Provincial historic resourceMajorville Cairn and Medicine Wheel
Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand · CC01historic place on the registers
History of Vulcan County · Canada’s heritage registers
Vulcan County’s past, on the record: 1 historic place
Homes from before 1961 make up 32% of Vulcan County’s stock, above the 18% of the typical town. Relative to its size Vulcan County has 2.2 per 10,000 residents, more than 87% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
1
2.2 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
Homes built before 1961
32%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Vulcan County’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
One more place Vulcan County or its province protects
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
The age of the area
Within 100 km of Vulcan County, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
Reaching 100 km out from Vulcan County: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
British North America 1760–18660
After Confederation 1867–191337
Wars and Depression 1914–194513
Since 1946 1946 on1
Dated places within 100 km: 51. Fort Whoop-Up, in Cardston County, goes back furthest, to 1869.
Around the town
The registers find 58 places within 100 km of Vulcan County
Between them, 14 towns share them, mainly Foothills County, Downtown Commercial Core and Siksika 146. The nearest is Treaty Nº 7 Signing Site, 48 km away in Siksika 146. Fort Whoop-Up, 89 km off, is the oldest: 1869.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Treaty Nº 7 Signing SiteNational Historic Site · 1877 · 48 km away, in Siksika 146 |
| Earthlodge VillageNational Historic Site · 48 km away, in Siksika 146 |
| Blackfoot CrossingNational Historic Site · 1877 · 49 km away, in Siksika 146 |
| Old Women's Buffalo JumpNational historic site of Canada · 51 km away, in Foothills County |
| Bar U RanchNational Historic Site · 1883–1951 · 75 km away, in Foothills County |
| Fort MacleodNational Historic Site · 1874–1875 · 75 km away, in Fort Macleod |
| PiggeryClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1902–1928 · 76 km away, in Foothills County |
| Livestock ShedClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1940–1941 · 76 km away, in Foothills County |
| Self Feeder, former Bunkhouse, Building 30Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1909–1911 · 76 km away, in Foothills County |
| Feed MillClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1909–1911 · 76 km away, in Foothills County |
| Hay ShedClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1956–1957 · 76 km away, in Foothills County |
| Stud Horse Barn, Building 1Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1909–1911 · 76 km away, in Foothills County |
Homes by age
32% of Vulcan County’s homes were built before 1961
Count back from today and half of Vulcan County’s homes are older than 1981. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 3.3% of Vulcan County’s, about the typical 4.1%. 18% of Vulcan County’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%.
32%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
22%
1981–2000
18%
2001–15
3.3%
2016–21
Vulcan 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
Vulcan County has the 1st most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,400 to 4,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Vulcan County1
The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Vulcan County and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vulcan County | 4,465 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Vulcan | 1,922 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Vulcan County in brief
Counted by age, 32% of Vulcan County’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 1 historic place. Among the 16 towns nearest its size, none has more historic places.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- 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 Vulcan County’s history
How many historic places does Vulcan County have on the registers?
1 historic place in Vulcan County, from Canada’s heritage registers.
How old are the homes in Vulcan County?
The 2021 Census dates 32% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).