LocalProvincial historic resource · 1916Sexsmith Blacksmith ShopPhoto: Jeffery J. Nichols · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Sexsmith Blacksmith Shop · Photo: Jeffery J. Nichols · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of Sexsmith · Canada’s heritage registers
1 historic place on the heritage registers in Sexsmith
Few towns have as much for their size as Sexsmith: 3.9 for every 10,000 residents, more than 93% of Canadian towns. The one entry is Sexsmith Blacksmith Shop (1916), a provincial historic resource. Its housing is mostly newer: 7.6% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. One further listing on a provincial or municipal register is known only through Wikidata, so it has no page of its own.
Historic places
1
3.9 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1916
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
7.6%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Sexsmith’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
One local listing in Sexsmith
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Within 100 km of Sexsmith: 2 places on the registers
Among them are a Recognized Federal Heritage Building and a National Historic Site. By age, Fort Dunvegan leads, from 1805, at 64 km. The nearest is Building 15, 43 km away in Grande Prairie County No. 1.
The 2 nearest, within 100 km
| Building 15Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1947–1948 · 43 km away, in Grande Prairie County No. 1 |
| Fort DunveganNational Historic Site · 1805–1806 · 64 km away, in Fairview No. 136 |
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Sexsmith: 2.4% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Sexsmith’s homes are older than 2001. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 41% of Sexsmith’s, against 15% in the typical town. In Sexsmith, 25% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).
7.6%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
25%
1981–2000
41%
2001–15
2.4%
2016–21
SexsmithTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Sexsmith has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,500 to 2,600 residents, by places on the registers.
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Just these have more: Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce and City Commercial Core. Their median is 0. 12 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Sexsmith and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexsmith | 2,561 | 1 | 0 | 1916 |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 | 25,883 | 1 | 0 | 1947 |
In brief
Sexsmith in brief
The registers count 1 historic place in Sexsmith. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 2 have more historic places. The census dates only 7.6% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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 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.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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.
- 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 Sexsmith’s history
How many historic places does Sexsmith have on the registers?
Inside Sexsmith: 1 historic place.
What is the oldest building in Sexsmith?
Sexsmith Blacksmith Shop (Provincial historic resource): the first construction date on its record is 1916.
How old are the homes in Sexsmith?
Before 1961: 7.6% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Sexsmith be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Sexsmith, 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).