Photo: Voldeg and Bolton · Public domainWithin 50 km of Redcliff, 7 places are on the heritage registers
The nearest town to Redcliff with a top designation is Medicine Hat, 10 km away. Behind these stands one more local or provincial listing that only Wikidata records.
The registers find 7 places within 50 km of Redcliff
Among them are 4 National Historic Sites, 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and a heritage railway station. Oldest of them is Suffield Tipi Rings (1430), 34 km off. St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Medicine Hat is the nearest, 8 km away.
The 7 nearest, within 50 km
| St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchNational Historic Site · 1912–1915 · 8 km away, in Medicine Hat |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Medicine Hat, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1906–1907 · 8.8 km away, in Medicine Hat |
| Medicine Hat Clay IndustriesNational Historic Site · 1909–1947 · 11 km away, in Medicine Hat |
| Medalta PotteriesNational Historic Site · 1912–1914 · 11 km away, in Medicine Hat |
| Ralston School (R2)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1951 · 33 km away, in Cypress County |
| Suffield Tipi RingsNational Historic Site · 1430–1431 · 34 km away, in Cypress County |
| Central Laboratory (B-1)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1956 · 36 km away, in Cypress County |
Near Redcliff (50 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
Places as far as 50 km from Redcliff, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Within 50 km, building dates exist for 7 places. One is older than 1867. Oldest of all: Suffield Tipi Rings, Cypress County, 1430.
Redcliff added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.1%, where most towns have 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Redcliff’s homes are older than 1981. Redcliff’s largest group of homes, 36%, went up from 1961 to 1980. 26% of Redcliff’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Redcliff and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redcliff | 5,916 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Medicine Hat | 68,714 | 4 | 3 | 1906 |
| Cypress County | 7,855 | 4 | 2 | 1430 |
Redcliff in brief
The 2021 Census dates 18% of Redcliff’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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 Redcliff’s history
How many historic places does Redcliff have on the registers?
Inside Redcliff, none so far. At 8 km, St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Medicine Hat is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Redcliff?
18% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Redcliff be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Redcliff, 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).