Photo: Gerry Thomasen from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.05 registered heritage sites stand within 50 km of Electoral Area C, Nanaimo
Its housing is mostly newer: 7.7% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Look 64 km away, to West Vancouver, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
The closest heritage to Electoral Area C, Nanaimo is “Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Station, Nanaimo, British Columbia”, 6.7 km off
Count to 50 km and there are 5. The record reaches back to 1855 with Bastion, 7 km away. They belong to 3 towns, chiefly Nanaimo, Welcome Beach and Qualicum Beach.
The 5 nearest, within 50 km
| Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Station, Nanaimo, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1920–1921 · 6.7 km away, in Nanaimo |
| Christian Science SocietyListed in a community heritage register · 1932 · 6.8 km away, in Nanaimo |
| BastionHeritage designation · 1855 · 7 km away, in Nanaimo |
| Merry Island LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1966 · 32 km away, in Welcome Beach |
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway (VIA Rail) Station, Qualicum Beach, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1914–1915 · 35 km away, in Qualicum Beach |
Within 50 km of Electoral Area C, Nanaimo, the wars and the Depression left the most
The nearest historic places to Electoral Area C, Nanaimo, out to 50 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Bastion, in Nanaimo, goes back furthest, to 1855. 5 dated places within 50 km make up the record. One is older than 1867.
11% of Electoral Area C, Nanaimo’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Half of the homes standing in Electoral Area C, Nanaimo today were built before 2001. 33% of Electoral Area C, Nanaimo’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 24% of Electoral Area C, Nanaimo’s, about the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Electoral Area C, Nanaimo compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,700 to 3,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Sainte-Claire. Their median is 0. 15 of them have none.
Electoral Area C, Nanaimo and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Nanaimo | 3,733 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Nanaimo | 111,845 | 5 | 0 | 1855 |
| Lantzville | 4,276 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fairwinds | 7,125 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area A, Nanaimo | 7,825 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area B, Nanaimo | 4,702 | 0 | 0 | — |
Electoral Area C, Nanaimo in brief
Counted by age, only 7.7% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
Questions about Electoral Area C, Nanaimo’s history
How many historic places does Electoral Area C, Nanaimo have on the registers?
None within Electoral Area C, Nanaimo itself; the nearest is 6.7 km off: Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Station, Nanaimo, British Columbia, in Nanaimo.
How old are the homes in Electoral Area C, Nanaimo?
Before 1961: 7.7% 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).