Photo: 4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0Port Mann and its setting: 45 historic places within 25 km
The closest top-tier heritage to Port Mann is in Langley, 18 km away. The newest homes, 2016 to 2021, are 8.7% of the total, the typical town 4.1%.
The highest designation, 13 times, within 25 km of Port Mann
By age, Fort Langley leads, from 1839, at 19 km. The radius of 25 km holds 45. They are 24 provincial or municipal listings, 11 National Historic Sites and 7 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Holy Trinity CathedralListed in a community heritage register · 1902 · 5.4 km away, in New Westminster |
| Hastings ParkProvincially Recognized Heritage Site · 1888 · 17 km away, in Hastings-Sunrise |
| Saint Andrew's United ChurchListed in a community heritage register · 19 km away, in Langley |
| Big HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1960 · 19 km away, in Langley |
| Servants' QuartersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 19 km away, in Langley |
| Fort LangleyNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 19 km away, in Langley |
| StorehouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1840–1872 · 19 km away, in Langley |
| Northeast BastionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 20 km away, in Langley |
| Canadian National Railways / VIA Rail Station, Vancouver, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 21 km away, in Strathcona |
| Bloedel ConservatoryListed in a community heritage register · 1969 · 21 km away, in Riley Park |
| Vancouver Japanese Language SchoolNational Historic Site · 1928–1929 · 21 km away, in Strathcona |
| Kuomintang BuildingHeritage designation · 21 km away, in Strathcona |
Most of what stands within 25 km of Port Mann dates from the decades after Confederation
Reaching 25 km out from Port Mann: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
The earliest is Fort Langley in Langley, begun in 1839. 38 places within 25 km carry a construction date. Before Confederation: 2.
The biggest share of Port Mann’s homes dates from 1961 to 1980: 36%
Homes from before 1961 are 20% of Port Mann’s housing, about the typical 18%. Only 9.8% of Port Mann’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Half of the homes standing in Port Mann today were built before 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Port Mann compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,900 to 6,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Lowertown West, Lac-Mégantic and Crowsnest Pass. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Port Mann and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Mann | 5,988 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Birdland | 10,745 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Whalley | 52,642 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bridgeview | 3,511 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Guildford | 14,663 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Johnston Heights | 30,971 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fraser Heights | 17,688 | 0 | 0 | — |
Port Mann in brief
Of the homes standing in Port Mann, 20% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0. For the rest, Samuel Maclure (1860) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
Questions about Port Mann’s history
How many historic places does Port Mann have on the registers?
Inside Port Mann, none so far; Holy Trinity Cathedral, 5.4 km away in New Westminster, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Port Mann?
20% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).