LocalBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 1973Kilby Provincial ParkPhoto: Andrew Bowden from London, United Kingdon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Kilby Provincial Park · Photo: Andrew Bowden from London, United Kingdon · CC BY-SA 2.01historic place on the registers
History of Kent · Canada’s heritage registers
Kent has 1 historic place on the registers
Kilby Provincial Park, from 1973, is Kent’s british columbia designated provincial heritage site. Measured against its size, Kent’s 1.4 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 82% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
1
1.4 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1973
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
14%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Kent’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
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.
Provincial and local listings
One local listing in Kent
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Within 50 km of Kent, 6 top designations
Closest of all is Chilliwack City Hall, in Chilliwack, 15 km off. Count to 50 km and there are 6. The record reaches back to 1848 with Fort Hope, 29 km away.
The 6 nearest, within 50 km
| Chilliwack City HallNational Historic Site · 1910–1913 · 15 km away, in Chilliwack |
| Fort HopeNational Historic Site · 1848 · 29 km away, in Hope |
| Christ ChurchNational Historic Site · 1861–1862 · 29 km away, in Hope |
| Xá:ytem / Hatzic RockNational Historic Site · 36 km away, in Mission |
| Stave Falls Hydro-Electric InstallationNational Historic Site · 1909–1913 · 42 km away, in Mission |
| Abbotsford Sikh TempleNational Historic Site · 1910–1913 · 44 km away, in Abbotsford |
Homes by age
A growing town: 7.9% of Kent’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
25% of Kent’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Kent’s largest group of homes, 28%, went up from 1981 to 2000. Homes from before 1961 are 14% of Kent’s housing, below the typical 18%.
14%
Before 1961
26%
1961–80
28%
1981–2000
25%
2001–15
7.9%
2016–21
KentTypical 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
Kent has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,000 to 7,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Kent1
Ahead of it: L'Ange-Gardien and Les Cèdres. The middle one has 0. 9 of them have none.
Neighbours
Kent and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 7,093 | 1 | 0 | 1973 |
| Rosedale | 2,401 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Harrison Hot Springs | 2,148 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley | 1,155 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Skowkale | 1,114 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Chilliwack | 105,520 | 1 | 1 | 1910 |
| Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley | 1,748 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Kent in brief
Kent has 1 historic place. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 2 have more historic places. Before 1961: just 14% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- 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 Kent’s history
How many historic places does Kent have on the registers?
Inside Kent: 1 historic place.
What is the oldest building in Kent?
Kilby Provincial Park (British Columbia designated provincial heritage site): the first construction date on its record is 1973.
How old are the homes in Kent?
14% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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).