Photo: DJ Cane · CC BY-SA 4.0Heritage within reach of Sunnyside: 8 places, 25 km or closer
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 1.2%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Langley, 14 km from here.
Peace Arch, 5.6 km from Sunnyside, is the closest
Of 2 top designations nearby, Fort Langley is the closest, at 21 km. Fort Langley, 21 km off, is the oldest: 1839. They are spread over 3 towns, including Langley, Douglas and New Westminster.
The 8 nearest, within 25 km
| Peace ArchNational Register of Historic Places listed place · 1921 · 5.6 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 · 20 km away, in Langley |
| Big HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1960 · 21 km away, in Langley |
| Servants' QuartersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 21 km away, in Langley |
| Fort LangleyNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 21 km away, in Langley |
| StorehouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1840–1872 · 21 km away, in Langley |
| Northeast BastionRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1957–1958 · 21 km away, in Langley |
Most of what stands within 25 km of Sunnyside dates from the years since 1946
No place near Sunnyside is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Fort Langley, in Langley, goes back furthest, to 1839. 7 dated places within 25 km make up the record. 2 predate Confederation.
20% of Sunnyside’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
39% of Sunnyside’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Sunnyside built little from 1961 to 1980: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 27% of Sunnyside’s, about the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Sunnyside compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 16,600 to 17,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Saint-Édouard, Leaside-Bennington and Saint-Charles-Borromée. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Sunnyside and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside | 16,784 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre | 13,381 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Surrey | 6,431 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Grandview | 16,947 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Morgan Creek | 8,084 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Anderson Walk | 4,210 | 0 | 0 | — |
| White Rock | 25,057 | 0 | 0 | — |
Sunnyside in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.2% were built before 1961, 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Sunnyside’s history
How many historic places does Sunnyside have on the registers?
Sunnyside has none of its own yet. Peace Arch, in Douglas, is the nearest, 5.6 km away.
How old are the homes in Sunnyside?
Before 1961: 1.2% of its homes; 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).