Photo: Wpcpey · CC BY-SA 4.0Before 1961: 50% of the homes in Shaughnessy
Most towns have 18%, so Shaughnessy has 2.8 times as much. The nearest heritage to Shaughnessy is Bloedel Conservatory, 1.6 km off, one of 28 places within 5 km. Heritage of the first rank begins 2.9 km away, in Kitsilano.
The 5 km around Shaughnessy keep buildings from as early as 1880
The area, not the town: places within 5 km of Shaughnessy, dated by the first construction year on their records.
24 places within 5 km carry a construction date. Vancouver's Chinatown, in Strathcona, is the oldest (1880).
The registers find 28 places within 5 km of Shaughnessy
The oldest, Vancouver's Chinatown, dates from 1880, 4.7 km away. Closest of all is Bloedel Conservatory, in Riley Park, 1.6 km off. Yaletown, Granville Entertainment District and Strathcona hold most of them, among 9 towns.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Bloedel ConservatoryListed in a community heritage register · 1969 · 1.6 km away, in Riley Park |
| Bessborough ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1932–1934 · 2.3 km away, in Kitsilano |
| Seaforth ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1937 · 3 km away, in Fairview |
| St. RochNational Historic Site · 1928–1929 · 3.8 km away, in Kitsilano |
| Orpheum TheatreNational Historic Site · 1926–1928 · 4.1 km away, in Granville Entertainment District |
| Vogue TheatreNational Historic Site · 1940–1942 · 4.1 km away, in Granville Entertainment District |
| Electra BuildingListed in a community heritage register · 1957 · 4.1 km away, in Granville Entertainment District |
| Canadian National Railways / VIA Rail Station, Vancouver, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 4.2 km away, in Strathcona |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1899–1903 · 4.3 km away, in Yaletown |
| Queen Elizabeth TheatreListed in a community heritage register · 4.3 km away, in Yaletown |
| Vancouver BlockHeritage designation · 1910 · 4.3 km away, in Granville Entertainment District |
| Former Vancouver Law CourtsNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 4.4 km away, in Granville Entertainment District |
50% of Shaughnessy’s homes were built before 1961
Only 13% of Shaughnessy’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 8.6% of Shaughnessy’s, against 15% in the typical town. From 2016 to 2021 Shaughnessy added 4.5% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Shaughnessy compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,000 to 8,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Clare, Lincoln and Otonabee-South Monaghan have more. The middle one has 0. 13 of them have none.
Shaughnessy and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaughnessy | 8,034 | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Cambie | 9,846 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Arbutus Ridge | 15,083 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Oakridge | 14,071 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fairview | 33,969 | 1 | 0 | 1935 |
| Riley Park | 23,682 | 1 | 0 | 1969 |
| Kerrisdale | 14,105 | 0 | 0 | — |
Shaughnessy in brief
Counted by age, 50% of Shaughnessy’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
Questions about Shaughnessy’s history
How many historic places does Shaughnessy have on the registers?
Shaughnessy has none of its own yet. Bloedel Conservatory, in Riley Park, is the nearest, 1.6 km away.
How old are the homes in Shaughnessy?
50% 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).