The Alberta Register of Historic Places is a database listing most historic places designated under the Historical Resources Act. If a site is designated a Provincial Historic Resource, a Registered Historic Resource or a Municipal Historic Resource it is likely included in the Register. 
Approximately 700 sites are listed in the Register. The Register contains sites from all over Alberta and includes all aspects of Alberta’s rich heritage. To learn about the designated sites in your region simply visit the site and start exploring. You can search the Register by:
- historic function (i.e. Bank, School, Residence)
- current function (i.e. Fire Station, Grain Elevator)
- ownership type (i.e. Municipal, Private, Not For Profit)
- formal recognition type (i.e. Municipal Historic Resource, Provincial Historic Resource)
- municipality (i.e. Brooks, Mackenzie County)
- constituency (i.e. Wetaskiwin-Camrose riding)
- site name (i.e. Zephyr Creek Pictographs)
- community/nearest community (ie. Fort Vermilion, Cherry Point)
- location (i.e. ATS-LSD Location, PBL Location)
- map (i.e. enter a location and see which sites are in the area)
The Alberta Register of Historic Places is administered through Alberta’s Historic Places Designation Program. This program is responsible for identifying, evaluating and designating Provincial Historic Resources, updating and maintaining the Alberta Register of Historic Places, and submitting eligible sites to the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
Sites listed on the Alberta Register of Historic Places are eligible for listing on the Canadian Register of Historic Places; a national database listing formally recognized historic places from all across Canada. Visit the Canadian Register and explore from “coast to coast to coast” the varied historic places of local, provincial, territorial and national significance.
Written by: Brenda Manweiler, Municipal Heritage Services Officer
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