Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1929–1931Alasken-Reifel Shooting Lodge5421 Robertson Road
Photo: UBC Micrometeorology · CC BY 2.01historic place on the registers
History of Delta · Canada’s heritage registers
The registers record 1 historic place in Delta
Delta’s one place is Alasken-Reifel Shooting Lodge, a recognized federal heritage building begun in 1929. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1879: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which. Relative to its size Delta has 0.1 per 10,000 residents, more than 71% of Canadian towns. Its housing is mostly newer: 7% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Historic places
1
0.1 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1929
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
7%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Delta’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. One place, placed by its register’s municipality, has no point and isn’t on the map.
Other federal designations
One other place Canada recognizes in Delta
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
13 places of the highest rank within 25 km of Delta
The nearest is Britannia Shipyard, 13 km away in Richmond. Oldest of them is Vancouver's Chinatown (1880), 21 km off. By designation: 23 provincial or municipal listings, 12 National Historic Sites and 4 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Britannia ShipyardNational Historic Site · 1890–1956 · 13 km away, in Richmond |
| Minoru ChapelHeritage designation · 13 km away, in Richmond |
| Holy Trinity CathedralListed in a community heritage register · 1902 · 13 km away, in New Westminster |
| Gulf of Georgia CanneryNational Historic Site · 1894–1965 · 14 km away, in Richmond |
| Harbour Air Hangar, Building T-018 at the Vancouver International AirportRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1930–1931 · 15 km away, in Richmond |
| Marpole MiddenNational Historic Site · 1892 · 15 km away, in Marpole |
| Bloedel ConservatoryListed in a community heritage register · 1969 · 17 km away, in Riley Park |
| Canadian National Railways / VIA Rail Station, Vancouver, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 20 km away, in Strathcona |
| Hastings ParkProvincially Recognized Heritage Site · 1888 · 20 km away, in Hastings-Sunrise |
| Bessborough ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1932–1934 · 20 km away, in Kitsilano |
| Kuomintang BuildingHeritage designation · 20 km away, in Strathcona |
| Vancouver's ChinatownNational Historic Site · 1880–2003 · 21 km away, in Strathcona |
Homes by age
Delta is still building: 7.6% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Few of Delta’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 11%, the norm 15%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 47% of Delta’s homes. Over half of the homes in Delta were already standing by 1981.
7%
Before 1961
47%
1961–80
28%
1981–2000
11%
2001–15
7.6%
2016–21
DeltaTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Delta and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta | 124,670 | 1 | 0 | 1929 |
| Colebrook | 3,617 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Strawberry Hill | 37,037 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tsawwassen | 2,629 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Panorama Ridge | 36,473 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Brownsville | 23,515 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Slope | 8,989 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Delta in brief
The registers count 1 historic place in Delta. Most of its homes are post-1960: only 7% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: it has one historic place, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 5); one person of its past, Leon Johnson Ladner (1884); and its one place was designated in 1993.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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. 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 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.
Questions about Delta’s history
How many historic places does Delta have on the registers?
1 historic place inside Delta, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
What is the oldest building in Delta?
Alasken-Reifel Shooting Lodge, a Recognized Federal Heritage Building, begun in 1929.
How old are the homes in Delta?
Before 1961: 7% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Delta be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 8 further listings in Delta show up only as Wikidata numbers.
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).