Photo: Sir-Mister-Horse · CC BY 4.0History around Sundre: 44 designated places within 100 km
Only 9.7% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. The closest top-tier heritage is in Clearwater County, 55 km from here.
Top-ranked heritage near Sundre: 14 places within 100 km
By age, Rocky Mountain House leads, from 1799, at 66 km. At 48 km, Markerville Lutheran Church in Red Deer County is the closest. They belong to 13 towns, chiefly Improvement District No. 9 Banff, Banff and Downtown Commercial Core.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Markerville Lutheran ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 48 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Stephansson HouseProvincial historic resource · 50 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Rocky Mountain HouseNational Historic Site · 1799–1800 · 66 km away, in Clearwater County |
| Horse Barn, Building 1Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1942–1944 · 66 km away, in Clearwater County |
| Windy Lodge Warden CabinRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1951 · 74 km away, in Improvement District No. 9 Banff |
| Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 76 km away, in Red Deer |
| Wardens CabinRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1948–1949 · 83 km away, in Improvement District No. 9 Banff |
| Wood's Douglas Fir Tree SanctuaryProvincial historic resource · 84 km away, in Bowness |
| Sandhills Wardens CabinRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1931–1932 · 89 km away, in Improvement District No. 9 Banff |
| Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of TechnologyNational Historic Site · 1921–1923 · 91 km away, in Hillhurst |
| East Gate Registration Buildings, Building 1Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1937 · 92 km away, in Improvement District No. 9 Banff |
| East Gate Registration Buildings, Building 3Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1937 · 92 km away, in Improvement District No. 9 Banff |
Within 100 km of Sundre, the oldest record dates from 1799
No place near Sundre is close: these lie up to 100 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
First by date comes Rocky Mountain House in Clearwater County, from 1799. The chart rests on 37 dated places within 100 km. One goes back before 1867.
New homes are rare in Sundre: 1.7% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
More than half of Sundre’s housing predates 2001. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 29% of Sundre’s, against 15% in the typical town. The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 30% of Sundre’s homes.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Sundre compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,700 to 2,700 residents, by places on the registers.
9 towns have more. Their median is 1. For 7, the registers list nothing.
Sundre in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 9.7% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 1.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- 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.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
Questions about Sundre’s history
How many historic places does Sundre have on the registers?
None inside Sundre yet. The nearest is Markerville Lutheran Church, 48 km away in Red Deer County.
How old are the homes in Sundre?
The 2021 Census dates 9.7% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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).