Photo: Jason Woodhead · CC BY 4.0Taber’s surroundings: 13 historic places within 100 km
The nearest town to Taber with a top designation is Stirling, 42 km away. There is also one listing on a provincial or municipal register with no open description, so no page.
Top-ranked heritage near Taber: 6 places within 100 km
Nearest comes Stirling Agricultural Village, 42 km off, in Stirling. The record reaches back to 1869 with Fort Whoop-Up, 58 km away. Between them, 8 towns share them, mainly Fort Macleod, Stirling and Raymond.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Stirling Agricultural VillageNational Historic Site · 1890 · 42 km away, in Stirling |
| Michelsen FarmsteadProvincial historic resource · 1912 · 42 km away, in Stirling |
| Raymond Community CentreProvincial historic resource · 52 km away, in Raymond |
| Raymond Buddhist ChurchProvincial historic resource · 52 km away, in Raymond |
| Fort Whoop-UpNational Historic Site · 1869–1870 · 58 km away, in Cardston County |
| Brooks AqueductNational Historic Site · 1912–1915 · 85 km away, in Newell County |
| Ralston School (R2)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1951 · 87 km away, in Cypress County |
| Central Laboratory (B-1)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1956 · 88 km away, in Cypress County |
| Áísínai'piNational Historic Site · 88 km away, in Warner County No. 5 |
| Fort MacleodNational Historic Site · 1874–1875 · 89 km away, in Fort Macleod |
| Majorville Cairn and Medicine WheelProvincial historic resource · 90 km away, in Vulcan County |
| Territorial Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1902–1905 · 91 km away, in Fort Macleod |
Most of what stands within 100 km of Taber dates from the decades after Confederation
Out to 100 km from Taber, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Within 100 km, 9 records give a date. Fort Whoop-Up, in Cardston County, goes back furthest, to 1869.
Most of Taber’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 36%
Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 3.6% of Taber’s, about the typical 4.1%. 22% of Taber’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. Over half of the homes in Taber were already standing by 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Taber compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 10,100 to 10,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Du Parc, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury and Leeds and the Thousand Islands. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have none.
Taber and its neighbours
Taber in brief
The pre-1961 share of Taber’s homes is 22%, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0. Beyond that, one person of its past, James Harper Prowse (1913).
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. 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.
- 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. 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 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 Taber’s history
How many historic places does Taber have on the registers?
None in Taber itself. The closest is Stirling Agricultural Village in Stirling, 42 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Taber?
The 2021 Census dates 22% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Taber be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; one further listing in Taber shows up only as a Wikidata number.
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).