Photo: Themightyquill · CC BY-SA 2.5In a 100 km circle around Ashcroft: 3 places on the registers
2 old photographs show Ashcroft between 1899 and 1920. The closest top-tier heritage is in Kamloops, 66 km from here.
Ashcroft as it looked, 1899 to 1920
In order of date: 2 old photographs of the town. Each dot on the line is a picture; tap one to open it full screen.
c. 1899
c. 1920Public 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.
Within 100 km of Ashcroft: 3 places on the registers
Nearest comes McAbee Fossil Beds, 12 km off, in Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola. Oldest of them is “Canadian National Railway Station, Kamloops, British Columbia” (1926), 67 km off. Their towns number 2: Kamloops and Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola first.
The 3 nearest, within 100 km
| McAbee Fossil BedsBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 12 km away, in Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kamloops, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1928 · 67 km away, in Kamloops |
| Kamloops Memorial ArenaListed in a community heritage register · 68 km away, in Kamloops |
Ashcroft added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%
Ashcroft has an unusual share of homes built from 1961 to 1980: 56%, where most towns have 27%. Few of Ashcroft’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 4.4%, the norm 15%. Homes from before 1961 are 20% of Ashcroft’s housing, about the typical 18%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Ashcroft and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashcroft | 1,744 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cache Creek | 1,053 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola | 1,189 | 1 | 0 | — |
Ashcroft in brief
Older stock first: 20% of homes in Ashcroft were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Ashcroft’s history
How many historic places does Ashcroft have on the registers?
Inside Ashcroft, none so far; McAbee Fossil Beds, 12 km away in Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Ashcroft?
The 2021 Census dates 20% 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).