Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0The heritage near Newton: 31 places in a 25 km radius
Its housing is mostly newer: 3% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Heritage of the first rank begins 16 km away, in Langley.
Newton’s surroundings: 31 historic places within 25 km
Of 7 top designations nearby, Fort Langley is the closest, at 20 km. They belong to 11 towns, chiefly Yaletown, Langley and Strathcona. Holy Trinity Cathedral in New Westminster is the nearest, 8.1 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Holy Trinity CathedralListed in a community heritage register · 1902 · 8.1 km away, in New Westminster |
| Peace ArchNational Register of Historic Places listed place · 1921 · 17 km away, in Douglas |
| Saint Andrew's United ChurchListed in a community heritage register · 19 km away, in Langley |
| Big HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1960 · 20 km away, in Langley |
| Servants' QuartersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 20 km away, in Langley |
| Fort LangleyNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 20 km away, in Langley |
| StorehouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1840–1872 · 20 km away, in Langley |
| Northeast BastionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 20 km away, in Langley |
| Hastings ParkProvincially Recognized Heritage Site · 1888 · 21 km away, in Hastings-Sunrise |
| Minoru ChapelHeritage designation · 22 km away, in Richmond |
| Bloedel ConservatoryListed in a community heritage register · 1969 · 22 km away, in Riley Park |
| Marpole MiddenNational Historic Site · 1892 · 22 km away, in Marpole |
Within 25 km of Newton, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
Reaching 25 km out from Newton: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
25 dated places within 25 km make up the record. 2 predate Confederation. Fort Langley, in Langley, goes back furthest, to 1839.
7.9% of Newton’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Count back from today and half of Newton’s homes are older than 2001. Newton’s largest group of homes, 42%, went up from 1981 to 2000. 20% of Newton’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.
Newton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | 51,222 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sullivan | 42,135 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Strawberry Hill | 37,037 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Panorama Ridge | 36,473 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fleetwood | 63,957 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Brownsville | 23,515 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Johnston Heights | 30,971 | 0 | 0 | — |
Newton in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 3% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has no historic place, where the middle town its size has 2.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Newton’s history
How many historic places does Newton have on the registers?
Not inside Newton. The closest is Holy Trinity Cathedral in New Westminster, 8.1 km away.
How old are the homes in Newton?
3% 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).