Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Pincher Creek’s surroundings: 8 historic places within 50 km
Crowsnest Pass, 39 km from Pincher Creek, has the nearest place of the highest rank. 3 people on record were born in Pincher Creek before 1914, J. Willis Ambrose the earliest.
Top-ranked heritage near Pincher Creek: 3 places within 50 km
They are 4 provincial or municipal listings, 3 National Historic Sites and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. Crowsnest Pass, Fort Macleod and Willow Creek No. 26 hold most of them, among 4 towns. Nearest comes Frank Slide, 34 km off, in Crowsnest Pass.
The 8 nearest, within 50 km
| Frank SlideProvincial historic resource · 34 km away, in Crowsnest Pass |
| LilleProvincial historic resource · 37 km away, in Crowsnest Pass |
| Head-Smashed-In Buffalo JumpWorld Heritage Site · 38 km away, in Willow Creek No. 26 |
| RCMP Detachment GarageRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1927–1929 · 43 km away, in Pincher Creek No. 9 |
| ColemanNational Historic Site · 1903–1972 · 43 km away, in Crowsnest Pass |
| Territorial Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1902–1905 · 47 km away, in Fort Macleod |
| Empress TheatreProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 47 km away, in Fort Macleod |
| Fort MacleodNational Historic Site · 1874–1875 · 49 km away, in Fort Macleod |
Around Pincher Creek, within 50 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
The nearest historic places to Pincher Creek, out to 50 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Within 50 km, building dates exist for 5 places. Fort Macleod, in Fort Macleod, goes back furthest, to 1874.
Pincher Creek added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2.3%, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 17% of Pincher Creek’s, against 23% in the typical town. 27% of Pincher Creek’s homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. More of Pincher Creek’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 42%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born in Pincher Creek before the First World War: 3 lives
Fame, by Wikipedia: Matthew Halton first, in 4 languages. The oldest birth on the record is J. Willis Ambrose’s, in 1904. Frank C. Lynch-Staunton closes the list, born in 1905. Of them all, Frank C. Lynch-Staunton lived longest: 85 years, until 1990.
Everyone born in Pincher Creek → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
How Pincher Creek compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,900 to 3,900 residents, by places on the registers.
7 of them are ahead. The middle one has 0. 9 of them have nothing on the registers.
Pincher Creek and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pincher Creek | 3,890 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pincher Creek No. 9 | 3,176 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Piikani 147 | 1,529 | 0 | 0 | — |
Pincher Creek in brief
Housing in Pincher Creek includes 27% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Its history in lives: Matthew Halton (1904), J. Willis Ambrose (1904) and Frank C. Lynch-Staunton (1905). Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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 tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
Questions about Pincher Creek’s history
How many historic places does Pincher Creek have on the registers?
Inside Pincher Creek, none so far; Frank Slide, 34 km away in Crowsnest Pass, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Pincher Creek?
Before 1961: 27% 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).