Photo: Rod Lafond · CC BY 3.038 heritage places lie within 100 km of Sparwood
Homes from before 1961 are 7.4% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. Crowsnest Pass, 34 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Sparwood’s surroundings: 38 historic places within 100 km
They stand in 4 towns, Foothills County, Crowsnest Pass and Electoral Area C, East Kootenay among them. Fort Steele, 55 km off, is the oldest: 1864. Nearest comes Coleman, 30 km off, in Crowsnest Pass.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| ColemanNational Historic Site · 1903–1972 · 30 km away, in Crowsnest Pass |
| LilleProvincial historic resource · 37 km away, in Crowsnest Pass |
| Frank SlideProvincial historic resource · 39 km away, in Crowsnest Pass |
| Fort SteeleNational Historic Site · 1887–1888 · 55 km away, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay |
| Fort SteeleBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 1864 · 55 km away, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay |
| E.P. RanchProvincial historic resource · 86 km away, in Foothills County |
| Pearson's HouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1909–1921 · 89 km away, in Foothills County |
| WoodshedClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1920–1930 · 89 km away, in Foothills County |
| Vehicle Garage, Building 35Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1927–1928 · 89 km away, in Foothills County |
| Implement ShedClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1910–1911 · 89 km away, in Foothills County |
| Work Horse Barn, Building 17Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1883–1893 · 89 km away, in Foothills County |
| Blacksmith ShopClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1900–1907 · 89 km away, in Foothills County |
Around Sparwood, within 100 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
Out to 100 km from Sparwood, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
34 places within 100 km have a date. One is older than 1867. The earliest is Fort Steele in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, begun in 1864.
Most of Sparwood’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 48%
From 2016 to 2021 Sparwood added 4.7% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Over half of the homes in Sparwood were already standing by 1981. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 23% of Sparwood’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.
How Sparwood compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,500 to 4,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Minnetonka and Vulcan County. Their median is 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Sparwood and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparwood | 4,486 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area A, East Kootenay | 2,092 | 0 | 0 | — |
Sparwood in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 7.4% came earlier, 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
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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 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.
- 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.
Questions about Sparwood’s history
How many historic places does Sparwood have on the registers?
Nothing inside Sparwood; Coleman in Crowsnest Pass, 30 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Sparwood?
7.4% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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).