Around Brownsville, 48 historic places within 25 km
The closest top-tier heritage to Brownsville is in Marpole, 18 km away. Before 1961: just 11% of the homes, where most towns have 18%.
The heritage closest to Brownsville: Holy Trinity Cathedral, at 3.8 km
Within 25 km there are 48 in all. They belong to 16 towns, chiefly Yaletown, Granville Entertainment District and Langley. For the highest designations, the nearest of 16 is Marpole Midden, 19 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Holy Trinity CathedralListed in a community heritage register · 1902 · 3.8 km away, in New Westminster |
| Hastings ParkProvincially Recognized Heritage Site · 1888 · 17 km away, in Hastings-Sunrise |
| Bloedel ConservatoryListed in a community heritage register · 1969 · 18 km away, in Riley Park |
| Marpole MiddenNational Historic Site · 1892 · 19 km away, in Marpole |
| Canadian National Railways / VIA Rail Station, Vancouver, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 19 km away, in Strathcona |
| Minoru ChapelHeritage designation · 19 km away, in Richmond |
| Kuomintang BuildingHeritage designation · 20 km away, in Strathcona |
| Vancouver Japanese Language SchoolNational Historic Site · 1928–1929 · 20 km away, in Strathcona |
| Vancouver's ChinatownNational Historic Site · 1880–2003 · 20 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ovaltine CafeListed in a community heritage register · 1912 · 20 km away, in Strathcona |
| Carnegie Community CentreHeritage designation · 20 km away, in Yaletown |
| Pantages TheatreListed in a community heritage register · 1907 · 20 km away, in Yaletown |
Around Brownsville, within 25 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1839
The area here stretches to 25 km around Brownsville: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
41 dated places within 25 km make up the record. 2 go back before 1867. Fort Langley, in Langley, is the oldest (1839).
9.3% of Brownsville’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 21% of Brownsville’s, against 15% in the typical town. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 29% of Brownsville’s homes. Over half of the homes in Brownsville 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.
Brownsville and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsville | 23,515 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Whalley | 52,642 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Strawberry Hill | 37,037 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bridgeview | 3,511 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Newton | 51,222 | 0 | 0 | — |
| New Westminster | 92,124 | 2 | 0 | 1895 |
| Port Mann | 5,988 | 0 | 0 | — |
Brownsville in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 11% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
Questions about Brownsville’s history
How many historic places does Brownsville have on the registers?
None within Brownsville itself; the nearest is 3.8 km off: Holy Trinity Cathedral, in New Westminster.
How old are the homes in Brownsville?
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).