Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Around Mount Pleasant, 29 historic places within 5 km
For the highest designations, the closest town to Mount Pleasant is Strathcona, 1.7 km off. Building from 2016 to 2021 gave it 13% of its homes, where most towns have 4.1%.
The heritage closest to Mount Pleasant: “Canadian National Railways / VIA Rail Station, Vancouver, British Columbia”, at 1.1 km
By designation: 17 provincial or municipal listings, 7 National Historic Sites and 3 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. Between them, 9 towns share them, mainly Yaletown, Granville Entertainment District and Strathcona. Count to 5 km and there are 29.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Canadian National Railways / VIA Rail Station, Vancouver, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 1.1 km away, in Strathcona |
| Vancouver's ChinatownNational Historic Site · 1880–2003 · 1.8 km away, in Strathcona |
| Kuomintang BuildingHeritage designation · 1.8 km away, in Strathcona |
| Sam Kee BuildingHeritage designation · 1913 · 1.9 km away, in Yaletown |
| Carnegie Community CentreHeritage designation · 1.9 km away, in Yaletown |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1899–1903 · 2 km away, in Yaletown |
| Pantages TheatreListed in a community heritage register · 1907 · 2 km away, in Yaletown |
| Ovaltine CafeListed in a community heritage register · 1912 · 2 km away, in Strathcona |
| Sun TowerHeritage designation · 1912 · 2 km away, in Yaletown |
| Queen Elizabeth TheatreListed in a community heritage register · 2.1 km away, in Yaletown |
| Victory Square, VancouverListed in a community heritage register · 1886 · 2.2 km away, in Yaletown |
| Hotel EuropeHeritage designation · 1909 · 2.2 km away, in Yaletown |
Around Mount Pleasant, within 5 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation
Each historic place within 5 km of Mount Pleasant, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
25 dated places within 5 km make up the record. First by date comes Vancouver's Chinatown in Strathcona, from 1880.
Most of Mount Pleasant’s homes went up from 2001 to 2015: 30%
Like the typical town (18%), Mount Pleasant has 18% of its homes from before 1961. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 15% of Mount Pleasant’s, against 23% in the typical town. Over half of the homes in Mount Pleasant were already standing by 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Mount Pleasant and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | 37,091 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Strathcona | 13,783 | 5 | 2 | 1880 |
| Little Saigon | 11,086 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riley Park | 23,682 | 1 | 0 | 1969 |
| Yaletown | 40,297 | 10 | 0 | 1886 |
| South Cambie | 9,846 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fairview | 33,969 | 1 | 0 | 1935 |
Mount Pleasant in brief
Before 1961: 18% of Mount Pleasant’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: it has no historic place, where the middle town its size has 1.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Mount Pleasant’s history
How many historic places does Mount Pleasant have on the registers?
None within Mount Pleasant itself; the nearest is 1.1 km off: Canadian National Railways / VIA Rail Station, Vancouver, British Columbia, in Strathcona.
How old are the homes in Mount Pleasant?
18% 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).