Photo: Jason Woodhead · CC BY 2.0Heritage within reach of Provost: 2 places, 100 km or closer
More of Provost’s homes are old than in most towns: 26% before 1961, against 18%.
Within 100 km of Provost: 2 places on the registers
At 49 km, Paradise Valley Alberta Wheat Pool Grain Elevator in Special Area No. 4 is the closest. They stand in 2 towns, Special Area No. 4 and Wainwright among them.
The 2 nearest, within 100 km
| Paradise Valley Alberta Wheat Pool Grain ElevatorProvincial historic resource · 49 km away, in Special Area No. 4 |
| Wainwright HotelProvincial historic resource · 67 km away, in Wainwright |
None of Provost’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Over half of the homes in Provost were already standing by 1981. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 34% of Provost’s homes. 29% of Provost’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Provost and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provost | 1,875 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Provost No. 52 | 2,092 | 0 | 0 | — |
Provost in brief
The pre-1961 share of Provost’s homes is 26%, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- 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 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 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Provost’s history
How many historic places does Provost have on the registers?
Inside Provost, none so far; Paradise Valley Alberta Wheat Pool Grain Elevator, 49 km away in Special Area No. 4, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Provost?
26% 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).