Photo: Kevstan · CC BY-SA 3.0Nakusp keeps its older homes: 34% from before 1961
The typical town has 18%: Nakusp has 1.9 times the share. The registers count 4 places within 100 km of Nakusp; the closest, Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre, is 42 km away. Kaslo, 74 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has 1892, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
The closest heritage to Nakusp is Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre, 42 km off
Kaslo, Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay and Nelson hold most of them, among 3 towns. The oldest, Kaslo Municipal Hall, dates from 1898, 74 km away. By designation: 3 National Historic Sites and a heritage railway station.
The 4 nearest, within 100 km
| Nikkei Internment Memorial CentreNational Historic Site · 1942–1943 · 42 km away, in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay |
| Kaslo Municipal HallNational Historic Site · 1898–1899 · 74 km away, in Kaslo |
| S.S. MoyieNational Historic Site · 1898–1899 · 74 km away, in Kaslo |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Nelson, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 91 km away, in Nelson |
A growing town: 7.9% of Nakusp’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Nakusp were already standing by 1981. Few of Nakusp’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 18%, the norm 23%. 29% of Nakusp’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Nakusp and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nakusp | 1,740 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay | 1,965 | 0 | 0 | — |
Nakusp in brief
Nakusp’s homes from before 1961 come to 34%, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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 tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Nakusp’s history
How many historic places does Nakusp have on the registers?
Inside Nakusp, none so far. At 42 km, Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay is the nearest, with the top designation.
When did Nakusp become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Nakusp is 1892, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Nakusp?
Before 1961: 34% 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).