Photo: Ferdilouw · CC BY-SA 4.0Beyond Keremeos’s limits, 5 historic places within 100 km
From Keremeos, look 64 km away, to Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen, for the nearest place of the highest designation. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1956: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
Leave Keremeos and the first historic place is Sicamous, 36 km away
The earliest date is Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway’s, 1912, 76 km away. Similkameen Spirit Trail, 38 km away, leads 2 places with the top designation. 5 places lie within 100 km.
The 5 nearest, within 100 km
| SicamousHeritage designation · 36 km away, in Penticton |
| NaramataBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 36 km away, in Penticton |
| Similkameen Spirit TrailNational Historic Site · 38 km away, in Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen |
| Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley RailwayNational Historic Site · 1912–1915 · 76 km away, in Central Okanagan |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kelowna, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1927 · 80 km away, in Kelowna |
Only 13% of Keremeos’s homes go back before 1961 (18% is typical)
The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 32% of Keremeos’s homes. 24% of Keremeos’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. From 2016 on, Keremeos built 4.9% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Keremeos and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keremeos | 1,779 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area B, Okanagan-Similkameen | 1,190 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen | 2,402 | 0 | 0 | — |
Keremeos in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 13% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: its past has one life on the record, Frank Richter, Jr. (1910).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Keremeos’s history
How many historic places does Keremeos have on the registers?
Inside Keremeos, none so far; Sicamous, 36 km away in Penticton, is the closest.
When did Keremeos become a municipality?
Wikidata gives 1956 for Keremeos, which may mark incorporation or an amalgamation rather than a founding.
How old are the homes in Keremeos?
Before 1961: 13% 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).