Photo: Kiyoteru Awaji · CC BY 4.0One heritage place lies within 100 km of Clearwater
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 6.1%. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is 2007; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
One place on Canada’s registers lies 100 km or less from Clearwater
The first one out is 108 Mile Ranch, 91 km away in Mile 108 Recreational Ranch.
The nearest, within 100 km
| 108 Mile RanchListed in a community heritage register · 91 km away, in Mile 108 Recreational Ranch |
Most of Clearwater’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 44%
From 2016 on, Clearwater built 3.8% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 33% of Clearwater’s, against 23% in the typical town. Over half of the homes in Clearwater were already standing by 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Clearwater and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country), Thompson-Nicola | 1,766 | 0 | 0 | — |
Clearwater in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 6.1% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: like most towns its size, it has no historic place; and Rena Heer (1901) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- 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.
Questions about Clearwater’s history
How many historic places does Clearwater have on the registers?
None inside Clearwater yet. The nearest is 108 Mile Ranch, 91 km away in Mile 108 Recreational Ranch.
When did Clearwater become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Clearwater dates from 2007; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Clearwater?
Before 1961: 6.1% 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).