Photo: Kyla Duhamel from Saskatoon, Canada · CC BY 2.04 registered heritage sites stand within 100 km of Candle Lake
Only 5.1% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Heritage of the first rank begins 70 km away, in Prince Albert.
The heritage closest to Candle Lake: Prince Albert Historical Museum, at 69 km
Oldest of them is Former Prince Albert City Hall (1892), 69 km off. The John and Olive Diefenbaker Museum, 69 km off, is the nearest of 3 top-tier places. Count to 100 km and there are 4.
The 4 nearest, within 100 km
| Prince Albert Historical MuseumMunicipal heritage property · 1911 · 69 km away, in Prince Albert |
| The John and Olive Diefenbaker MuseumNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 69 km away, in Prince Albert |
| Former Prince Albert City HallNational Historic Site · 1892–1894 · 69 km away, in Prince Albert |
| Keyhole CastleNational Historic Site · 1913–1914 · 70 km away, in Prince Albert |
A growing town: 7.6% of Candle Lake’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Candle Lake has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 33%, where most towns have 15%. The busiest building years in Candle Lake were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 35% of today’s homes. Few of Candle Lake’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 19%, the norm 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Candle Lake in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 5.1%, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
Questions about Candle Lake’s history
How many historic places does Candle Lake have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Candle Lake; Prince Albert Historical Museum, in Prince Albert, is 69 km away.
How old are the homes in Candle Lake?
5.1% 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).