Photo: The Interior · CC BY-SA 4.0Around Salmon Arm, 3 historic places within 100 km
Heritage of the first rank begins 76 km from Salmon Arm, in Kamloops. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1905: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
Within 100 km of Salmon Arm: 3 places on the registers
Closest of all is Kamloops Memorial Arena, in Kamloops, 75 km off. By designation: 2 heritage railway stations and a provincial or municipal listing. “Canadian National Railway Station, Kamloops, British Columbia”, 75 km off, is the oldest: 1926.
The 3 nearest, within 100 km
| Kamloops Memorial ArenaListed in a community heritage register · 75 km away, in Kamloops |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kamloops, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1928 · 75 km away, in Kamloops |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kelowna, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1927 · 92 km away, in Kelowna |
9.1% of Salmon Arm’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Over half of the homes in Salmon Arm were already standing by 2001. Only 11% of Salmon Arm’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 33% of Salmon Arm’s homes.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Salmon Arm compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 20,700 to 21,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures and Baie-Comeau. The typical town its size has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Salmon Arm and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmon Arm | 20,891 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area F, North Okanagan | 4,969 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Enderby | 3,292 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Blind Bay | 9,984 | 0 | 0 | — |
Salmon Arm in brief
Few of its homes are old, 11% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0. The other figures are unremarkable: one person of its past, E. V. Gordon (1896).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
Questions about Salmon Arm’s history
How many historic places does Salmon Arm have on the registers?
Not inside Salmon Arm. The closest is Kamloops Memorial Arena in Kamloops, 75 km away.
When did Salmon Arm become a municipality?
Wikidata gives 1905 for Salmon Arm, which may mark incorporation or an amalgamation rather than a founding.
How old are the homes in Salmon Arm?
11% 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).