Provincial historic resource · 1951Newbrook Observatory
1historic place on the registers
History of Thorhild County · Canada’s heritage registers
Thorhild County: 1 historic place on Canada’s heritage registers
Only a few towns match Thorhild County per resident: 3.2 for every 10,000, ahead of 91% of Canadian towns. That place is Newbrook Observatory, a provincial historic resource, from 1951. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1955: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which. 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
3.2 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
1951
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
21%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Thorhild County’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
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 Thorhild County
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
5 places of national importance within 100 km of Thorhild County
Nearest comes Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, 47 km off, in Sturgeon County. By designation: 25 provincial or municipal listings, 4 National Historic Sites and 4 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. All told, 35 places are within 100 km.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Fort Augustus and Fort EdmontonNational Historic Site · 1794–1796 · 47 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1902 · 49 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Victoria DistrictNational Historic Site · 1863–2001 · 51 km away, in Smoky Lake County |
| Superintendent's ResidenceRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 55 km away, in Strathcona County |
| PavilionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1933–1935 · 57 km away, in Strathcona County |
| Ukrainian Pioneer HomeClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1951–1952 · 57 km away, in Strathcona County |
| BarnRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1938–1939 · 67 km away, in Lamont County |
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 69 km away, in Highlands |
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 71 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 71 km away, in McCauley |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 72 km away, in Boyle Street |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 72 km away, in Downtown |
Homes by age
Only 1.9% of Thorhild County’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
21% of Thorhild County’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 38% of Thorhild County’s homes. Over half of the homes in Thorhild County were already standing by 1981.
21%
Before 1961
38%
1961–80
24%
1981–2000
15%
2001–15
1.9%
2016–21
Thorhild CountyTypical 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
Thorhild County has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,100 to 3,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Thorhild County1
Just these have more: Percé and Paspébiac. The typical town its size has 0. For 12, the registers list nothing.
In brief
Thorhild County in brief
Thorhild County’s homes from before 1961 come to 21%, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 1 historic place. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- 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 is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- 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.
Questions about Thorhild County’s history
How many historic places does Thorhild County have on the registers?
1 historic place in Thorhild County, from Canada’s heritage registers.
What is the oldest building in Thorhild County?
Newbrook Observatory, a Provincial historic resource, begun in 1951.
Why might a heritage building in Thorhild County be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. One more listing in Thorhild County is known through Wikidata alone, so it is counted, not paged.
How old are the homes in Thorhild County?
Before 1961: 21% 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).