Photo: Isabelle Hulet · CC BY-SA 2.0Wembley’s surroundings: 3 historic places within 100 km
Only 4.5% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. 2.7% of its homes went up between 2016 and 2021; the typical town built 4.1%.
Top-ranked heritage near Wembley: one place within 100 km
By designation: a Recognized Federal Heritage Building, a provincial or municipal listing and a National Historic Site. Building 15 in Grande Prairie County No. 1 is the nearest, 17 km away. The radius of 100 km holds 3.
The 3 nearest, within 100 km
| Building 15Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1947–1948 · 17 km away, in Grande Prairie County No. 1 |
| Sexsmith Blacksmith ShopProvincial historic resource · 1916 · 32 km away, in Sexsmith |
| Fort DunveganNational Historic Site · 1805–1806 · 93 km away, in Fairview No. 136 |
Most of Wembley’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 42%
Over half of the homes in Wembley were already standing by 2001. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 22% of Wembley’s, against 15% in the typical town. Wembley has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 31%, where most towns have 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Wembley and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wembley | 1,516 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beaverlodge | 2,454 | 0 | 0 | — |
Wembley in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 4.5% of the total, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
Questions about Wembley’s history
How many historic places does Wembley have on the registers?
Not inside Wembley. The closest is Building 15 in Grande Prairie County No. 1, 17 km away.
How old are the homes in Wembley?
4.5% 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).