Photo: Nuggets · CC BY 3.0In a 100 km circle around Yellowhead County: one place on the registers
Its housing is mostly newer: 8.7% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Woodlands County, 63 km away.
Yellowhead County’s surroundings: one historic place within 100 km
The first one out is Whitecourt crater, 51 km away in Woodlands County.
The nearest, within 100 km
| Whitecourt craterProvincial historic resource · 51 km away, in Woodlands County |
Most of Yellowhead County’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 34%
25% of Yellowhead County’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. New building is strong in Yellowhead County: 5.2% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%. Over half of the homes in Yellowhead County were already standing by 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 Yellowhead County compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 10,900 to 11,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: East London and Liverpool. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have none.
Yellowhead County in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 8.7%, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Yellowhead County’s history
How many historic places does Yellowhead County have on the registers?
Inside Yellowhead County, none so far; Whitecourt crater, 51 km away in Woodlands County, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Yellowhead County?
8.7% 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).