Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain41 registered heritage sites stand within 100 km of Elkford
Its housing is mostly newer: 1.3% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. For the highest designations, the closest town is Crowsnest Pass, 56 km off.
Within 100 km of Elkford: 41 places on the registers
Between them, 6 towns share them, mainly Foothills County, Crowsnest Pass and Electoral Area C, East Kootenay. Nearest comes Coleman, 52 km off, in Crowsnest Pass. Kootenae House, 98 km off, is the oldest: 1807.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| ColemanNational Historic Site · 1903–1972 · 52 km away, in Crowsnest Pass |
| LilleProvincial historic resource · 55 km away, in Crowsnest Pass |
| Frank SlideProvincial historic resource · 61 km away, in Crowsnest Pass |
| E.P. RanchProvincial historic resource · 63 km away, in Foothills County |
| Pearson's HouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1909–1921 · 65 km away, in Foothills County |
| WoodshedClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1920–1930 · 65 km away, in Foothills County |
| Vehicle Garage, Building 35Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1927–1928 · 65 km away, in Foothills County |
| Vehicle Garage, Building 24Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1930–1931 · 66 km away, in Foothills County |
| Implement ShedClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1910–1911 · 66 km away, in Foothills County |
| Poultry Building 21Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1927–1931 · 66 km away, in Foothills County |
| Poultry Shed, Building 21AClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1927–1931 · 66 km away, in Foothills County |
| Work Horse Barn, Building 17Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1883–1893 · 66 km away, in Foothills County |
Around Elkford, within 100 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
Reaching 100 km out from Elkford: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Dated places within 100 km: 36. 2 predate Confederation. First by date comes Kootenae House in Electoral Area F, East Kootenay, from 1807.
Only 1.7% of Elkford’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Count back from today and half of Elkford’s homes are older than 1981. 54% of Elkford’s homes date from 1961 to 1980, well above the typical 27%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 26% of Elkford’s, about the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Elkford in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.3% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Elkford’s history
How many historic places does Elkford have on the registers?
None in Elkford itself. The closest is Coleman in Crowsnest Pass, 52 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Elkford?
Before 1961: 1.3% of its homes; 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).