Photo: Murray Foubister · CC BY-SA 2.0Beyond Nisga'a’s limits, 3 historic places within 100 km
Its housing is mostly newer: 1.8% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Building from 2016 to 2021 gave it 5.3% of its homes, where most towns have 4.1%.
Near Nisga'a, within 100 km: 3 places of national rank
They belong to 2 towns, chiefly Electoral Area B, Kitimat-Stikine and Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine. Count to 100 km and there are 3. Closest of all is Kitwankul, in Electoral Area B, Kitimat-Stikine, 80 km off.
The 3 nearest, within 100 km
| KitwankulNational Historic Site · 80 km away, in Electoral Area B, Kitimat-Stikine |
| Gitwangak Battle HillNational Historic Site · 83 km away, in Electoral Area B, Kitimat-Stikine |
| Kitselas CanyonNational Historic Site · 1800 · 85 km away, in Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine |
Most of Nisga'a’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 57%
Nisga'a built little from 1961 to 1980: 21% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Over half of the homes in Nisga'a were already standing by 2001. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 14% of Nisga'a’s, about the typical 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Nisga'a in brief
Before 1961: just 1.8% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- 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. 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.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
Questions about Nisga'a’s history
How many historic places does Nisga'a have on the registers?
None inside Nisga'a yet. The nearest, Kitwankul, carries the highest designation, 80 km away in Electoral Area B, Kitimat-Stikine.
How old are the homes in Nisga'a?
Before 1961: 1.8% 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).