Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainAround Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley, 97 historic places within 50 km
Heritage of the first rank begins 30 km from Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley, in Central Saanich. The newest homes, 2016 to 2021, are 4.9% of the total, the typical town 4.1%.
32 places of the highest rank within 50 km of Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley
Nearest comes “Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station (VIA Rail), Duncan, British Columbia”, 1.4 km off, in Duncan. The mix: 58 provincial or municipal listings, 30 National Historic Sites and 3 heritage lighthouses. They stand in 12 towns, Victoria, Colwood and Nanaimo among them.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station (VIA Rail), Duncan, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1912–1913 · 1.4 km away, in Duncan |
| Kinsol TrestleListed in a community heritage register · 11 km away, in Shawnigan |
| Butchart GardensNational Historic Site · 1904–1940 · 28 km away, in Central Saanich |
| Tod InletProvincially Recognized Heritage Site · 28 km away, in Juan de Fuca (Part 1) |
| Active Pass LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1969–1970 · 33 km away, in Southern Gulf Islands |
| Dominion Astrophysical ObservatoryNational Historic Site · 1914–1919 · 35 km away, in Saanich |
| Grant Block, Building 24Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1942–1943 · 41 km away, in Colwood |
| Craigflower Manor HouseNational Historic Site · 1853–1857 · 41 km away, in View Royal |
| Craigflower SchoolhouseNational Historic Site · 1854–1856 · 41 km away, in Saanich |
| Hatley Park / Former Royal Roads Military CollegeNational Historic Site · 1908–1914 · 41 km away, in Colwood |
| Guardhouse, Upper BatteryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1895–1899 · 41 km away, in Colwood |
| Gun Emplacement and Magazine, Upper BatteryClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1895–1899 · 41 km away, in Colwood |
The places within 50 km of Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley lean to the decades after Confederation
No place near Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley is close: these lie up to 50 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
The earliest is Fort Victoria in Victoria, begun in 1843. Within 50 km, building dates exist for 65 places. 10 go back before 1867.
The biggest share of Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley’s homes dates from 1961 to 1980: 33%
23% of Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley’s homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Half of the homes standing in Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley today were built before 1981. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley 27% of its homes, near the usual 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,500 to 4,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Minnetonka and Vulcan County have more. The middle one has 0. 14 of them have none.
Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley | 4,482 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cowichan | 2,509 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Duncan | 5,745 | 1 | 0 | 1912 |
| North Cowichan | 34,525 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cowichan Bay | 3,713 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cobble Hill | 5,074 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Shawnigan | 9,903 | 1 | 0 | — |
Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley in brief
The pre-1961 share of Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley’s homes is 23%, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- 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.
Questions about Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley’s history
How many historic places does Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley have on the registers?
Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley has none of its own yet. Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station (VIA Rail), Duncan, British Columbia, in Duncan, is the nearest, 1.4 km away.
How old are the homes in Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley?
23% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).