Photo: dfaulder · CC BY 2.0In a 100 km circle around Two Hills: 11 places on the registers
The nearest town to Two Hills with a top designation is Smoky Lake County, 55 km away. More of its homes are old than in most towns: 23% before 1961, against 18%.
Top-ranked heritage near Two Hills: 4 places within 100 km
The mix: 4 provincial or municipal listings, 3 National Historic Sites and 3 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. All told, 11 places are within 100 km. Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of St. Mary in Two Hills County No. 21 is the nearest, 9.8 km away.
The 11 nearest, within 100 km
| Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of St. MaryProvincial historic resource · 9.8 km away, in Two Hills County No. 21 |
| Fort de l'IsleProvincial historic resource · 38 km away, in St. Paul County No. 19 |
| Victoria DistrictNational Historic Site · 1863–2001 · 54 km away, in Smoky Lake County |
| Ukrainian Pioneer HomeClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1951–1952 · 72 km away, in Strathcona County |
| PavilionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1933–1935 · 72 km away, in Strathcona County |
| BarnRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1938–1939 · 73 km away, in Lamont County |
| Superintendent's ResidenceRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 74 km away, in Strathcona County |
| Paint Creek HouseProvincial historic resource · 93 km away, in Vermilion River County |
| Fort Augustus and Fort EdmontonNational Historic Site · 1794–1796 · 96 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1902 · 97 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Frog LakeNational Historic Site · 1885 · 99 km away, in Bonnyville No. 87 |
Near Two Hills, within 100 km: built places from 1794 on
The nearest historic places to Two Hills, out to 100 km, by the first construction date on each record.
8 places within 100 km have a date. 2 predate Confederation. Oldest of all: Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, Sturgeon County, 1794.
None of Two Hills’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Two Hills has an unusual share of homes built from 1961 to 1980: 55%, where most towns have 27%. Few of Two Hills’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 3.4%, the norm 15%. Only 18% of Two Hills’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Two Hills and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two Hills | 1,698 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Two Hills County No. 21 | 3,626 | 1 | 0 | — |
Two Hills in brief
Before 1961: 23% of Two Hills’s homes, against 18% in the typical town.
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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- 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.
Questions about Two Hills’s history
How many historic places does Two Hills have on the registers?
Not inside Two Hills. The closest is Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of St. Mary in Two Hills County No. 21, 9.8 km away.
How old are the homes in Two Hills?
23% 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).