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Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station (VIA Rail), Courtenay, British Columbia · Photo: Daryl Mitchell · CC BY-SA 2.0Courtenay’s entry is Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station (VIA Rail), Courtenay, British Columbia (1914), a heritage railway station. Per resident Courtenay has more than 72% of Canadian towns: 0.3 for every 10,000 people. Few homes are old by the census: 8.9% before 1961, against 18%.
Its charter made Courtenay a town in 1915. The railway reached Courtenay in 1914.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Courtenay, British Columbia”, revision 1375653657 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
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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.
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
5 places lie within 50 km. The earliest date is Powell River Townsite Historic District’s, 1911, 37 km away. At 1.7 km, Courtenay River in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley is the closest.
| Courtenay RiverListed in a community heritage register · 1.7 km away, in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley |
| Powell River Townsite Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1911–1956 · 37 km away, in Powell River |
| Cape Mudge LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1916 · 37 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 · 44 km away, in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot |
Courtenay built little from 1961 to 1980: 21% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. The busiest building years in Courtenay were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 37% of today’s homes. 23% of Courtenay’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtenay | 32,869 | 1 | 0 | 1914 |
| Comox | 15,884 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley | 7,830 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Cumberland | 4,974 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley | 9,803 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area A, Comox Valley | 8,415 | 0 | 0 | — |
Canada’s heritage lists give Courtenay 1 historic place. Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 8.9%, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: one historic place is about usual for its size (the median is 0); Henry McQuillan (1906) is its person of the past on the record; and its designation dates from 1994.
The registers list 1 historic place inside Courtenay.
Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station (VIA Rail), Courtenay, British Columbia — its record dates it to 1914 (Heritage Railway Station).
8.9% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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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).
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