Photo: LN? from Canada · CC BY 2.0Coldstream’s surroundings: 6 historic places within 100 km
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 9.6%. Heritage of the first rank begins 35 km away, in Central Okanagan. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1906: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
6 historic places within 100 km of Coldstream
The nearest is “Canadian National Railway Station, Kelowna, British Columbia”, 42 km away in Kelowna. Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway, 48 km off, is the oldest: 1912. Its one place of national rank is Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway, at 48 km.
The 6 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kelowna, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1927 · 42 km away, in Kelowna |
| Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley RailwayNational Historic Site · 1912–1915 · 48 km away, in Central Okanagan |
| NaramataBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 86 km away, in Penticton |
| SicamousHeritage designation · 86 km away, in Penticton |
| Kamloops Memorial ArenaListed in a community heritage register · 93 km away, in Kamloops |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kamloops, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1928 · 93 km away, in Kamloops |
Coldstream’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 36% of its homes
Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 5.1% of Coldstream’s, about the typical 4.1%. Coldstream has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 19%, where most towns have 15%. 30% of Coldstream’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Coldstream and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldstream | 11,380 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Vernon | 49,527 | 2 | 0 | 1913 |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan | 5,029 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan | 3,415 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Okanagan (Part) 1 | 3,482 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lumby | 2,257 | 0 | 0 | — |
Coldstream in brief
Few of its homes are old, 9.6% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- 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.
Questions about Coldstream’s history
How many historic places does Coldstream have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Coldstream; Canadian National Railway Station, Kelowna, British Columbia, in Kelowna, is 42 km away.
When did Coldstream become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Coldstream is 1906, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Coldstream?
9.6% predate 1961, where 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).