TopNational Historic Site · 1861–1862Christ Church681 Fraser Street at Park StreetPhoto: Guerinf · CC0 · Commons file
Christ Church · Photo: Guerinf · CC02historic places on the registers
History of Hope · Canada’s heritage registers
Heritage in Hope: 2 historic places, all of the highest rank
Hope’s oldest dated place, Fort Hope, goes back to 1848. Scaled to its population, Hope’s 2.8 per 10,000 residents beats 89% of Canadian towns. As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from 1848, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding.
Historic places
2
2.8 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1848
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
15%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Hope’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 2, by tier
2 Highest designations
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
2 places in Hope with the highest designation
Designations came from 1925 to 1994. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. The oldest, Fort Hope, dates from 1848; the newest from 1861. Each one opens its own page.
National Historic Site · 1848Fort HopeCorner of Wallace and Water Streets
Around the town
The registers find 13 places within 100 km of Hope
The first one out is Kilby Provincial Park, 41 km away in Kent. Its 8 places of national rank start with Chilliwack City Hall, at 45 km. Langley, Mission and Kent hold most of them, among 7 towns.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Kilby Provincial ParkBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 1973 · 41 km away, in Kent |
| Chilliwack City HallNational Historic Site · 1910–1913 · 45 km away, in Chilliwack |
| Xá:ytem / Hatzic RockNational Historic Site · 65 km away, in Mission |
| Stave Falls Hydro-Electric InstallationNational Historic Site · 1909–1913 · 69 km away, in Mission |
| Abbotsford Sikh TempleNational Historic Site · 1910–1913 · 73 km away, in Abbotsford |
| Similkameen Spirit TrailNational Historic Site · 85 km away, in Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen |
| Northeast BastionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 86 km away, in Langley |
| StorehouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1840–1872 · 86 km away, in Langley |
| Fort LangleyNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 86 km away, in Langley |
| Servants' QuartersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 86 km away, in Langley |
| Big HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1960 · 86 km away, in Langley |
| Saint Andrew's United ChurchListed in a community heritage register · 87 km away, in Langley |
Homes by age
A growing town: 8.5% of Hope’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
More than half of Hope’s housing predates 2001. The busiest building years in Hope were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 33% of today’s homes. Before 1961: 15% of Hope’s homes, near the usual 18%.
15%
Before 1961
33%
1961–80
30%
1981–2000
14%
2001–15
8.5%
2016–21
HopeTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Hope has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,100 to 7,200 residents, by places on the registers.
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Just one has more: Les Cèdres. The typical town its size has 0. For 11, the registers list nothing.
In brief
Hope in brief
All told, Hope has 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just one has more historic places. Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 15%, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: the designations ran from 1925 to 1994.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
Questions about Hope’s history
Which places in Hope have the highest designation?
Fort Hope and Christ Church.
What is the oldest building in Hope?
By its record, Fort Hope, from 1848 (National Historic Site).
How old are the homes in Hope?
15% 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).