Ocean Park and its setting: 55 historic places within 50 km
Few homes are old by the census: 3% before 1961, against 18%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Langley, 19 km from here.
Nearest to Ocean Park: Peace Arch, 8 km away
All told, 55 places are within 50 km. Fort Langley, 25 km off, is the oldest: 1839. They stand in 19 towns, Yaletown, Langley and Granville Entertainment District among them.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Peace ArchNational Register of Historic Places listed place · 1921 · 8 km away, in Douglas |
| Holy Trinity CathedralListed in a community heritage register · 1902 · 19 km away, in New Westminster |
| Saint Andrew's United ChurchListed in a community heritage register · 25 km away, in Langley |
| Britannia ShipyardNational Historic Site · 1890–1956 · 25 km away, in Richmond |
| Big HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1960 · 25 km away, in Langley |
| Servants' QuartersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 25 km away, in Langley |
| Fort LangleyNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 25 km away, in Langley |
| StorehouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1840–1872 · 25 km away, in Langley |
| Northeast BastionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 25 km away, in Langley |
| Minoru ChapelHeritage designation · 26 km away, in Richmond |
| Gulf of Georgia CanneryNational Historic Site · 1894–1965 · 26 km away, in Richmond |
| Harbour Air Hangar, Building T-018 at the Vancouver International AirportRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1930–1931 · 28 km away, in Richmond |
Within 50 km of Ocean Park, the decades after Confederation left the most
Out to 50 km from Ocean Park, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
The bars count 47 dated places within 50 km. Before Confederation: 2. The oldest is Fort Langley in Langley, from 1839.
Ocean Park built the most from 1981 to 2000, 62% of today’s homes
Count back from today and half of Ocean Park’s homes are older than 2001. Ocean Park built little from 2001 to 2015: 8.2% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Few of Ocean Park’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 19%, the norm 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Ocean Park compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 10,700 to 11,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Eastern Passage and Alexandria have more. The typical town its size has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Ocean Park and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Park | 10,845 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Crescent Heights | 9,033 | 0 | 0 | — |
| White Rock | 25,057 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Surrey | 6,431 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre | 13,381 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sunnyside | 16,784 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Anderson Walk | 4,210 | 0 | 0 | — |
Ocean Park in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 3%, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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 Ocean Park’s history
How many historic places does Ocean Park have on the registers?
None within Ocean Park itself; the nearest is 8 km off: Peace Arch, in Douglas.
How old are the homes in Ocean Park?
The 2021 Census dates 3% 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).