Lillooet takes its name from St'at'imc people

The registers count 2 places within 100 km of Lillooet; the closest, McAbee Fossil Beds, is 57 km away. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 1.8% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.

Historic places within 100 km

1 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

57 km

McAbee Fossil Beds

Homes built before 1961

14%

typical town: 18%

Born here before 1914

the earliest in 1896

How it began

1946 and after: Lillooet’s milestones

Wikidata holds 1946 as the start of the municipality of Lillooet, a date that can just as well be an incorporation. Behind the name Lillooet is St'at'imc people, indigenous people in what is known as Canada.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

Around the town

One place of the highest rank within 100 km of Lillooet

Within 100 km there are 2 in all. Nearest comes McAbee Fossil Beds, 57 km off, in Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola. Their towns number 2: Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola and Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley first.

The 2 nearest, within 100 km

McAbee Fossil BedsBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 57 km away, in Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola

Church of the Holy CrossNational Historic Site · 1905–1907 · 91 km away, in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley

Homes by age

Lillooet built the most from 1961 to 1980, 41% of today’s homes

33% of Lillooet’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%. Homes from before 1961 are 14% of Lillooet’s housing, about the typical 18%. Lillooet built little from 2001 to 2015: 9.9% of its homes, where most towns have 15%.

14%

Before 1961

41%

1961–80

33%

1981–2000

9.9%

2001–15

1.8%

2016–21

LillooetTypical 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

Lillooet in brief

Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 14%, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: its past has one life on the record, Bertha Hosang Mah (1896).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
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. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.

Questions about Lillooet’s history

How many historic places does Lillooet have on the registers?

None within Lillooet itself; the nearest is 57 km off: McAbee Fossil Beds, in Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola.

How old are the homes in Lillooet?

14% 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).