Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWithin 100 km of Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast, 57 places are on the heritage registers
Heritage of the first rank begins 43 km from Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast, in Powell River. Its housing is mostly newer: 10% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s area holds 20 top-tier places within 100 km
The earliest date is Bastion’s, 1855, 51 km away. At 19 km, Merry Island Lighthouse in Welcome Beach is the closest. Their towns number 26: Yaletown, Granville Entertainment District and Strathcona first.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Merry Island LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1966 · 19 km away, in Welcome Beach |
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway (VIA Rail) Station, Qualicum Beach, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1914–1915 · 43 km away, in Qualicum Beach |
| Powell River Townsite Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1911–1956 · 46 km away, in Powell River |
| Christian Science SocietyListed in a community heritage register · 1932 · 51 km away, in Nanaimo |
| BastionHeritage designation · 1855 · 51 km away, in Nanaimo |
| Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Station, Nanaimo, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1920–1921 · 51 km away, in Nanaimo |
| Britannia Mines ConcentratorNational Historic Site · 1922–1924 · 59 km away, in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet |
| Point Atkinson LighthouseNational Historic Site · 1912–1913 · 64 km away, in West Vancouver |
| McLean MillNational Historic Site · 1925–1966 · 67 km away, in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot |
| Binning ResidenceNational Historic Site · 1941–1942 · 68 km away, in West Vancouver |
| Courtenay RiverListed in a community heritage register · 68 km away, in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley |
| Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station (VIA Rail), Courtenay, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1914–1915 · 71 km away, in Courtenay |
Around Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast, within 100 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1855
The area here stretches to 100 km around Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
First by date comes Bastion in Nanaimo, from 1855. 50 places within 100 km carry a construction date. One is older than 1867.
New homes stand out in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast: 6.7% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s largest group of homes, 32%, went up from 1961 to 1980. 20% of Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 30% of Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s, against 23% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,200 to 3,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Seven Oaks. The middle one has 0. 15 of them have none.
Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast | 3,256 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Welcome Beach | 3,130 | 0 | 0 | — |
Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast in brief
The census dates only 10% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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 is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s history
How many historic places does Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast have on the registers?
None within Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast itself; the nearest is 19 km off: Merry Island Lighthouse, in Welcome Beach.
How old are the homes in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast?
10% 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).