Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0The heritage near Trochu: 7 places in a 100 km radius
Trochu has kept more old homes than most towns: 27% were built before 1961, against 18%. Homes from 2016 to 2021 make up 4.7% of the stock; the typical town has 4.1%.
The heritage closest to Trochu: “Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, Alberta”, at 63 km
Flatiron Building, 78 km off, is the oldest: 1904. They are 5 provincial or municipal listings and 2 heritage railway stations. Red Deer County, Lacombe and Red Deer hold most of them, among 5 towns.
The 7 nearest, within 100 km
| Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 63 km away, in Red Deer |
| Markerville Lutheran ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 72 km away, in Red Deer County |
| Stephansson HouseProvincial historic resource · 76 km away, in Red Deer County |
| The Atlas Coal Mine National Historic SiteNational historic site of Canada · 76 km away, in Drumheller |
| Flatiron BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1904 · 78 km away, in Lacombe |
| Lacombe Blacksmith Shop MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 78 km away, in Lacombe |
| Former Canadian Northern Railway Station, Hanna, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1914 · 92 km away, in Hanna |
Trochu’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 40% of its homes
More than half of Trochu’s housing predates 1981. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 16% of Trochu’s, against 23% in the typical town. Building from 2001 to 2015 gave Trochu 15% of its homes, near the usual 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Trochu and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trochu | 1,191 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kneehill County | 5,129 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Three Hills | 3,502 | 0 | 0 | — |
Trochu in brief
Of the homes standing in Trochu, 27% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Trochu’s history
How many historic places does Trochu have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Trochu; Former Calgary and Edmonton Railway Station, Red Deer, Alberta, in Red Deer, is 63 km away.
How old are the homes in Trochu?
27% predate 1961, where 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).