Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainAround Tofield, 36 historic places within 100 km
For the highest designations, the closest town to Tofield is Glenora, 63 km off. Building from 2016 to 2021 gave it 1.9% of its homes, where most towns have 4.1%.
Looking back at Tofield
One old photograph of the town, made before 1950. Tap it to see it full screen.
1943Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Top-ranked heritage near Tofield: 6 places within 100 km
The earliest date is Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton’s, 1794, 54 km away. Nearest comes Barn, 26 km off, in Lamont County. By designation: 25 provincial or municipal listings, 5 National Historic Sites and 4 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| BarnRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1938–1939 · 26 km away, in Lamont County |
| Ukrainian Pioneer HomeClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1951–1952 · 36 km away, in Strathcona County |
| PavilionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1933–1935 · 36 km away, in Strathcona County |
| Superintendent's ResidenceRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 37 km away, in Strathcona County |
| Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1902 · 53 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Fort Augustus and Fort EdmontonNational Historic Site · 1794–1796 · 54 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 56 km away, in Highlands |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 58 km away, in Boyle Street |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 58 km away, in Ritchie |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 58 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 58 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ritchie MillMunicipal historic resource · 58 km away, in Strathcona |
Around Tofield, within 100 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1794
Out to 100 km from Tofield, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, in Sturgeon County, is the oldest (1794). 23 places within 100 km have a date. Before Confederation: 2.
Most of Tofield’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 33%
Over half of the homes in Tofield were already standing by 2001. Homes from before 1961 are 15% of Tofield’s housing, about the typical 18%. 32% of Tofield’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Tofield and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tofield | 2,122 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beaver County | 6,245 | 0 | 0 | — |
Tofield in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 15%, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
Questions about Tofield’s history
How many historic places does Tofield have on the registers?
None inside Tofield yet. The nearest is Barn, 26 km away in Lamont County.
How old are the homes in Tofield?
15% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).