Photo: Maclean25 at English Wikipedia · Public domainAround Chetwynd, one historic place within 100 km
Homes from before 1961 are 6.6% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has 1918, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding. Look 76 km away, to Electoral Area C, Peace River, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Near Chetwynd, within 100 km: one place of national rank
The nearest is Tse'K'wa, 76 km away in Electoral Area C, Peace River. Within 100 km there is one place in all.
The nearest, within 100 km
| Tse'K'waNational Historic Site · 76 km away, in Electoral Area C, Peace River |
Chetwynd added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.5%, where most towns have 4.1%
33% of Chetwynd’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 50% of Chetwynd’s homes. Chetwynd built little from 2001 to 2015: 10% of its homes, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Chetwynd and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chetwynd | 2,484 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area E, Peace River | 2,737 | 0 | 0 | — |
Chetwynd in brief
Few of its homes are old, 6.6% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal 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. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
Questions about Chetwynd’s history
How many historic places does Chetwynd have on the registers?
Nothing inside Chetwynd; Tse'K'wa in Electoral Area C, Peace River, 76 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
When did Chetwynd become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Chetwynd is 1918, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Chetwynd?
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).