Photo: K29328 · CC BY-SA 4.09 registered heritage sites stand within 100 km of Creston
Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, 69 km from Creston, has the nearest place of the highest rank. The newest homes, 2016 to 2021, are 2.4% of the total, the typical town 4.1%.
Creston’s area holds 6 top-tier places within 100 km
Among them are 6 National Historic Sites, 2 heritage railway stations and a provincial or municipal listing. The earliest date is Fort Steele’s, 1864, 86 km away. 9 places lie within 100 km.
The 9 nearest, within 100 km
| Burlington Northern Railway Station, Salmo, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1914 · 57 km away, in Salmo |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Nelson, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 72 km away, in Nelson |
| Doukhobor Suspension BridgeNational Historic Site · 1913–1914 · 85 km away, in Castlegar |
| Fort SteeleBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 1864 · 86 km away, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay |
| Fort SteeleNational Historic Site · 1887–1888 · 86 km away, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay |
| Rossland Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1898–1902 · 94 km away, in Rossland |
| Miners' Union HallNational Historic Site · 1898–1899 · 94 km away, in Rossland |
| Kaslo Municipal HallNational Historic Site · 1898–1899 · 95 km away, in Kaslo |
| S.S. MoyieNational Historic Site · 1898–1899 · 95 km away, in Kaslo |
Most of what stands within 100 km of Creston dates from the decades after Confederation
No place near Creston is close: these lie up to 100 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Fort Steele, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, goes back furthest, to 1864. Within 100 km, building dates exist for 9 places. One goes back before 1867.
24% of Creston’s homes are older than 1961, against a usual 18%
Creston’s largest group of homes, 33%, went up from 1961 to 1980. Count back from today and half of Creston’s homes are older than 1981. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 25% of Creston’s, about 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.
How Creston compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,900 to 6,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Lowertown West, Lac-Mégantic and Crowsnest Pass have more. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have none.
Creston and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creston | 5,976 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay | 5,243 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay | 1,672 | 0 | 0 | — |
Creston in brief
Creston’s homes from before 1961 come to 24%, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- 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.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
Questions about Creston’s history
How many historic places does Creston have on the registers?
Not inside Creston. The closest is Burlington Northern Railway Station, Salmo, British Columbia in Salmo, 57 km away.
How old are the homes in Creston?
24% 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).