TopNational Historic Site · 1910–1913Chilliwack City Hall45820 Spadina AvenuePublic domain · Commons file
Photo: University of the Fraser Valley · CC BY 2.01historic place on the registers
History of Chilliwack · Canada’s heritage registers
One place in Chilliwack, at the top of the registers
Chilliwack City Hall, from 1910, is Chilliwack’s national historic site. Chilliwack has 0.1 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 71% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
1
0.1 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1910
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
11%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Chilliwack in pictures
Pictured: Chilliwack City Hall, Chilliwack’s only designated place.
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.
Through time
Old Chilliwack, 1901 to 1918
By date: 4 old photographs of the town, with the oldest view of one of its historic places. Scroll the strip and tap a picture to open it.
1901
1908
1910
1911
1918Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Chilliwack’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
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.
Highest designations
One place in Chilliwack 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
Nearest to Chilliwack: Kilby Provincial Park, 11 km away
Of 7 top designations nearby, Xá:ytem / Hatzic Rock is the closest, at 21 km. The earliest date is Fort Langley’s, 1839, 45 km away. Count to 50 km and there are 12.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Kilby Provincial ParkBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 1973 · 11 km away, in Kent |
| Xá:ytem / Hatzic RockNational Historic Site · 21 km away, in Mission |
| Abbotsford Sikh TempleNational Historic Site · 1910–1913 · 27 km away, in Abbotsford |
| Stave Falls Hydro-Electric InstallationNational Historic Site · 1909–1913 · 31 km away, in Mission |
| Northeast BastionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 45 km away, in Langley |
| StorehouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1840–1872 · 45 km away, in Langley |
| Fort LangleyNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 45 km away, in Langley |
| Servants' QuartersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 45 km away, in Langley |
| Big HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1960 · 45 km away, in Langley |
| Saint Andrew's United ChurchListed in a community heritage register · 45 km away, in Langley |
| Fort HopeNational Historic Site · 1848 · 46 km away, in Hope |
| Christ ChurchNational Historic Site · 1861–1862 · 46 km away, in Hope |
Homes by age
A growing town: 11% of Chilliwack’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Chilliwack’s largest group of homes, 30%, went up from 1981 to 2000. Homes from before 1961 are 11% of Chilliwack’s housing, below the typical 18%. 25% of Chilliwack’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%.
11%
Before 1961
23%
1961–80
30%
1981–2000
25%
2001–15
11%
2016–21
ChilliwackTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Chilliwack and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilliwack | 105,520 | 1 | 1 | 1910 |
| Skowkale | 1,114 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tzeachten 13 | 4,899 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley | 1,748 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cultus Lake | 2,773 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley | 1,155 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rosedale | 2,401 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Chilliwack in brief
Chilliwack has 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, among them Chilliwack City Hall. Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 11%, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, one historic place is about usual for its size (the median is 5); and its designation dates from 1984.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
Questions about Chilliwack’s history
Which places in Chilliwack have the highest designation?
Chilliwack City Hall.
What is the oldest building in Chilliwack?
Chilliwack City Hall (National Historic Site): the first construction date on its record is 1910.
How old are the homes in Chilliwack?
The 2021 Census dates 11% 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).