26 heritage places lie within 50 km of Electoral Area B, Nanaimo
Its housing is mostly newer: 4.4% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Kitsilano, 47 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Leave Electoral Area B, Nanaimo and the first historic place is Bastion, 11 km away
Between them, 12 towns share them, mainly Granville Entertainment District, Richmond and Nanaimo. Of the 11 of the highest rank, the nearest is Point Atkinson Lighthouse, 42 km away. The mix: 11 National Historic Sites, 8 provincial or municipal listings and 3 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| BastionHeritage designation · 1855 · 11 km away, in Nanaimo |
| Christian Science SocietyListed in a community heritage register · 1932 · 11 km away, in Nanaimo |
| Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Station, Nanaimo, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1920–1921 · 12 km away, in Nanaimo |
| Merry Island LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1966 · 34 km away, in Welcome Beach |
| Point Atkinson LighthouseNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 42 km away, in West Vancouver |
| Gulf of Georgia CanneryNational Historic Site · 1894–1965 · 44 km away, in Richmond |
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station (VIA Rail), Duncan, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1912–1913 · 44 km away, in Duncan |
| Harbour Air Hangar, Building T-018 at the Vancouver International AirportRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1930–1931 · 45 km away, in Richmond |
| Britannia ShipyardNational Historic Site · 1890–1956 · 45 km away, in Richmond |
| Minoru ChapelHeritage designation · 46 km away, in Richmond |
| Binning ResidenceNational Historic Site · 1941–1942 · 47 km away, in West Vancouver |
| Marpole MiddenNational Historic Site · 1892 · 47 km away, in Marpole |
Near Electoral Area B, Nanaimo, within 50 km: built places from 1855 on
No place near Electoral Area B, Nanaimo is close: these lie up to 50 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Oldest of all: Bastion, Nanaimo, 1855. Within 50 km, 24 records give a date. One predates Confederation.
The biggest share of Electoral Area B, Nanaimo’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 40%
New building is strong in Electoral Area B, Nanaimo: 6.1% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%. Electoral Area B, Nanaimo has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 21%, where most towns have 15%. Half of the homes standing in Electoral Area B, Nanaimo today were built before 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Electoral Area B, Nanaimo and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Nanaimo | 4,702 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area A, Nanaimo | 7,825 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Nanaimo | 111,845 | 5 | 0 | 1855 |
| Electoral Area H, Cowichan Valley | 2,761 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area C, Nanaimo | 3,733 | 0 | 0 | — |
Electoral Area B, Nanaimo in brief
Before 1961: just 4.4% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Electoral Area B, Nanaimo’s history
How many historic places does Electoral Area B, Nanaimo have on the registers?
Electoral Area B, Nanaimo has none of its own yet. Bastion, in Nanaimo, is the nearest, 11 km away.
How old are the homes in Electoral Area B, Nanaimo?
4.4% 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).