Heritage within reach of Wilton No. 472: 5 places, 100 km or closer
Heritage of the first rank begins 50 km from Wilton No. 472, in Frenchman Butte No. 501. Building from 2016 to 2021 gave it 5.6% of its homes, where most towns have 4.1%.
5 places on Canada’s registers lie 100 km or less from Wilton No. 472
Fort Pitt in Frenchman Butte No. 501 is the nearest, 42 km away. Frenchman Butte No. 501, Vermilion River County and Wainwright hold most of them, among 4 towns. By designation: 3 National Historic Sites and 2 provincial or municipal listings.
The 5 nearest, within 100 km
| Fort PittNational Historic Site · 1829–1831 · 42 km away, in Frenchman Butte No. 501 |
| Frenchman ButteNational Historic Site · 1885 · 52 km away, in Frenchman Butte No. 501 |
| Paint Creek HouseProvincial historic resource · 59 km away, in Vermilion River County |
| Wainwright HotelProvincial historic resource · 76 km away, in Wainwright |
| Frog LakeNational Historic Site · 1885 · 84 km away, in Bonnyville No. 87 |
Most of Wilton No. 472’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 30%
Homes from before 1961 are 19% of Wilton No. 472’s housing, about the typical 18%. Over half of the homes in Wilton No. 472 were already standing by 2001. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Wilton No. 472 27% of its homes, near the usual 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Wilton No. 472 and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton No. 472 | 1,583 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lloydminster (Part) | 13,137 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lloydminster (Part) | 21,267 | 0 | 0 | — |
Wilton No. 472 in brief
In Wilton No. 472, 19% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Wilton No. 472’s history
How many historic places does Wilton No. 472 have on the registers?
Inside Wilton No. 472, none so far. At 42 km, Fort Pitt in Frenchman Butte No. 501 is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Wilton No. 472?
Before 1961: 19% 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).