Chee Kung Tong Building · Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Electoral Area C, Cariboo: 2 historic places, every one with the highest designation
The oldest building on Electoral Area C, Cariboo’s record is Barkerville, from 1862. Few homes are old by the census: 4.4% before 1961, against 18%.
Electoral Area C, Cariboo’s landmarks in 2 pictures
Both places on Electoral Area C, Cariboo’s registers have a photo here. In front: Chee Kung Tong Building and Barkerville.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Where Electoral Area C, Cariboo’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
2 places in Electoral Area C, Cariboo with the highest designation
The first was designated in 1924, the latest in 2008. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Their dates run from 1862, with Barkerville, to 1874. Each one opens its own page.
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TopWithin 100 km of Electoral Area C, Cariboo: one place on the registers
The first one out is Fort Alexandria, 46 km away in Electoral Area A, Cariboo.
The nearest, within 100 km
| Fort AlexandriaNational Historic Site · 1821–1822 · 46 km away, in Electoral Area A, Cariboo |
New homes are rare in Electoral Area C, Cariboo: 1.8% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Electoral Area C, Cariboo were already standing by 1981. Electoral Area C, Cariboo has an unusual share of homes built from 1961 to 1980: 58%, where most towns have 27%. 22% of Electoral Area C, Cariboo’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, close to the typical town’s 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Electoral Area C, Cariboo and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Cariboo | 1,289 | 2 | 2 | 1862 |
| Quesnel | 10,253 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo | 6,172 | 1 | 1 | 1821 |
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo | 4,169 | 0 | 0 | — |
Electoral Area C, Cariboo in brief
The registers count 2 historic places in Electoral Area C, Cariboo, 2 with the highest designation. Most of its homes are post-1960: only 4.4% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: Bert Sincock (1887) is its person of the past on the record; and the designations ran from 1924 to 2008.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Electoral Area C, Cariboo’s history
Which places in Electoral Area C, Cariboo have the highest designation?
Barkerville and Chee Kung Tong Building.
How old are the homes in Electoral Area C, Cariboo?
The 2021 Census dates 4.4% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
What is the oldest building in Electoral Area C, Cariboo?
Barkerville, a National Historic Site, begun in 1862.
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).