TopNational Historic Site · 1898–1899S.S. MoyiePhoto: BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
S.S. Moyie · Photo: BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.02historic places on the registers
History of Kaslo · Canada’s heritage registers
Kaslo: 2 historic places, every one with the highest designation
Kaslo has kept more old homes than most towns: 32% were built before 1961, against 18%. Of the dated places, Kaslo Municipal Hall is the oldest, from 1898.
Historic places
2
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1898
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
32%
typical town: 18%
Through time
Kaslo before 1950
The past in one picture: one old photograph of the town. Tap it to see it full screen.
c. 1917Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Kaslo’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 Kaslo with the highest designation
The first was designated in 1958, the latest in 1984. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Kaslo Municipal Hall and S.S. Moyie lead the list. Each one opens its own page.
National Historic Site · 1898–1899Kaslo Municipal Hall36 4th Street
Around the town
Within 100 km of Kaslo: 7 places on the registers
Nearest comes Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre, 35 km off, in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay. Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay and Nelson hold most of them, among 6 towns. The oldest, Kootenae House, dates from 1807, 92 km away.
The 7 nearest, within 100 km
| Nikkei Internment Memorial CentreNational Historic Site · 1942–1943 · 35 km away, in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Nelson, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 55 km away, in Nelson |
| Burlington Northern Railway Station, Salmo, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1914 · 84 km away, in Salmo |
| Doukhobor Suspension BridgeNational Historic Site · 1913–1914 · 84 km away, in Castlegar |
| Kootenae HouseNational Historic Site · 1807–1813 · 92 km away, in Electoral Area F, East Kootenay |
| Fort SteeleNational Historic Site · 1887–1888 · 97 km away, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay |
| Fort SteeleBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 1864 · 97 km away, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay |
Homes by age
Little new building in Kaslo: 2.9% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Kaslo were already standing by 1981. Only 9.5% of Kaslo’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 30% of Kaslo’s, against 23% in the typical town.
32%
Before 1961
26%
1961–80
30%
1981–2000
9.5%
2001–15
2.9%
2016–21
KasloTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
In brief
Kaslo in brief
Of the homes standing in Kaslo, 32% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation. Everything else is close to the norm: its past has one life on the record, Howard Charles Green (1895); and the list grew between 1958 and 1984.
How to read these numbers
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.
- 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. 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.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Kaslo’s history
Which places in Kaslo have the highest designation?
Kaslo Municipal Hall and S.S. Moyie.
How old are the homes in Kaslo?
32% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
What is the oldest building in Kaslo?
Kaslo Municipal Hall, a National Historic Site, begun in 1898.
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).