Photo: AndrewEnns · CC BY-SA 3.0Okanagan Falls and its setting: 6 historic places within 100 km
Homes from before 1961 are 7.6% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. Heritage of the first rank begins 65 km away, in Central Okanagan.
The heritage closest to Okanagan Falls: Sicamous, at 16 km
They belong to 5 towns, chiefly Penticton, Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen and Central Okanagan. Oldest of them is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Grand Forks, British Columbia” (1900), 88 km off. Of 2 top designations nearby, Similkameen Spirit Trail is the closest, at 51 km.
The 6 nearest, within 100 km
| SicamousHeritage designation · 16 km away, in Penticton |
| NaramataBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 16 km away, in Penticton |
| Similkameen Spirit TrailNational Historic Site · 51 km away, in Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen |
| Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley RailwayNational Historic Site · 1912–1915 · 52 km away, in Central Okanagan |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kelowna, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1927 · 59 km away, in Kelowna |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Grand Forks, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 88 km away, in Grand Forks |
6.8% of Okanagan Falls’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
More than half of Okanagan Falls’s housing predates 2001. Okanagan Falls has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 45%, where most towns have 23%. 26% of Okanagan Falls’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.
How Okanagan Falls compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,000 to 4,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Just one has more: Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré. The middle one has 0. 15 of them have nothing on the registers.
Okanagan Falls and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okanagan Falls | 4,002 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen | 2,372 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Penticton 1 | 2,147 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Penticton | 39,068 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen | 4,103 | 0 | 0 | — |
Okanagan Falls in brief
The census dates only 7.6% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- 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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
Questions about Okanagan Falls’s history
How many historic places does Okanagan Falls have on the registers?
None within Okanagan Falls itself; the nearest is 16 km off: Sicamous, in Penticton.
How old are the homes in Okanagan Falls?
The 2021 Census dates 7.6% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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).