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Only 0% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. For the highest designations, the closest town is Strathcona, 13 km off.
The registers find 40 places within 25 km of Burnaby Mountain
Between them, 14 towns share them, mainly Yaletown, Granville Entertainment District and Strathcona. Nearest comes Holy Trinity Cathedral, 8.2 km off, in New Westminster. The record reaches back to 1880 with Vancouver's Chinatown, 14 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Holy Trinity CathedralListed in a community heritage register · 1902 · 8.2 km away, in New Westminster |
| Hastings ParkProvincially Recognized Heritage Site · 1888 · 9.5 km away, in Hastings-Sunrise |
| First Church of Christ, ScientistListed in a community heritage register · 1925 · 12 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Victoria ParkListed in a community heritage register · 1905 · 13 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Burrard Dry DockHeritage designation · 13 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Vancouver Japanese Language SchoolNational Historic Site · 1928–1929 · 13 km away, in Strathcona |
| Saint Paul's Roman Catholic ChurchNational Historic Site · 1884–1885 · 14 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Kuomintang BuildingHeritage designation · 14 km away, in Strathcona |
| Canadian National Railways / VIA Rail Station, Vancouver, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 14 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ovaltine CafeListed in a community heritage register · 1912 · 14 km away, in Strathcona |
| Vancouver's ChinatownNational Historic Site · 1880–2003 · 14 km away, in Strathcona |
| Carnegie Community CentreHeritage designation · 14 km away, in Yaletown |
The places within 25 km of Burnaby Mountain lean to the decades after Confederation
The area here stretches to 25 km around Burnaby Mountain: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
34 dated places within 25 km make up the record. Oldest of all: Vancouver's Chinatown, Strathcona, 1880.
16% of Burnaby Mountain’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
32% of Burnaby Mountain’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 40% of Burnaby Mountain’s, against 15% in the typical town. Burnaby Mountain built little from 1961 to 1980: 12% of its homes, where most towns have 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Burnaby Mountain compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 9,200 to 9,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Boischatel, Downtown Commercial Core and L'Épiphanie. The middle one has 0. 13 of them have none.
Burnaby Mountain and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnaby Mountain | 9,248 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lougheed | 15,442 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Montecito | 10,734 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lake City | 3,240 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bainbridge | 3,015 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lochdale | 7,463 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Port Moody | 38,285 | 0 | 0 | — |
Burnaby Mountain in brief
Its housing is young: only 0% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
Questions about Burnaby Mountain’s history
How many historic places does Burnaby Mountain have on the registers?
Burnaby Mountain has none of its own yet. Holy Trinity Cathedral, in New Westminster, is the nearest, 8.2 km away.
How old are the homes in Burnaby Mountain?
The 2021 Census dates 0% 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).