights County have on the registers?
Not within Northern Lights County. Its nearest is a top designation: Fort Fork, 75 km away in Peace No. 135.
How old are the homes in Northern Lights County?
5.4% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Why might a heritage building in Northern Lights County be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Northern Lights County, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets no page.
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).