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History of Fort St. James · Canada’s heritage registers

3 top designations among Fort St. James’s 5 historic places

Among the places are 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. Its oldest building on the record is Fort St. James, from 1806. Before 1961: just 5.9% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is 1806; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.

3highest designations1806oldest building
Historic places
5
Highest designations
3
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
2
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1806
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
5.9%
typical town: 18%
The map

Where Fort St. James’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Fort St. James · National Historic Site · 1806–1897
Highest designations

Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.

The 5, by tier
3 Highest designations2 Other federal designations

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. 4 places, placed by their register’s municipality, have no point and aren’t on the map.

Highest designations

3 places in Fort St. James with the highest designation

Fort St. James is the earliest, from 1806; the latest dates from 1888. By designation: 2 Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and a National Historic Site. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.

Other federal designations

2 other places Canada recognizes in Fort St. James

Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Among them: Men's House and Officer's Dwelling. Each one opens its own page.

Homes by age

The biggest share of Fort St. James’s homes dates from 1961 to 1980: 54%

Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 3.4% of Fort St. James’s, about the typical 4.1%. Few of Fort St. James’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 5.9%, the norm 15%. Fort St. James has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 29%, where most towns have 23%.

5.9%
Before 1961
54%
1961–80
29%
1981–2000
5.9%
2001–15
3.4%
2016–21
Fort St. JamesTypical 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

Fort St. James and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Fort St. James1,542531806
Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako1,31200—
In brief

Fort St. James in brief

All told, Fort St. James has 5 historic places, 3 with the highest designation; Fort St. James heads the list. The census dates only 5.9% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, its places were designated between 1948 and 1991.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • 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.
  • Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
  • The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
  • The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
  • 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. 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.
  • Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.

Questions about Fort St. James’s history

Which places in Fort St. James have the highest designation?

These: Fort St. James, Fish Cache and General Warehouse.

What is the oldest building in Fort St. James?

Fort St. James — its record dates it to 1806 (National Historic Site).

How old are the homes in Fort St. James?

Before 1961: 5.9% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.

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).