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Building Legacy

This is a resource for exploring Edmonton's historic built landscape. Come learn about the buildings that make Edmonton unique and the architecture that surrounds you everyday.

Discover Edmonton's Architecture

Edmonton’s architecture was a product of its time. A bit of information about the city’s past will help you understand the buildings you see today.
Come discover Edmonton’s history!

Go Back In Time!

Edmonton's architecture was a product of its time. A bit of information about the city's past will help you understand the buildings you see today. Come discover Edmonton's history!

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Pre-Contact and Fur Trade

Indigenous Peoples have called this area home for millennia. Europeans, lured by the promise of fur, only arrived in the late 1700s. 

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Urban Settlement

Edmonton as we know it today began to develop in the early 1870s. Initially a very small community, it grew steadily until 1904, at which time it had a population of over 8,000.

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Urban Growth

Between 1905 and 1913 Edmonton experienced incredible growth. The population exploded from less that 10,000 to almost 70,000 in only a few years.

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The War Years

Between 1914 and 1945 Edmonton underwent phenomenal change as the Great War, the Depression and the Second World War left their mark.

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The Post War Years

The discovery of oil in Alberta changed Edmonton forever. Rapid growth, new technologies and changing lifestyles and world views dramatically altered Edmonton’s built landscape.

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