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History of Spruce Grove · Canada’s heritage registers

1908: the year the railway came to Spruce Grove

Within 50 km of Spruce Grove there are 29 designated places; Government House, at 24 km, is the closest. Before 1961: just 1.2% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Glenora, 23 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.

Historic places within 50 km
29
3 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
24 km
Government House
Homes built before 1961
1.2%
typical town: 18%
Born here before 1914
1
the earliest in 1905
How it began

Spruce Grove’s first recorded year: 1907

Spruce Grove was on the railway from 1908. Spruce Grove was incorporated as a village in 1907.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Spruce Grove”, revision 1383407602 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The age of the area

Around Spruce Grove, within 50 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation

Out to 50 km from Spruce Grove, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.

British North America 1760–18660
After Confederation 1867–191310
Wars and Depression 1914–19454
Since 1946 1946 on3

The chart rests on 17 dated places within 50 km. The oldest is Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage in Lac Ste. Anne County, from 1889.

Around the town

Government House, 24 km from Spruce Grove, is the closest

The registers hold 29 within 50 km. Oldest of them is Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage (1889), 36 km off. They belong to 14 towns, chiefly Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra.

The 12 nearest, within 50 km

Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 24 km away, in Glenora
Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 25 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin
Rutherford HouseProvincial historic resource · 1911 · 26 km away, in Garneau
Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 26 km away, in Sherbrooke
High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 26 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin
Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 27 km away, in Downtown
First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 27 km away, in Downtown
McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 27 km away, in Downtown
J. J. Duggan ResidenceMunicipal historic resource · 27 km away, in Strathcona
Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 27 km away, in Strathcona
Rossdale Power PlantProvincial historic resource · 27 km away, in Downtown
Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 27 km away, in Queen Alexandra
Homes by age

13% of Spruce Grove’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)

Few of Spruce Grove’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 19%, the norm 27%. Spruce Grove has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 47%, where most towns have 15%. 20% of Spruce Grove’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, close to the typical town’s 23%.

1.2%
Before 1961
19%
1961–80
20%
1981–2000
47%
2001–15
13%
2016–21
Spruce GroveTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Neighbours

Spruce Grove and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Spruce Grove44,57500—
Stony Plain19,66200—
Parkland County34,28600—
Enoch Cree Nation1,94700—
Secord8,20500—
Rosenthal4,87300—
Suder Greens2,92800—
In brief

Spruce Grove in brief

Before 1961: just 1.2% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: it has no historic place, against 1 for the middle town its size; and Walter Frederick Kuhl (1905) is its person of the past on the record.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • 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.
  • Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
  • 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.
  • The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
  • The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.

Questions about Spruce Grove’s history

How many historic places does Spruce Grove have on the registers?

None inside Spruce Grove yet. The nearest, Government House, carries the highest designation, 24 km away in Glenora.

How old are the homes in Spruce Grove?

Before 1961: 1.2% 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).