National Historic SiteFort St. John
Photo: Sandy Busche · CC BY 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Taylor · Canada’s heritage registers
Heritage in Taylor: 1 historic place of the highest rank
The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1958: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which. Only 10% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Homes built before 1961
10%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Taylor’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. One place, placed by its register’s municipality, has no point and isn’t on the map.
Highest designations
One place in Taylor with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Top-ranked heritage near Taylor: one place within 100 km
Tse'K'wa in Electoral Area C, Peace River is the nearest, 20 km away. Within 100 km there is one place in all.
The nearest, within 100 km
| Tse'K'waNational Historic Site · 20 km away, in Electoral Area C, Peace River |
Homes by age
Most of Taylor’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 48%
Over half of the homes in Taylor were already standing by 2001. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 make up just 2.8% of Taylor’s, below the typical 4.1%. 22% of Taylor’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%.
10%
Before 1961
18%
1961–80
48%
1981–2000
22%
2001–15
2.8%
2016–21
TaylorTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Taylor and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor | 1,415 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Fort St. John | 24,383 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area C, Peace River | 6,344 | 1 | 1 | — |
In brief
Taylor in brief
Inside Taylor there are 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, led by Fort St. John. Its homes are mostly newer: 10% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, its one place was designated in 1958.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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. 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.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- 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.
Questions about Taylor’s history
Which places in Taylor have the highest designation?
Just one: Fort St. John.
How old are the homes in Taylor?
The 2021 Census dates 10% 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).