Courtenay River · Photo: Jo Hund · CC BY-SA 3.01 historic place on the heritage registers in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley
Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley has 1.3 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 81% of Canadian towns. Only 12% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Where Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the 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.
On a provincial or local list in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley: one place
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
LocalWithin 50 km of Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley, the dated places belong mostly to the wars and the Depression
The area here stretches to 50 km around Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
The bars count 5 dated places within 50 km. Oldest of all: Powell River Townsite Historic District, Powell River, 1911.
Leave Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley and the first historic place is “Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station (VIA Rail), Courtenay, British Columbia”, 7.5 km away
Their towns number 5: Courtenay, Powell River and Electoral Area C, Strathcona first. All told, 5 places are within 50 km. Powell River Townsite Historic District, 31 km away, leads 3 places with the top designation.
The 5 nearest, within 50 km
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station (VIA Rail), Courtenay, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1914–1915 · 7.5 km away, in Courtenay |
| Powell River Townsite Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1911–1956 · 31 km away, in Powell River |
| Cape Mudge LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1916 · 36 km away, in Electoral Area C, Strathcona |
| Motor Vessel BCP 45National Historic Site · 1927–1928 · 38 km away, in Campbell River |
| McLean MillNational Historic Site · 1925–1966 · 46 km away, in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot |
The biggest share of Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 35%
Homes built from 2016 to 2021 make up 5.7% of Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s, above the typical 4.1%. 34% of Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s homes date from 1961 to 1980, well above the typical 27%. Half of the homes standing in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley today were built before 2001.
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 B (Lazo North), Comox Valley has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,800 to 7,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Cypress County and Coteau-du-Lac. The typical town its size has 0. 11 of them have nothing on the registers.
Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley | 7,830 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Comox | 15,884 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Courtenay | 32,869 | 1 | 0 | 1914 |
| Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley | 9,803 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cumberland | 4,974 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area A, Comox Valley | 8,415 | 0 | 0 | — |
Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley in brief
Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley has 1 historic place. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places. Few of its homes are old, 12% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- 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 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 Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s history
How many historic places does Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley have on the registers?
The registers list 1 historic place inside Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley.
How old are the homes in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley?
The 2021 Census dates 12% 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).