Photo: David Adamec · Public domainBehchokò and its setting: 9 historic places within 100 km
Homes from before 1961 are 3.3% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. Wikidata dates the municipality to August 4, 2005, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
Looking back at Behchokò
One old photograph of the town, made before 1950. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.
1939Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Back Bay Cemetery, 95 km from Behchokò, is the closest
The record reaches back to 1936 with Weaver & Devore Trading, 96 km away. 9 places lie within 100 km.
The 9 nearest, within 100 km
| Back Bay CemeteryCity of Yellowknife Heritage Site · 95 km away, in Yellowknife |
| Fireweed StudioCity of Yellowknife Heritage Site · 95 km away, in Yellowknife |
| Log School HouseCity of Yellowknife Heritage Site · 1937 · 95 km away, in Yellowknife |
| Yellowknife Post OfficeCity of Yellowknife Heritage Site · 95 km away, in Yellowknife |
| The Wildcat CafeCity of Yellowknife Heritage Site · 96 km away, in Yellowknife |
| Canadian Pacific Airlines floatbaseCity of Yellowknife Heritage Site · 96 km away, in Yellowknife |
| Hudson's Bay WarehouseCity of Yellowknife Heritage Site · 96 km away, in Yellowknife |
| Weaver & Devore TradingCity of Yellowknife Heritage Site · 1936 · 96 km away, in Yellowknife |
| Bank of Toronto buildingCity of Yellowknife Heritage Site · 96 km away, in Yellowknife |
A growing town: 8.7% of Behchokò’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
46% of Behchokò’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%. Behchokò has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 21%, where most towns have 15%. Over half of the homes in Behchokò were already standing by 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Behchokò in brief
The census dates only 3.3% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- 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.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
Questions about Behchokò’s history
How many historic places does Behchokò have on the registers?
None inside Behchokò yet. The nearest is Back Bay Cemetery, 95 km away in Yellowknife.
When did Behchokò become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Behchokò to August 4, 2005. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Behchokò?
The 2021 Census dates 3.3% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).