Photo: Xicotencatl · CC BY-SA 4.0In a 10 km circle around North Vancouver: 33 places on the registers
From North Vancouver, look 6.9 km away, to Strathcona, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Wikidata dates the municipality to 1891, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
North Vancouver before 1950
From before 1950 comes one old photograph of the town. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.
c. 1917Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The registers find 33 places within 10 km of North Vancouver
Their towns number 10: Yaletown, Granville Entertainment District and Strathcona first. Nearest comes “First Church of Christ, Scientist”, 2.6 km off, in North Vancouver. The oldest, Vancouver's Chinatown, dates from 1880, 7 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| First Church of Christ, ScientistListed in a community heritage register · 1925 · 2.6 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Victoria ParkListed in a community heritage register · 1905 · 2.7 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Saint Paul's Roman Catholic ChurchNational Historic Site · 1884–1885 · 3.6 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Burrard Dry DockHeritage designation · 3.6 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Hastings ParkProvincially Recognized Heritage Site · 1888 · 5.4 km away, in Hastings-Sunrise |
| Vancouver Japanese Language SchoolNational Historic Site · 1928–1929 · 6.4 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ovaltine CafeListed in a community heritage register · 1912 · 6.9 km away, in Strathcona |
| Hotel EuropeHeritage designation · 1909 · 6.9 km away, in Yaletown |
| Lions Gate BridgeNational Historic Site · 1937–1939 · 6.9 km away, in West Vancouver |
| Kuomintang BuildingHeritage designation · 7 km away, in Strathcona |
| Carnegie Community CentreHeritage designation · 7 km away, in Yaletown |
| Pantages TheatreListed in a community heritage register · 1907 · 7 km away, in Yaletown |
From 1880 on: the dated places within 10 km of North Vancouver
Around North Vancouver, not inside it: the places within 10 km, by the first construction date on record.
The oldest is Vancouver's Chinatown in Strathcona, from 1880. The bars count 28 dated places within 10 km.
A growing town: 8% of North Vancouver’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Only 11% of North Vancouver’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. North Vancouver’s largest group of homes, 36%, went up from 1961 to 1980. Before 1961: 22% of North Vancouver’s homes, near the usual 18%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How North Vancouver compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 90,200 to 108,800 residents, by places on the registers.
11 of them are ahead. Their median is 3. 5 of them have none.
North Vancouver and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Vancouver | 97,845 | 0 | 0 | — |
| North Vancouver | 66,624 | 2 | 0 | 1905 |
| Burrard Inlet 3 | 2,820 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Heights | 22,141 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Capilano 5 | 3,376 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hastings-Sunrise | 36,072 | 1 | 0 | 1888 |
| Grandview-Woodland | 28,119 | 0 | 0 | — |
North Vancouver in brief
Housing in North Vancouver includes 22% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 3.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- 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 federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
Questions about North Vancouver’s history
How many historic places does North Vancouver have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside North Vancouver; First Church of Christ, Scientist, in North Vancouver, is 2.6 km away.
When did North Vancouver become a municipality?
By Wikidata, North Vancouver dates from 1891; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in North Vancouver?
22% 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).