National Historic Site · 1823–1824Fort Assiniboine24 State Avenue
Photo: Jeffrey Wallace · CC BY-SA 4.02historic places on the registers
History of Woodlands County · Canada’s heritage registers
2 historic places in Woodlands County, one of them a top designation
Among the places are a provincial or municipal listing. Woodlands County’s 4.2 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 94% of Canadian towns. Go back to 1823 and you reach Fort Assiniboine, the oldest of them. Few homes are old by the census: 5.2% before 1961, against 18%.
Historic places
2
4.2 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1823
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
5.2%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Woodlands County’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 2, by tier
1 Highest designations1 Provincial and local listings
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 Woodlands County with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Provincial and local listings
One more place Woodlands County or its province protects
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
Provincial historic resourceWhitecourt crater
Around the town
Woodlands County’s area holds one top-tier place within 100 km
Closest of all is Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage, in Lac Ste. Anne County, 88 km off. The radius of 100 km holds one.
The nearest, within 100 km
| Lac Ste. Anne PilgrimageNational Historic Site · 1889 · 88 km away, in Lac Ste. Anne County |
Homes by age
Woodlands County’s building boom came from 2001 to 2015: 35% of its homes
34% of Woodlands County’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, more than the typical town’s 23%. From 2016 on, Woodlands County built 5.8% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 20% of Woodlands County’s, against 27% in the typical town.
5.2%
Before 1961
20%
1961–80
34%
1981–2000
35%
2001–15
5.8%
2016–21
Woodlands 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
Woodlands County has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,800 to 4,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Woodlands County2
Their median is 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Woodlands County and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands County | 4,778 | 2 | 1 | 1823 |
| Whitecourt | 10,708 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Woodlands County in brief
Inside Woodlands County there are 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, led by Fort Assiniboine. No town its size has more historic places: it leads the 16 nearest in population. Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 5.2% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, its one place was designated in 1935.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- 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. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- 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 Woodlands County’s history
Which places in Woodlands County have the highest designation?
It is Fort Assiniboine.
How old are the homes in Woodlands County?
The 2021 Census dates 5.2% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
What is the oldest building in Woodlands County?
By its record, Fort Assiniboine, from 1823 (National Historic Site).
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).