Photo: Nathan Schneider, aka Schnits at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0In a 50 km circle around Penhold: 5 places on the registers
Before 1961: just 4.2% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. For the highest designations, the closest town is Clearwater County, 64 km off.
15 km from Penhold: “Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, Alberta”, the nearest on the registers
Their towns number 3: Red Deer County, Lacombe and Red Deer first. By age, Flatiron Building leads, from 1904, at 38 km. The radius of 50 km holds 5.
The 5 nearest, within 50 km
| Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 15 km away, in Red Deer |
| Markerville Lutheran ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 21 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Stephansson HouseProvincial historic resource · 23 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Flatiron BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1904 · 38 km away, in Lacombe |
| Lacombe Blacksmith Shop MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 38 km away, in Lacombe |
A growing town: 9.4% of Penhold’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Few of Penhold’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 17%, the norm 23%. Penhold has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 46%, where most towns have 15%. 23% of Penhold’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Penhold compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,800 to 3,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Georgian Bay and Maniwaki. The middle one has 0. 14 of them have none.
Penhold and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penhold | 3,812 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Red Deer County | 22,076 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Innisfail | 8,736 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Red Deer | 115,409 | 1 | 0 | 1910 |
Penhold in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 4.2% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- 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.
- 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.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
Questions about Penhold’s history
How many historic places does Penhold have on the registers?
Not inside Penhold. The closest is Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, Alberta in Red Deer, 15 km away.
How old are the homes in Penhold?
4.2% 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).