Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Canada · CC BY 2.0Around Rimbey, 10 historic places within 100 km
From Rimbey, look 53 km away, to Clearwater County, for the nearest place of the highest designation. One further listing on a provincial or municipal register is known only through Wikidata, so it has no page of its own.
10 places on Canada’s registers lie 100 km or less from Rimbey
Oldest of them is Rocky Mountain House (1799), 58 km off. For the highest designations, the nearest of 4 is Rundle's Mission, 49 km away. At 40 km, Flatiron Building in Lacombe is the closest.
The 10 nearest, within 100 km
| Flatiron BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1904 · 40 km away, in Lacombe |
| Lacombe Blacksmith Shop MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 40 km away, in Lacombe |
| Rundle's MissionNational Historic Site · 1847–1848 · 49 km away, in Leduc County |
| Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 51 km away, in Red Deer |
| Stephansson HouseProvincial historic resource · 54 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Markerville Lutheran ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 58 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Rocky Mountain HouseNational Historic Site · 1799–1800 · 58 km away, in Clearwater County |
| Wetaskiwin Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1907–1910 · 69 km away, in Wetaskiwin |
| Leduc-Woodbend OilfieldNational Historic Site · 1946 · 81 km away, in Leduc County |
| Leduc No. 1Provincial historic resource · 84 km away, in Leduc County |
Within 100 km of Rimbey, the record goes back to 1799
Out to 100 km from Rimbey, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Oldest of all: Rocky Mountain House, Clearwater County, 1799. Dated places within 100 km: 6. 2 are older than 1867.
Only 1.4% of Rimbey’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Rimbey has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 24%, where most towns have 15%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 34% of Rimbey’s homes. 16% of Rimbey’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Rimbey in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 16% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Rimbey’s history
How many historic places does Rimbey have on the registers?
Not inside Rimbey. The closest is Flatiron Building in Lacombe, 40 km away.
How old are the homes in Rimbey?
16% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Rimbey be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. One more listing in Rimbey 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).