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Porter Block
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Listed in a community heritage register

Porter Block

On a provincial or municipal heritage registerone of 54 in Victoria
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About Porter Block

A provincial or local register lists Porter Block, one of 54 such places paged in Victoria. 46 more historic places stand within 400 m of it.

A provincial or local register lists it; open data covers only its number, 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. 1Porter BlockStart here
  2. 2Victoria City HallNational Historic Site · 100 m on
  3. 3McPherson PlayhouseHeritage designation · 100 m on
  4. 4Ning Young BuildingHeritage designation · 100 m on
  5. 5Milne BlockHeritage designation · 100 m on
Farther afield
Gee Tuck Tong Benevolent Association BuildingHeritage designation300 mChinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Chinese Public SchoolHeritage designation300 mSt. Andrew's Roman Catholic CathedralNational Historic Site300 mH. Saunders Grocery and Liquor StoreListed in a community heritage register300 mLee Woy & Company BuildingListed in a community heritage register300 mBank of Montreal BuildingHeritage designation300 m
Around it

28 within 300 m

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

LocalDoane Block50 mLocalReynolds Block89 mLocalRobinson's Sporting Goods91 mLocalMable Carriage Works93 mTopVictoria City Hall100 mLocalDuck's Block111 mLocalCity Hall Annex122 mLocalPrior Building132 mLocalFairfield Block169 mLocalHanna's Undertaking Parlour174 mLocalMcPherson Playhouse196 mLocalNew England Hotel202 mLocalPalace Cigar Store203 mLocalAdelphi Building206 mLocalOcean Island Inn219 mTopCongregation Emanu-el Temple220 mLocalLewis & Humphreys Block227 mLocalMasonic Temple238 m
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LocalGee Tuck Tong Benevolent Association Building250 mLocalChinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Chinese Public School259 mTopSt. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral264 mLocalH. Saunders Grocery and Liquor Store266 mLocalLee Woy & Company Building274 mLocalNing Young Building275 mLocalBank of Montreal Building285 mLocalLoo Tai Cho Building287 mLocalHudson's Bay Company Department Store288 mLocalMilne Block293 m

Questions about Porter Block

Is Porter 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 Porter Block?

Porter Block is on its province’s or municipality’s heritage list.

Can you visit Porter Block?

From outside, yes; going in depends on who owns or runs it.

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).