Photo: The original uploader was Damieng at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0History around Squamish: 14 designated places within 50 km
Its housing is mostly newer: 4% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet, 4.1 km from here.
13 km from Squamish: Britannia Mines Concentrator, the nearest on the registers
They are spread over 7 towns, including North Vancouver, West Vancouver and West End. All told, 14 places are within 50 km. The record reaches back to 1884 with Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Church, 46 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Britannia Mines ConcentratorNational Historic Site · 1922–1924 · 13 km away, in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet |
| Binning ResidenceNational Historic Site · 1941–1942 · 44 km away, in West Vancouver |
| Point Atkinson LighthouseNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 46 km away, in West Vancouver |
| Lions Gate BridgeNational Historic Site · 1937–1939 · 46 km away, in West Vancouver |
| Victoria ParkListed in a community heritage register · 1905 · 46 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Saint Paul's Roman Catholic ChurchNational Historic Site · 1884–1885 · 46 km away, in North Vancouver |
| First Church of Christ, ScientistListed in a community heritage register · 1925 · 47 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Burrard Dry DockHeritage designation · 47 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Stanley ParkNational Historic Site · 1888–1989 · 48 km away, in West End |
| Coastal ChurchHeritage designation · 1919 · 50 km away, in West End |
| Former Main Post OfficeClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1905–1911 · 50 km away, in Coal Harbour |
| Gastown Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1886–1915 · 50 km away, in Coal Harbour |
Around Squamish, within 50 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
The area here stretches to 50 km around Squamish: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
The oldest is Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Church in North Vancouver, from 1884. Within 50 km, 12 records give a date.
Squamish is still building: 18% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Squamish’s homes are older than 2001. Squamish’s largest group of homes, 30%, went up from 1961 to 1980. 24% of Squamish’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Squamish and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squamish | 28,578 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet | 1,055 | 1 | 1 | 1922 |
Squamish in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 4% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: like most towns its size, it has no historic place; and its past has one life on the record, Joe Capilano (1850).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Squamish’s history
How many historic places does Squamish have on the registers?
Not within Squamish. Its nearest is a top designation: Britannia Mines Concentrator, 13 km away in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet.
How old are the homes in Squamish?
4% 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).