Photo: Tanbir M-05 · CC BY-SA 4.0In Mount Royal, 47% of homes go back before 1961
Mount Royal’s share is 2.7 times the typical 18%. 19 places on the heritage registers lie within 5 km of Mount Royal, the nearest Landa Residence, 1.9 km away. Heritage of the first rank begins 1.4 km away, in Caswell Hill.
Around Mount Royal, within 5 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1884
Around Mount Royal, not inside it: the places within 5 km, by the first construction date on record.
The earliest is Marr Residence in Buena Vista, begun in 1884. Within 5 km, building dates exist for 18 places.
Near Mount Royal, within 5 km: 3 places of national rank
The nearest is Landa Residence, 1.9 km away in Pleasant Hill. Oldest of them is Marr Residence (1884), 3.2 km off. Count to 5 km and there are 19.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Landa ResidenceMunicipal heritage property · 1913 · 1.9 km away, in Pleasant Hill |
| Saskatoon Railway Station (Canadian Pacific)National Historic Site · 1907–1909 · 1.9 km away, in Caswell Hill |
| Fairbanks-Morse WarehouseMunicipal heritage property · 1911 · 2.1 km away, in Central Business District |
| Hutchinson BuildingMunicipal heritage property · 1923 · 2.6 km away, in Central Business District |
| Land Titles BuildingProvincial heritage property · 1910 · 2.7 km away, in Central Business District |
| Next of Kin Memorial AvenueNational Historic Site · 1922–1924 · 2.8 km away, in North Park |
| Cathedral of St. John the EvangelistMunicipal heritage property · 1917 · 3 km away, in Central Business District |
| Marr ResidenceMunicipal heritage property · 1884 · 3.2 km away, in Buena Vista |
| Bowerman HouseMunicipal heritage property · 1907 · 3.4 km away, in South West Industrial |
| Arrand BlockMunicipal heritage property · 1912 · 3.5 km away, in Buena Vista |
| Gustin HouseMunicipal heritage property · 1920 · 3.5 km away, in Buena Vista |
| Sommerville/Petitt HouseMunicipal heritage property · 1912 · 3.6 km away, in Central Business District |
Mount Royal added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.1%, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 39% of Mount Royal’s, against 27% in the typical town. Only 1.8% of Mount Royal’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Few of Mount Royal’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 8.3%, the norm 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 Mount Royal compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,200 to 5,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Just one has more: South West Industrial. The typical town its size has 0. 15 of them have nothing on the registers.
Mount Royal and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Royal | 5,292 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westmount | 2,872 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westview | 2,670 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Caswell Hill | 2,573 | 1 | 1 | 1907 |
| Massey Place | 6,561 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pleasant Hill | 6,088 | 1 | 0 | 1913 |
| Meadowgreen | 3,782 | 0 | 0 | — |
Mount Royal in brief
Counted by age, 47% of Mount Royal’s homes predate 1961, 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
- 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. 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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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 Mount Royal’s history
How many historic places does Mount Royal have on the registers?
Mount Royal has none of its own yet. Landa Residence, in Pleasant Hill, is the nearest, 1.9 km away.
How old are the homes in Mount Royal?
The 2021 Census dates 47% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).