Photo: Sebbby98 · CC BY-SA 4.0Tsawwassen and its setting: 9 historic places within 25 km
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 1.1%. Look 14 km away, to Richmond, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Top-ranked heritage near Tsawwassen: 3 places within 25 km
They belong to 6 towns, chiefly Richmond, Marpole and Riley Park. Nearest comes Britannia Shipyard, 11 km off, in Richmond. 9 places lie within 25 km.
The 9 nearest, within 25 km
| Britannia ShipyardNational Historic Site · 1890–1956 · 11 km away, in Richmond |
| Gulf of Georgia CanneryNational Historic Site · 1894–1965 · 12 km away, in Richmond |
| Minoru ChapelHeritage designation · 15 km away, in Richmond |
| Harbour Air Hangar, Building T-018 at the Vancouver International AirportRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1930–1931 · 17 km away, in Richmond |
| Marpole MiddenNational Historic Site · 1892 · 19 km away, in Marpole |
| Bloedel ConservatoryListed in a community heritage register · 1969 · 23 km away, in Riley Park |
| Holy Trinity CathedralListed in a community heritage register · 1902 · 23 km away, in New Westminster |
| Active Pass LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1969–1970 · 23 km away, in Southern Gulf Islands |
| Peace ArchNational Register of Historic Places listed place · 1921 · 25 km away, in Douglas |
Near Tsawwassen, within 25 km: built places from 1890 on
No place near Tsawwassen is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Dated places within 25 km: 8. Britannia Shipyard, in Richmond, goes back furthest, to 1890.
Tsawwassen is still building: 61% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Tsawwassen built little from 1961 to 1980: 3.8% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. The largest single period is from 2016 to 2021, with 61% of Tsawwassen’s homes. Few of Tsawwassen’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 9.1%, the norm 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Tsawwassen compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,600 to 2,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Sainte-Croix, Grand Manan, Waterville, Outlook and Saint-Mathieu. Their median is 0. 11 of them have nothing on the registers.
Tsawwassen and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsawwassen | 2,629 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Delta | 124,670 | 1 | 0 | 1929 |
| Richmond | 239,584 | 5 | 2 | 1890 |
| Crescent Heights | 9,033 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ocean Park | 10,845 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Colebrook | 3,617 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Strawberry Hill | 37,037 | 0 | 0 | — |
Tsawwassen in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.1% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Tsawwassen’s history
How many historic places does Tsawwassen have on the registers?
None inside Tsawwassen yet. The nearest, Britannia Shipyard, carries the highest designation, 11 km away in Richmond.
How old are the homes in Tsawwassen?
1.1% 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).