Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1923–1927Former Superintendent’s Residence #12
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History of Summerland · Canada’s heritage registers
Canada’s registers list 1 historic place in Summerland
In Summerland that place is Former Superintendent’s Residence #12, a recognized federal heritage building, from 1923. As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from 1902, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding. Summerland has 0.8 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 78% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
1
0.8 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1923
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
19%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Summerland’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. One place, placed by its register’s municipality, has no point and isn’t on the map.
Other federal designations
One more federal designation in Summerland
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Leave Summerland and the first historic place is Naramata, 12 km away
They stand in 4 towns, Penticton, Central Okanagan and Kelowna among them. Oldest of them is Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway (1912), 35 km off. Its 2 places of national rank start with Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway, at 35 km.
The 5 nearest, within 50 km
| NaramataBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 12 km away, in Penticton |
| SicamousHeritage designation · 12 km away, in Penticton |
| Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley RailwayNational Historic Site · 1912–1915 · 35 km away, in Central Okanagan |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kelowna, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1927 · 35 km away, in Kelowna |
| Similkameen Spirit TrailNational Historic Site · 47 km away, in Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen |
Homes by age
Summerland’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 32% of its homes
More than half of Summerland’s housing predates 1981. From 2016 on, Summerland built 5.8% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%. Homes from before 1961 are 19% of Summerland’s housing, about the typical 18%.
19%
Before 1961
32%
1961–80
32%
1981–2000
12%
2001–15
5.8%
2016–21
SummerlandTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Summerland has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 12,300 to 12,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Summerland1
Just one has more: Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have none.
Neighbours
Summerland and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerland | 12,343 | 1 | 0 | 1923 |
| Electoral Area F, Okanagan-Similkameen | 2,149 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Naramata | 2,077 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Penticton 1 | 2,147 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Penticton | 39,068 | 2 | 0 | — |
In brief
Summerland in brief
Older stock first: 19% of homes in Summerland were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. There are 1 historic place in all. Just one town of its size, out of 16, has more historic places. The rest is about typical: one person of its past, Nigel Bowen (1911); and its one place was designated in 1990.
How to read these numbers
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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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. 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. 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 Summerland’s history
How many historic places does Summerland have on the registers?
1 historic place inside Summerland, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
What is the oldest building in Summerland?
By its record, Former Superintendent’s Residence #12, from 1923 (Recognized Federal Heritage Building).
How old are the homes in Summerland?
Before 1961: 19% 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).