Photo: Kayoty · CC BY-SA 3.0In a 100 km circle around Barriere: 3 places on the registers
Only 6.6% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has 2007, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding. The nearest town with a top designation is Kamloops, 58 km away.
Barriere’s surroundings: 3 historic places within 100 km
At 58 km, “Canadian National Railway Station, Kamloops, British Columbia” in Kamloops is the closest. Kamloops and Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola hold most of them, among 2 towns. By designation: 2 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station.
The 3 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kamloops, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1928 · 58 km away, in Kamloops |
| Kamloops Memorial ArenaListed in a community heritage register · 58 km away, in Kamloops |
| McAbee Fossil BedsBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 83 km away, in Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola |
A growing town: 7.2% of Barriere’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 36% of Barriere’s homes. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 35% of Barriere’s, against 27% in the typical town. Over half of the homes in Barriere were already standing by 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Barriere and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barriere | 1,913 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area O (Lower North Thompson), Thompson-Nicola | 1,653 | 0 | 0 | — |
Barriere in brief
Before 1961: just 6.6% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- 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.
Questions about Barriere’s history
How many historic places does Barriere have on the registers?
Inside Barriere, none so far; Canadian National Railway Station, Kamloops, British Columbia, 58 km away in Kamloops, is the closest.
When did Barriere become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Barriere is 2007, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Barriere?
The 2021 Census dates 6.6% 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).