Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain6 heritage places lie within 100 km of Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen
The closest top-tier heritage to Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen is in Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen, 79 km away. Homes from 2016 to 2021 make up 7.5% of the stock; the typical town has 4.1%.
2 places of the highest rank within 100 km of Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen
The record reaches back to 1900 with “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Grand Forks, British Columbia”, 81 km away. By designation: 2 provincial or municipal listings, 2 National Historic Sites and 2 heritage railway stations. Within 100 km there are 6 in all.
The 6 nearest, within 100 km
| SicamousHeritage designation · 32 km away, in Penticton |
| NaramataBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 32 km away, in Penticton |
| Similkameen Spirit TrailNational Historic Site · 56 km away, in Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen |
| Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley RailwayNational Historic Site · 1912–1915 · 67 km away, in Central Okanagan |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kelowna, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1927 · 75 km away, in Kelowna |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Grand Forks, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 81 km away, in Grand Forks |
Most of Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 34%
Over half of the homes in Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen were already standing by 1981. Like the typical town (18%), Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen has 19% of its homes from before 1961. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen 27% of its homes, near the usual 23%.
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 C, Okanagan-Similkameen and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen | 4,103 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Oliver | 5,262 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Osoyoos 1 | 1,484 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area B, Okanagan-Similkameen | 1,190 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Okanagan Falls | 4,002 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen | 2,372 | 0 | 0 | — |
Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen in brief
Before 1961: 19% of Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- 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 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.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen’s history
How many historic places does Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen; Sicamous, in Penticton, is 32 km away.
How old are the homes in Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen?
19% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).