Photo: Northwest · CC BY-SA 4.030 heritage places lie within 25 km of Guildford
Few homes are old by the census: 6.6% before 1961, against 18%. Look 15 km away, to Langley, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Within 25 km of Guildford: 30 places on the registers
Fort Langley, 17 km off, is the oldest: 1839. By designation: 19 provincial or municipal listings, 5 National Historic Sites and 4 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. They stand in 10 towns, Yaletown, Langley and Strathcona among them.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Holy Trinity CathedralListed in a community heritage register · 1902 · 8.1 km away, in New Westminster |
| Saint Andrew's United ChurchListed in a community heritage register · 16 km away, in Langley |
| Big HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1960 · 17 km away, in Langley |
| Servants' QuartersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 17 km away, in Langley |
| Fort LangleyNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 17 km away, in Langley |
| StorehouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1840–1872 · 17 km away, in Langley |
| Northeast BastionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 17 km away, in Langley |
| Hastings ParkProvincially Recognized Heritage Site · 1888 · 20 km away, in Hastings-Sunrise |
| Peace ArchNational Register of Historic Places listed place · 1921 · 21 km away, in Douglas |
| Canadian National Railways / VIA Rail Station, Vancouver, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 24 km away, in Strathcona |
| Bloedel ConservatoryListed in a community heritage register · 1969 · 24 km away, in Riley Park |
| Vancouver Japanese Language SchoolNational Historic Site · 1928–1929 · 24 km away, in Strathcona |
Near Guildford (25 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
Reaching 25 km out from Guildford: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Within 25 km, building dates exist for 25 places. 2 are older than 1867. Fort Langley, in Langley, goes back furthest, to 1839.
Most of Guildford’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 45%
Over half of the homes in Guildford were already standing by 2001. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 10% of Guildford’s, against 15% in the typical town. New building in Guildford runs at the usual pace: 4.7% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Guildford and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildford | 14,663 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Johnston Heights | 30,971 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Birdland | 10,745 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fraser Heights | 17,688 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Port Mann | 5,988 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fleetwood | 63,957 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Whalley | 52,642 | 0 | 0 | — |
Guildford in brief
Before 1961: just 6.6% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: it has no historic place, where the middle town its size has 1.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- 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 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
Questions about Guildford’s history
How many historic places does Guildford have on the registers?
Inside Guildford, none so far; Holy Trinity Cathedral, 8.1 km away in New Westminster, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Guildford?
The 2021 Census dates 6.6% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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).