Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe heritage near Penticton 1: 5 places in a 50 km radius
Few homes are old by the census: 4.8% before 1961, against 18%. Look 55 km away, to Central Okanagan, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
5 places on Canada’s registers lie 50 km or less from Penticton 1
The mix: 2 provincial or municipal listings, 2 National Historic Sites and a heritage railway station. Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway, 44 km away, leads 2 places with the top designation. By age, Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway leads, from 1912, at 44 km.
The 5 nearest, within 50 km
| SicamousHeritage designation · 4.1 km away, in Penticton |
| NaramataBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 4.2 km away, in Penticton |
| Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley RailwayNational Historic Site · 1912–1915 · 44 km away, in Central Okanagan |
| Similkameen Spirit TrailNational Historic Site · 45 km away, in Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kelowna, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1927 · 48 km away, in Kelowna |
New homes stand out in Penticton 1: 18% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 18% of Penticton 1’s, against 27% in the typical town. The busiest building years in Penticton 1 were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 42% of today’s homes. Half of the homes standing in Penticton 1 today were built before 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Penticton 1 and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penticton 1 | 2,147 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Penticton | 39,068 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area F, Okanagan-Similkameen | 2,149 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen | 2,372 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Okanagan Falls | 4,002 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Naramata | 2,077 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Summerland | 12,343 | 1 | 0 | 1923 |
Penticton 1 in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 4.8%, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Penticton 1’s history
How many historic places does Penticton 1 have on the registers?
None inside Penticton 1 yet. The nearest is Sicamous, 4.1 km away in Penticton.
How old are the homes in Penticton 1?
The 2021 Census dates 4.8% 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).