Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0In West Point Grey, 37% of homes go back before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so West Point Grey has 2.1 times as much. Bessborough Armoury, 3.6 km from West Point Grey, heads a list of 34 historic places within 10 km. For the highest designations, the closest town is Kitsilano, 3.5 km off.
Near West Point Grey (10 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation
Places near West Point Grey (within 10 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
The earliest is Vancouver's Chinatown in Strathcona, begun in 1880. 30 places within 10 km have a date.
Within 10 km of West Point Grey: 34 places on the registers
Bessborough Armoury in Kitsilano is the nearest, 3.6 km away. Yaletown, Granville Entertainment District and Strathcona hold most of them, among 11 towns. St. Roch, 4.3 km off, is the nearest of 13 top-tier places.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Bessborough ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1932–1934 · 3.6 km away, in Kitsilano |
| St. RochNational Historic Site · 1928–1929 · 4.3 km away, in Kitsilano |
| Seaforth ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1937 · 4.3 km away, in Fairview |
| Electra BuildingListed in a community heritage register · 1957 · 5.9 km away, in Granville Entertainment District |
| Stanley ParkNational Historic Site · 1888–1989 · 6.1 km away, in West End |
| Coastal ChurchHeritage designation · 1919 · 6.2 km away, in West End |
| Orpheum TheatreNational Historic Site · 1926–1928 · 6.2 km away, in Granville Entertainment District |
| Vogue TheatreNational Historic Site · 1940–1942 · 6.2 km away, in Granville Entertainment District |
| Former Vancouver Law CourtsNational Historic Site · 1907–1912 · 6.3 km away, in Granville Entertainment District |
| Vancouver BlockHeritage designation · 1910 · 6.4 km away, in Granville Entertainment District |
| Hotel GeorgiaHeritage designation · 6.4 km away, in Granville Entertainment District |
| Queen Elizabeth TheatreListed in a community heritage register · 6.7 km away, in Yaletown |
37% of West Point Grey’s homes were built before 1961
From 2016 to 2021 West Point Grey added 5.1% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Only 20% of West Point Grey’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. Count back from today and half of West Point Grey’s homes are older than 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How West Point Grey compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 13,300 to 13,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Glebe-Dows Lake, Durand, Bathurst and Sidney have more. The typical town its size has 0. 12 of them have none.
West Point Grey and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Point Grey | 13,429 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Greektown | 16,618 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dunbar-Southlands | 21,117 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver | 22,031 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Arbutus Ridge | 15,083 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kitsilano | 27,320 | 2 | 1 | 1928 |
| Musqueam 2 | 1,879 | 0 | 0 | — |
West Point Grey in brief
Housing in West Point Grey includes 37% built before 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
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about West Point Grey’s history
How many historic places does West Point Grey have on the registers?
Inside West Point Grey, none so far; Bessborough Armoury, 3.6 km away in Kitsilano, is the closest.
How old are the homes in West Point Grey?
Before 1961: 37% 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).