Beyond Redwater’s limits, 9 historic places within 50 km
Sturgeon County, 36 km from Redwater, has the nearest place of the highest rank. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 1.7% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.
Leave Redwater and the first historic place is Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, 25 km away
Among them are 3 provincial or municipal listings, 3 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 2 National Historic Sites. Within 50 km there are 9 in all. They stand in 6 towns, Strathcona County, Sturgeon County and Thorhild County among them.
The 9 nearest, within 50 km
| Fort Augustus and Fort EdmontonNational Historic Site · 1794–1796 · 25 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1902 · 27 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Superintendent's ResidenceRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 34 km away, in Strathcona County |
| PavilionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1933–1935 · 36 km away, in Strathcona County |
| Ukrainian Pioneer HomeClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1951–1952 · 36 km away, in Strathcona County |
| Newbrook ObservatoryProvincial historic resource · 1951 · 43 km away, in Thorhild County |
| BarnRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1938–1939 · 46 km away, in Lamont County |
| Victoria DistrictNational Historic Site · 1863–2001 · 47 km away, in Smoky Lake County |
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 48 km away, in Highlands |
From 1794 on: the dated places within 50 km of Redwater
Reaching 50 km out from Redwater: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Within 50 km, building dates exist for 8 places. Before Confederation: 2. The oldest is Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton in Sturgeon County, from 1794.
Redwater built the most from 1961 to 1980, 47% of today’s homes
Before 1961: 20% of Redwater’s homes, near the usual 18%. Few of Redwater’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 16%, the norm 23%. Count back from today and half of Redwater’s homes are older than 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Redwater in brief
Counted by age, 20% of Redwater’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: James Popil (1909) is its person of the past on the record.
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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Redwater’s history
How many historic places does Redwater have on the registers?
Redwater has none of its own; Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, in Sturgeon County, the closest at 25 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Redwater?
Before 1961: 20% 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).