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Helmcken House

Helmcken House is a house museum in Victoria, British Columbia. The Canadian Register of Historic Places records it. Further out, Royal British Columbia Museum is 100 m away.

Photo: Helmcken House, Hans-Jürgen Hübner / Hans-Jürgen Hübner (Public domain)

Where

In Victoria

inside the municipal boundary

How well known

Top 12%

#577 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–21°C

In brief

Museum in Victoria

Inside Victoria

You’ll find Helmcken House inside Victoria’s municipal boundary. Towns near it ↓

Canadian Register of Historic Places

It holds a federal or Québec heritage designation, or sits on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. About ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

A month-by-month guide

Aim for June to September, when Victoria reaches 19–21°C.

Jan8° / 4°111 mm

Feb9° / 4°61 mm

Mar11° / 5°62 mm

Apr14° / 6°36 mm

May17° / 9°28 mm

Jun19° / 11°19 mm

Jul21° / 12°13 mm

Aug21° / 12°16 mm

Sep19° / 11°28 mm

Oct14° / 8°85 mm

Nov10° / 5°129 mm

Dec8° / 4°87 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Victoria, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals for Victoria Gonzales (City) (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Victoria’s full climate →

About

Helmcken House

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Helmcken House on Wikipedia ↗

Its historic-place page →

Type: Museum
Listed: Canadian Register of Historic Places
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Victoria
Official site: royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/exhibitions/helmcken-house-and-st-anns-schoolhouse

Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.

The map

Map of Helmcken House and nearby

Use the numbers to match each place near Helmcken House with the list.

Towns near it

Staying near Helmcken House

By population, Saanich leads the 8 with 126,011. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Victoria

103,888 people · 47 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km northwest of it

Juan de Fuca (Part 1)

5,439 people · 55 places to visit

3 · 2 km northwest of it

Esquimalt

19,512 people · 42 places to visit

4 · 3 km east of it

Oak Bay

18,626 people · 38 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Helmcken House is	People	Places to visit
Victoria	It’s in town	103,888	47
Juan de Fuca (Part 1)	1.4 km northwest of it	5,439	55
Esquimalt	2 km northwest of it	19,512	42
Oak Bay	3 km east of it	18,626	38
Saanich	3.2 km northeast of it	126,011	54
New Songhees 1A	4.5 km northwest of it	2,052	35
View Royal	7.3 km northwest of it	12,795	20
Colwood	9.2 km northwest of it	22,794	13

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Helmcken House

Also within 15 km are 5 museums, a zoo and an art gallery.

MuseumRoyal British Columbia Museum100 m away · 350K visitors a year (2012)

ZooPacific Undersea Gardens400 m away

3Art galleryArt galleryAlcheringa Gallery600 m away 4MuseumMuseumThunderbird Park100 m away 5MuseumMuseumSaint Ann's Schoolhouse100 m away 6Historic siteHistoric siteThe Mungo Martin House100 m away 7MuseumMuseumMaritime Museum of British Columbia200 m away 8MuseumMuseumMiniature World300 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Helmcken House: common questions

Where is Helmcken House?

Look in Victoria, British Columbia; Helmcken House is within the municipal boundary.

What is Helmcken House?

House museum in Victoria, British Columbia.

How well known is Helmcken House?

Helmcken House sits at #577 for Canada, going by Wikipedia coverage.

When is the best time to visit Helmcken House?

June to September bring Victoria its warmest afternoons, 19–21°C on ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

Is Helmcken House a designated historic place?

Yes: Canadian Register of Historic Places.

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

Helmcken House: Hans-Jürgen Hübner / Hans-Jürgen Hübner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Royal British Columbia Museum: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pacific Undersea Gardens: H at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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).