Photo: Jarcardo · CC BY-SA 3.0Beyond Pitt Meadows’s limits, 8 historic places within 25 km
Before 1961: just 3.1% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Langley, 13 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank. Wikidata gives April 23, 1914 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged.
Pitt Meadows’s area holds 3 top-tier places within 25 km
Between them, 3 towns share them, mainly Langley, New Westminster and Mission. Saint Andrew's United Church in Langley is the nearest, 9.8 km away. By age, Fort Langley leads, from 1839, at 10 km.
The 8 nearest, within 25 km
| Saint Andrew's United ChurchListed in a community heritage register · 9.8 km away, in Langley |
| Servants' QuartersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 10 km away, in Langley |
| Fort LangleyNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 10 km away, in Langley |
| Big HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1960 · 10 km away, in Langley |
| StorehouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1840–1872 · 10 km away, in Langley |
| Northeast BastionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 10 km away, in Langley |
| Holy Trinity CathedralListed in a community heritage register · 1902 · 16 km away, in New Westminster |
| Stave Falls Hydro-Electric InstallationNational Historic Site · 1909–1913 · 24 km away, in Mission |
Around Pitt Meadows, within 25 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1839
No place near Pitt Meadows is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
The earliest is Fort Langley in Langley, begun in 1839. 7 dated places within 25 km make up the record. 2 are older than 1867.
Most of Pitt Meadows’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 41%
Pitt Meadows has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 28%, where most towns have 15%. From 2016 on, Pitt Meadows built 4.7% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. Over half of the homes in Pitt Meadows were already standing by 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Pitt Meadows compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 20,700 to 21,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures and Baie-Comeau have more. Their median is 0. 14 of them have none.
Pitt Meadows and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitt Meadows | 20,892 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Anniedale | 6,715 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fraser Heights | 17,688 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Port Coquitlam | 67,724 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Maple Ridge | 105,925 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Guildford | 14,663 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Birdland | 10,745 | 0 | 0 | — |
Pitt Meadows in brief
Before 1961: just 3.1% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
Questions about Pitt Meadows’s history
How many historic places does Pitt Meadows have on the registers?
None within Pitt Meadows itself; the nearest is 9.8 km off: Saint Andrew's United Church, in Langley.
When did Pitt Meadows become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Pitt Meadows to April 23, 1914. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Pitt Meadows?
Before 1961: 3.1% 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).