Photo: Mhalifu · CC BY-SA 3.0In a 100 km circle around Peace River: 2 places on the registers
The closest top-tier heritage to Peace River is in Peace No. 135, 11 km away. Its housing is mostly newer: 11% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Peace River in old pictures
A single old picture: one old photograph of the town. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.
1919–1930Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Near Peace River, within 100 km: 2 places of national rank
They stand in 2 towns, Peace No. 135 and Fairview No. 136 among them. Count to 100 km and there are 2. Nearest comes Fort Fork, 16 km off, in Peace No. 135.
The 2 nearest, within 100 km
| Fort ForkNational Historic Site · 1792–1793 · 16 km away, in Peace No. 135 |
| Fort DunveganNational Historic Site · 1805–1806 · 88 km away, in Fairview No. 136 |
Peace River added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.9%, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 19% of Peace River’s, against 15% in the typical town. The busiest building years in Peace River were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 42% of today’s homes. Half of the homes standing in Peace River today were built before 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Peace River compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,200 to 7,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Hope, La Sarre and Saint-Paul. The typical town its size has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Peace River and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peace River | 7,220 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Northern Sunrise County | 1,848 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Peace No. 135 | 1,581 | 1 | 1 | 1792 |
Peace River in brief
The census dates only 11% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
Questions about Peace River’s history
How many historic places does Peace River have on the registers?
Peace River has none of its own; Fort Fork, in Peace No. 135, the closest at 16 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Peace River?
Before 1961: 11% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Peace River be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. One more listing in Peace River is known through Wikidata alone, so it is counted, not paged.
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).