TopNational Historic Site · 1853–1857Craigflower Manor House110 Island HighwayPhoto: euxneks · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Craigflower Manor House · Photo: euxneks · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of View Royal · Canada’s heritage registers
One place in View Royal, at the top of the registers
View Royal’s entry is Craigflower Manor House (1853), a national historic site. Wikidata gives 1988 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged. Scaled to its population, View Royal’s 0.8 per 10,000 residents beats 77% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
1
0.8 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1853
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
14%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where View Royal’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
What the map shows is the open record: the federal directory in full, and from provincial or municipal lists only the places Wikidata ties to an encyclopedia article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in View Royal with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
View Royal’s surroundings: 9 historic places within 5 km
They belong to 3 towns, chiefly Colwood, Saanich and Esquimalt. By designation: 5 National Historic Sites, 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 2 Classified Federal Heritage Buildings. Nearest comes Craigflower Schoolhouse, 1.9 km off, in Saanich.
The 9 nearest, within 5 km
| Craigflower SchoolhouseNational Historic Site · 1854–1856 · 1.9 km away, in Saanich |
| Guardhouse, Upper BatteryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1895–1899 · 3 km away, in Colwood |
| Fort Rodd HillNational Historic Site · 1895–1898 · 3 km away, in Colwood |
| Gun Emplacement and Magazine, Lower BatteryClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1895–1899 · 3 km away, in Colwood |
| Gun Emplacement and Magazine, Upper BatteryClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1895–1899 · 3.1 km away, in Colwood |
| Fisgard LighthouseNational Historic Site · 1859–1861 · 3.2 km away, in Colwood |
| Esquimalt Naval SitesNational Historic Site · 1855–1967 · 3.3 km away, in Esquimalt |
| Grant Block, Building 24Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1942–1943 · 3.4 km away, in Colwood |
| Hatley Park / Former Royal Roads Military CollegeNational Historic Site · 1908–1914 · 3.4 km away, in Colwood |
Homes by age
14% of View Royal’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 31% of View Royal’s homes. Only 14% of View Royal’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. View Royal built little from 1961 to 1980: 15% of its homes, where most towns have 27%.
14%
Before 1961
15%
1961–80
31%
1981–2000
26%
2001–15
14%
2016–21
View RoyalTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
View Royal has the 4th most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 12,700 to 12,900 residents, by places on the registers.
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Just these have more: Downtown, Amos and Yonge-Bay Corridor. The typical town its size has 0. 9 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
View Royal and its neighbours
In brief
View Royal in brief
View Royal holds 1 historic place on Canada’s registers, one with the highest designation, including Craigflower Manor House. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 3 have more historic places. Before 1961: just 14% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its one place was designated in 1964.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- 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.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
Questions about View Royal’s history
Which places in View Royal have the highest designation?
Craigflower Manor House.
What is the oldest building in View Royal?
Craigflower Manor House, a National Historic Site, begun in 1853.
How old are the homes in View Royal?
14% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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).