Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.034 registered heritage sites stand within 100 km of Westlock County
The nearest town to Westlock County with a top designation is Lac Ste. Anne County, 56 km away. The newest homes, 2016 to 2021, are 5% of the total, the typical town 4.1%.
5 places of the highest rank within 100 km of Westlock County
Nearest comes Fort Assiniboine, 55 km off, in Woodlands County. Count to 100 km and there are 34. They belong to 17 towns, chiefly Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Fort AssiniboineNational Historic Site · 1823–1824 · 55 km away, in Woodlands County |
| Lac Ste. Anne PilgrimageNational Historic Site · 1889 · 65 km away, in Lac Ste. Anne County |
| Newbrook ObservatoryProvincial historic resource · 1951 · 66 km away, in Thorhild County |
| Fort Augustus and Fort EdmontonNational Historic Site · 1794–1796 · 72 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic ChurchProvincial historic resource · 1902 · 73 km away, in Sturgeon County |
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 78 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 80 km away, in McCauley |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 80 km away, in Glenora |
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 80 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Magrath MansionProvincial historic resource · 80 km away, in Highlands |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 81 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 81 km away, in Downtown |
From 1794 on: the dated places within 100 km of Westlock County
The area here stretches to 100 km around Westlock County: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
Dated places within 100 km: 22. 2 go back before 1867. Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, in Sturgeon County, goes back furthest, to 1794.
Westlock County’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 30% of its homes
18% of Westlock County’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. Westlock County has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 22%, where most towns have 15%. More than half of Westlock County’s housing predates 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Westlock County compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,500 to 7,600 residents, by places on the registers.
7 of them are ahead. The typical town its size has 0. 9 of them have nothing on the registers.
Westlock County and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westlock County | 7,556 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westlock | 5,363 | 0 | 0 | — |
Westlock County in brief
Housing in Westlock County includes 18% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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 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.
Questions about Westlock County’s history
How many historic places does Westlock County have on the registers?
None in Westlock County itself. The closest is Fort Assiniboine in Woodlands County, 55 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Westlock County?
18% 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).