National Historic Site · 1821–1822Fort AlexandriaCariboo Road, Highway 97
1historic place on the registers
History of Electoral Area A, Cariboo · Canada’s heritage registers
Heritage in Electoral Area A, Cariboo: 1 historic place of the highest rank
Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s entry is Fort Alexandria (1821), a national historic site. Measured against its size, Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s 1.6 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 84% of Canadian towns. The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 8.3%.
Historic places
1
1.6 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1821
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
8.3%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Electoral Area A, Cariboo with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Near Electoral Area A, Cariboo, within 100 km: 2 places of national rank
All told, 2 places are within 100 km. Closest of all is Chee Kung Tong Building, in Electoral Area C, Cariboo, 64 km off. Oldest of them is Barkerville (1862), 64 km off.
The 2 nearest, within 100 km
| Chee Kung Tong BuildingNational Historic Site · 1874–1878 · 64 km away, in Electoral Area C, Cariboo |
| BarkervilleNational Historic Site · 1862–1866 · 64 km away, in Electoral Area C, Cariboo |
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Electoral Area A, Cariboo: 1.3% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
More than half of Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s housing predates 1981. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 47% of Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s homes. Few of Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 8.4%, the norm 15%.
8.3%
Before 1961
47%
1961–80
35%
1981–2000
8.4%
2001–15
1.3%
2016–21
Electoral Area A, CaribooTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Electoral Area A, Cariboo has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,100 to 6,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Electoral Area A, Cariboo1
Ahead of it: Saint-Césaire. The typical town its size has 0. For 12, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Electoral Area A, Cariboo and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo | 6,172 | 1 | 1 | 1821 |
| Quesnel | 10,253 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area I, Cariboo | 1,707 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area C, Cariboo | 1,289 | 2 | 2 | 1862 |
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo | 4,169 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Electoral Area A, Cariboo in brief
Canada’s heritage lists give Electoral Area A, Cariboo 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, Fort Alexandria among them. Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more historic places. Most of its homes are post-1960: only 8.3% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, its one place was designated in 1925.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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 Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s history
Which places in Electoral Area A, Cariboo have the highest designation?
Just one: Fort Alexandria.
What is the oldest building in Electoral Area A, Cariboo?
By its record, Fort Alexandria, from 1821 (National Historic Site).
How old are the homes in Electoral Area A, Cariboo?
Before 1961: 8.3% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).