Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0In a 25 km circle around Rocky View County: 15 places on the registers
Homes from before 1961 are 6.4% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. Heritage of the first rank begins 17 km away, in Hillhurst. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has January 1, 1955, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
Nearest to Rocky View County: Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, 7.6 km away
Their towns number 7: Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline and Downtown East Village first. Of 8 top designations nearby, Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology is the closest, at 16 km. The radius of 25 km holds 15.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Wood's Douglas Fir Tree SanctuaryProvincial historic resource · 7.6 km away, in Bowness |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 16 km away, in Hillhurst |
| Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill HallNational Historic Site · 1917–1919 · 18 km away, in Beltline |
| Knox United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 18 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Centre Street BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 18 km away, in Sunnyside |
| BeaulieuNational Historic Site · 1891–1892 · 19 km away, in Beltline |
| Palace TheatreNational Historic Site · 1921–1922 · 19 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Bank of Nova ScotiaProvincial historic resource · 19 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Central Memorial Library and ParkNational Historic Site · 1908–1913 · 19 km away, in Beltline |
| Stephen AvenueNational Historic Site · 1880–1931 · 19 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Cathedral Church of the RedeemerMunicipal historic resource · 1905 · 19 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
| Burns BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 19 km away, in Downtown Commercial Core |
Within 25 km of Rocky View County, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
No place near Rocky View County is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
11 places within 25 km have a date. The oldest is Fort Calgary in Downtown East Village, from 1875.
New homes stand out in Rocky View County: 7.8% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Rocky View County built little from 1961 to 1980: 17% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. 34% of Rocky View County’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. More of Rocky View County’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000 than in any other period: 34%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Rocky View County compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 48,100 to 51,800 residents, by places on the registers.
8 towns have more. Their median is 2. 8 of them have nothing on the registers.
Rocky View County and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky View County | 50,260 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rocky Ridge | 8,419 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Royal Oak | 12,343 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tuscany | 19,986 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Arbour Lake | 10,454 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 0 | 0 | — |
Rocky View County in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 6.4%, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 2 historic places. Beyond that, Donald McKinnon (1901) is its person of the past on the record.
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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Rocky View County’s history
How many historic places does Rocky View County have on the registers?
None inside Rocky View County yet. The nearest is Wood's Douglas Fir Tree Sanctuary, 7.6 km away in Bowness.
When did Rocky View County become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Rocky View County dates from January 1, 1955; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Rocky View County?
6.4% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Why might a heritage building in Rocky View County be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 2 more listings in Rocky View County, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article they get 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).