Photo: Kenny Louie from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0Buckingham Heights and its setting: 43 historic places within 25 km
For the highest designations, the closest town to Buckingham Heights is Strathcona, 11 km off. Wikidata knows 7 more provincial or municipal listings here that get no page, lacking an open statement or an encyclopedia article.
The closest heritage to Buckingham Heights is Holy Trinity Cathedral, 4.8 km off
By age, Vancouver's Chinatown leads, from 1880, at 11 km. Count to 25 km and there are 43. For the highest designations, the nearest of 16 is Vancouver Japanese Language School, 11 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Holy Trinity CathedralListed in a community heritage register · 1902 · 4.8 km away, in New Westminster |
| Hastings ParkProvincially Recognized Heritage Site · 1888 · 8.4 km away, in Hastings-Sunrise |
| Canadian National Railways / VIA Rail Station, Vancouver, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| Bloedel ConservatoryListed in a community heritage register · 1969 · 11 km away, in Riley Park |
| Vancouver Japanese Language SchoolNational Historic Site · 1928–1929 · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| Kuomintang BuildingHeritage designation · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| Vancouver's ChinatownNational Historic Site · 1880–2003 · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ovaltine CafeListed in a community heritage register · 1912 · 11 km away, in Strathcona |
| Carnegie Community CentreHeritage designation · 12 km away, in Yaletown |
| Pantages TheatreListed in a community heritage register · 1907 · 12 km away, in Yaletown |
| Sam Kee BuildingHeritage designation · 1913 · 12 km away, in Yaletown |
| Hotel EuropeHeritage designation · 1909 · 12 km away, in Yaletown |
Within 25 km of Buckingham Heights, the decades after Confederation left the most
The nearest historic places to Buckingham Heights, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
The earliest is Vancouver's Chinatown in Strathcona, begun in 1880. 37 places within 25 km carry a construction date.
New homes stand out in Buckingham Heights: 12% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Before 1961: just 14% of Buckingham Heights’s homes, where most towns have 18%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 30% of Buckingham Heights’s homes. Over half of the homes in Buckingham Heights 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.
How Buckingham Heights compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,700 to 8,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Nicolet. Their median is 0. For 15, the registers list nothing.
Buckingham Heights and its neighbours
Buckingham Heights in brief
Counted by age, only 14% of its homes come from 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
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
Questions about Buckingham Heights’s history
How many historic places does Buckingham Heights have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Buckingham Heights; Holy Trinity Cathedral, in New Westminster, is 4.8 km away.
How old are the homes in Buckingham Heights?
Before 1961: 14% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Buckingham Heights be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 7 more listings in Buckingham Heights, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article they get no page.
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).