National Historic SiteWeir's (Taylor's) Beach Earthworks SiteTaylor's Road
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of Metchosin · Canada’s heritage registers
One place in Metchosin, at the top of the registers
Wikidata dates the municipality to 1840, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger. Per resident Metchosin has more than 85% of Canadian towns: 1.9 for every 10,000 people.
Historic places
1
1.9 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Homes built before 1961
14%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Metchosin’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. One place, placed by its register’s municipality, has no point and isn’t on the map.
Highest designations
One place in Metchosin with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
The age of the area
Most of what stands within 10 km of Metchosin dates from the decades after Confederation
Around Metchosin, not inside it: the places within 10 km, by the first construction date on record.
British North America 1760–18661
After Confederation 1867–19133
Wars and Depression 1914–19451
Since 1946 1946 on0
The bars count 5 dated places within 10 km. One predates Confederation. Lighttower, in Juan de Fuca (Part 1), is the oldest (1860).
Around the town
2 places of national importance within 10 km of Metchosin
Closest of all is Lighttower, in Juan de Fuca (Part 1), 8.5 km off. The registers hold 5 within 10 km. Among them are 3 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, a National Historic Site and a Classified Federal Heritage Building.
The 5 nearest, within 10 km
| LighttowerRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1860–1861 · 8.5 km away, in Juan de Fuca (Part 1) |
| Hatley Park / Former Royal Roads Military CollegeNational Historic Site · 1908–1914 · 9 km away, in Colwood |
| Grant Block, Building 24Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1942–1943 · 9.1 km away, in Colwood |
| Gun Emplacement and Magazine, Upper BatteryClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1895–1899 · 9.8 km away, in Colwood |
| Guardhouse, Upper BatteryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1895–1899 · 9.9 km away, in Colwood |
Homes by age
Metchosin added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2.4%, where most towns have 4.1%
Metchosin’s largest group of homes, 36%, went up from 1981 to 2000. Homes from before 1961 are 14% of Metchosin’s housing, below the typical 18%. 36% of Metchosin’s homes date from 1961 to 1980, well above the typical 27%.
14%
Before 1961
36%
1961–80
36%
1981–2000
13%
2001–15
2.4%
2016–21
MetchosinTypical 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
Metchosin has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,200 to 5,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Metchosin1
Just these have more: Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac and Antigonish. Their median is 0. For 12, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Metchosin and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metchosin | 5,207 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Colwood | 22,794 | 27 | 7 | 1859 |
| Langford | 59,664 | 0 | 0 | — |
| View Royal | 12,795 | 1 | 1 | 1853 |
| New Songhees 1A | 2,052 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sooke | 17,248 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Esquimalt | 19,512 | 42 | 2 | 1855 |
In brief
Metchosin in brief
Metchosin holds 1 historic place on Canada’s registers, one with the highest designation, including Weir's (Taylor's) Beach Earthworks Site. 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. The rest is about typical: its one place was designated in 1974.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Metchosin’s history
Which places in Metchosin have the highest designation?
Weir's (Taylor's) Beach Earthworks Site.
How old are the homes in Metchosin?
Before 1961: 14% 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).