Photo: Dicklyon · CC BY-SA 4.0Beyond Ponoka County’s limits, 10 historic places within 100 km
Wetaskiwin, 51 km from Ponoka County, has the nearest place of the highest rank. One more place on a provincial or local list is counted from Wikidata without a page.
10 places on Canada’s registers lie 100 km or less from Ponoka County
Rundle's Mission, 51 km off, is the nearest of 4 top-tier places. Rocky Mountain House, 78 km off, is the oldest: 1799. Flatiron Building in Lacombe is the nearest, 23 km away.
The 10 nearest, within 100 km
| Flatiron BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1904 · 23 km away, in Lacombe |
| Lacombe Blacksmith Shop MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 23 km away, in Lacombe |
| Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 42 km away, in Red Deer |
| Rundle's MissionNational Historic Site · 1847–1848 · 51 km away, in Leduc County |
| Wetaskiwin Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1907–1910 · 51 km away, in Wetaskiwin |
| Stephansson HouseProvincial historic resource · 57 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Markerville Lutheran ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 60 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Leduc-Woodbend OilfieldNational Historic Site · 1946 · 74 km away, in Leduc County |
| Leduc No. 1Provincial historic resource · 77 km away, in Leduc County |
| Rocky Mountain HouseNational Historic Site · 1799–1800 · 78 km away, in Clearwater County |
From 1799 on: the dated places within 100 km of Ponoka County
Reaching 100 km out from Ponoka County: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
6 places within 100 km carry a construction date. Before Confederation: 2. Rocky Mountain House, in Clearwater County, goes back furthest, to 1799.
New homes stand out in Ponoka County: 7.5% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
28% of Ponoka County’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Homes from before 1961 are 16% of Ponoka County’s housing, about the typical 18%. More than half of Ponoka County’s housing predates 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Ponoka County in brief
Before 1961: just 16% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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. 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. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- 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 Ponoka County’s history
How many historic places does Ponoka County have on the registers?
Inside Ponoka County, none so far; Flatiron Building, 23 km away in Lacombe, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Ponoka County?
The 2021 Census dates 16% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Ponoka County be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. One more listing in Ponoka County is known through Wikidata alone, so it is counted, not paged.
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).