TopNational Historic Site · 1907–1910Wetaskiwin Court House4705 50th AvenuePhoto: MeanderingMind · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Wetaskiwin Court House · Photo: MeanderingMind · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Wetaskiwin · Canada’s heritage registers
Heritage in Wetaskiwin: 1 historic place of the highest rank
Wetaskiwin Court House, from 1907, is Wetaskiwin’s national historic site. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has 1892, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding. For every 10,000 residents Wetaskiwin has 0.7, ahead of 77% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
1
0.7 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1907
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
16%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Wetaskiwin’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Wetaskiwin with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
The highest designation, 5 times, within 100 km of Wetaskiwin
The nearest is Leduc-Woodbend Oilfield, 43 km away in Leduc County. Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton, 86 km off, is the oldest: 1794. Within 100 km there are 37 in all.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Leduc-Woodbend OilfieldNational Historic Site · 1946 · 43 km away, in Leduc County |
| Leduc No. 1Provincial historic resource · 46 km away, in Leduc County |
| Rundle's MissionNational Historic Site · 1847–1848 · 53 km away, in Leduc County |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, AlbertaHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 61 km away, in Ritchie |
| Princess TheatreProvincial historic resource · 61 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Lacombe Blacksmith Shop MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 61 km away, in Lacombe |
| Old StrathconaProvincial historic area · 61 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Strathcona Public BuildingProvincial historic resource · 1913 · 61 km away, in Queen Alexandra |
| Flatiron BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1904 · 62 km away, in Lacombe |
| Walterdale PlayhouseMunicipal historic resource · 62 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Strathcona BranchMunicipal historic resource · 1913 · 62 km away, in Strathcona |
| Old Scona Academic High SchoolProvincial historic resource · 1908 · 62 km away, in Strathcona |
Homes by age
Most of Wetaskiwin’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 40%
From 2016 to 2021 Wetaskiwin added 3.1% of its homes, less than the typical town’s 4.1%. Before 1961: 16% of Wetaskiwin’s homes, near the usual 18%. Over half of the homes in Wetaskiwin were already standing by 1981.
16%
Before 1961
40%
1961–80
26%
1981–2000
16%
2001–15
3.1%
2016–21
WetaskiwinTypical 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
Wetaskiwin has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 13,600 to 13,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Wetaskiwin1
Only Strathcona and Sandy Hill have more. The typical town its size has 0. 11 of them have none.
Neighbours
Wetaskiwin and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetaskiwin | 13,703 | 1 | 1 | 1907 |
| Ermineskin 138 | 2,359 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Millet | 1,967 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Louis Bull 138B | 1,394 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Wetaskiwin in brief
Wetaskiwin holds 1 historic place on Canada’s registers, one with the highest designation, including Wetaskiwin Court House. Just 2 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. Few of its homes are old, 16% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: its past has one life on the record, Albert Strohschein (1905); and its one place was designated in 1981.
How to read these numbers
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.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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. 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
Questions about Wetaskiwin’s history
Which places in Wetaskiwin have the highest designation?
It is Wetaskiwin Court House.
What is the oldest building in Wetaskiwin?
Wetaskiwin Court House, a National Historic Site, begun in 1907.
How old are the homes in Wetaskiwin?
16% 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).