Photo: This image is Image Number 937549 at Mushroom Observer , a source for mycological images. · CC BY-SA 3.0Beyond Lantzville’s limits, 5 historic places within 50 km
The closest top-tier heritage to Lantzville is in West Vancouver, 67 km away. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is 2003; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
The registers find 5 places within 50 km of Lantzville
Among them are 2 provincial or municipal listings, 2 heritage railway stations and a heritage lighthouse. Christian Science Society in Nanaimo is the nearest, 14 km away. They are spread over 3 towns, including Nanaimo, Welcome Beach and Qualicum Beach.
The 5 nearest, within 50 km
| Christian Science SocietyListed in a community heritage register · 1932 · 14 km away, in Nanaimo |
| Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Station, Nanaimo, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1920–1921 · 14 km away, in Nanaimo |
| BastionHeritage designation · 1855 · 14 km away, in Nanaimo |
| Merry Island LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1966 · 28 km away, in Welcome Beach |
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway (VIA Rail) Station, Qualicum Beach, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1914–1915 · 28 km away, in Qualicum Beach |
Around Lantzville, within 50 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1855
Reaching 50 km out from Lantzville: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Bastion, in Nanaimo, is the oldest (1855). The chart rests on 5 dated places within 50 km. One predates Confederation.
Only 13% of Lantzville’s homes go back before 1961 (18% is typical)
36% of Lantzville’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%. Lantzville’s largest group of homes, 39%, went up from 1961 to 1980. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 8.6% of Lantzville’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Lantzville and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lantzville | 4,276 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fairwinds | 7,125 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area C, Nanaimo | 3,733 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Nanaimo | 111,845 | 5 | 0 | 1855 |
| Parksville | 15,371 | 0 | 0 | — |
Lantzville in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 13% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
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.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
Questions about Lantzville’s history
How many historic places does Lantzville have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Lantzville; Christian Science Society, in Nanaimo, is 14 km away.
When did Lantzville become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Lantzville is 2003, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Lantzville?
13% 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).