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Ker Block
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Listed in a community heritage register

Ker Block

On a provincial or municipal heritage registerone of 54 in Victoria
OOther placesBBuilt 1909
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About Ker Block

A provincial or local register lists Ker Block, one of 54 such places paged in Victoria. By its record, Ker Block was built in 1909. 31 other places on the registers stand within 400 m.

Its designation is provincial or municipal, recorded here through Wikidata.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

Victoria · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Ker BlockStart here
  2. 2Burnes HouseHeritage designation · 100 m on
  3. 3Lewis & Humphreys BlockHeritage designation · 100 m on
  4. 4Morley's Soda Water FactoryListed in a community heritage register · 100 m on
  5. 5Ning Young BuildingHeritage designation · 200 m on
Farther afield
Belmont BuildingHeritage designation300 mCauseway Tower and GarageHeritage designation300 mSt. Andrew's Presbyterian ChurchHeritage designation300 mDuck's BlockListed in a community heritage register300 mMilne BlockHeritage designation300 mRobinson's Sporting GoodsListed in a community heritage register300 m
Around it

25 within 300 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

LocalPacific Transfer Building23 mLocalOdd Fellows Hall41 mLocalBoard of Trade Building48 mLocalRithet Building56 mTopFort Victoria66 mLocalRoyal Bank Building70 mTopFormer Victoria Law Courts89 mLocalBank of Montreal Building99 mLocalBurnes House108 mLocalMacdonald Block112 mTopMalahat Building / Old Victoria Custom House116 mTopRogers Building162 mLocalAdelphi Building205 mLocalLewis & Humphreys Block207 mLocalPalace Cigar Store216 mLocalNew England Hotel225 mLocalMorley's Soda Water Factory238 mLocalH. Saunders Grocery and Liquor Store247 m
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LocalBentall Building248 mLocalBelmont Building259 mLocalCauseway Tower and Garage262 mLocalSt. Andrew's Presbyterian Church269 mLocalDuck's Block280 mLocalMilne Block290 mLocalRobinson's Sporting Goods293 m

Questions about Ker Block

Can you visit Ker Block?

The outside is easy to see; inside, it depends on the owner’s rules.

Is Ker Block protected?

A provincial or municipal register lists it; what that protects depends on the province’s law, and the register itself isn’t open data.

What is Ker Block?

A provincial or municipal register includes Ker Block.

When was Ker Block built?

Ker Block went up in 1909, by its record.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).

Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.

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).