Lumby and its setting: 4 historic places within 100 km
From Lumby, look 44 km away, to Central Okanagan, for the nearest place of the highest designation. As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from 1956, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding.
54 km from Lumby: “Canadian National Railway Station, Kelowna, British Columbia”, the nearest on the registers
Penticton, Kelowna and Central Okanagan hold most of them, among 3 towns. The nearest of the highest rank is Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway, 55 km away. They are 2 provincial or municipal listings, a heritage railway station and a National Historic Site.
The 4 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kelowna, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1927 · 54 km away, in Kelowna |
| Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley RailwayNational Historic Site · 1912–1915 · 55 km away, in Central Okanagan |
| NaramataBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 95 km away, in Penticton |
| SicamousHeritage designation · 95 km away, in Penticton |
The biggest share of Lumby’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 35%
Half of the homes standing in Lumby today were built before 2001. Before 1961: 19% of Lumby’s homes, near the usual 18%. New building in Lumby runs at the usual pace: 4.8% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 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.
Lumby and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumby | 2,257 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area D, North Okanagan | 3,184 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Coldstream | 11,380 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan | 5,029 | 0 | 0 | — |
Lumby in brief
Counted by age, 19% of Lumby’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Lumby’s history
How many historic places does Lumby have on the registers?
Inside Lumby, none so far; Canadian National Railway Station, Kelowna, British Columbia, 54 km away in Kelowna, is the closest.
When did Lumby become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Lumby is 1956, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Lumby?
The 2021 Census dates 19% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).