Photo: Andre Charland · CC BY 2.0Heritage within reach of Gold River: 5 places, 100 km or closer
Its housing is mostly newer: 4.1% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Campbell River, 63 km away.
Within 100 km of Gold River, 2 top designations
Count to 100 km and there are 5. They are spread over 5 towns, including Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot, Campbell River and Electoral Area C, Strathcona. At 57 km, Lighttower in Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot is the closest.
The 5 nearest, within 100 km
| LighttowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1909–1910 · 57 km away, in Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot |
| Motor Vessel BCP 45National Historic Site · 1927–1928 · 64 km away, in Campbell River |
| Cape Mudge LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1916 · 66 km away, in Electoral Area C, Strathcona |
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station (VIA Rail), Courtenay, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1914–1915 · 76 km away, in Courtenay |
| Courtenay RiverListed in a community heritage register · 78 km away, in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley |
No home in Gold River dates from 2016 to 2021; the typical town has 4.1%
Half of the homes standing in Gold River today were built before 1981. Gold River built little from 2001 to 2015: 1.6% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. 73% of Gold River’s homes date from 1961 to 1980, well above the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Gold River in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 4.1% of the total, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- 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. 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Gold River’s history
How many historic places does Gold River have on the registers?
Not within Gold River. Its nearest is a top designation: Lighttower, 57 km away in Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot.
How old are the homes in Gold River?
4.1% predate 1961, where 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).