List of oldest buildings in Canada
British Columbia
Table:
Building
Height
[m]
Floors
Built
City
Architect

Fort Langley storehouse[11]

1
1840s[12]
Fort Langley

Fort Kamloops log cabin

1840s
Kamloops

St. Ann's schoolhouse

1844
Victoria

Tod House

1851
Oak Bay

Helmcken House

1852
Victoria

Craigflower Manor[13]

2
1853
Victoria
Hudson's Bay Company

The Bastion

3
1853-55
Nanaimo
Hudson's Bay Company

St. John the Divine Church

1859
Maple Ridge[14][15]

Father Pandosy Mission[16]

1859
Kelowna

Dodd House

1859
Saanich

Fisgard Lighthouse

1860
Victoria

Race Rocks Lighthouse

1860
Great Race Rock

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Fort Langley is a village community forming part of the Township of Langley in British Columbia , Canada . It has a population of 3,400 . It is the home of Fort Langley National Historic Site , a former fur trade post of the Hudson 's Bay Company . Lying on the Fraser River , Fort Langley is at the northern edge of the Township of Langley .
Kamloops ( /ˈkæmluːps/ ) is a city in south-central British Columbia , Canada , at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River and east of Kamloops Lake . With a population of 100,046 in 2019 it is the largest community in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the location of the regional district 's offices . The surrounding region is more commonly referred to as the Thompson Country . Kamloops is ranked 36th on the list of the largest metropolitan areas in Canada and represents the 2nd largest census agglomeration nationwide , with 115,004 residents in 2019 . The population of the regional district is 146,096 ( 2019 ) . Kamloops is known as the Tournament Capital of Canada and hosts over 100 tournaments each year at world-class sports facilities such as the Tournament Capital Centre , Kamloops Bike Ranch , and Tournament Capital Ranch . Health care , tourism , and education are major contributing industries to the regional economy and have grown in recent years . Kamloops was British Columbia 's first city to become a Bee City in 2016 as numerous organisations in the community are actively protecting and creating bumble bee habitats in the city .
Victoria ( Saanich : METULIYE mətúliyə ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia , located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada 's Pacific coast . The city has a population of 85,792 , and the Greater Victoria Area has a population of 367,770 . Victoria is the 7th most densely populated city in Canada with 4,405.8 people per square kilometre , which is a greater population density than Toronto . Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada , and is about 100 km ( 60 mi ) from British Columbia 's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland . The city is about 100 km ( 60 mi ) from Seattle by airplane , ferry , or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry which operates daily , year round between Seattle and Victoria , and 40 km ( 25 mi ) from Port Angeles , Washington , by ferry Coho across the Strait of Juan de Fuca . Named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and , at the time , British North America , Victoria is one of the oldest cities in the Pacific Northwest , with British settlement beginning in 1843 . The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings , in particular its two most famous landmarks , Parliament Buildings ( finished in 1897 and home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ) and the Empress hotel ( opened in 1908 ) . The city 's Chinatown is the second oldest in North America after San Francisco 's . The region 's Coast Salish First Nations peoples established communities in the area long before non-native settlement , possibly several thousand years earlier , which had large populations at the time of European exploration . Known as The Garden City , Victoria is an attractive city and a popular tourism destination with a regional technology sector that has risen to be its largest revenue-generating private industry . Victoria is in the top twenty of world cities for quality-of-life , according to Numbeo . The city has a large non-local student population [ citation needed ] , who come to attend the Victoria College of Art , the Canadian College of Performing Arts , and high school programs run by the region 's three school districts .
Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island , in the Canadian province of British Columbia , Canada . A member municipality of the Capital Regional District , it is a community east of and adjacent to the city of Victoria . It is one of the 13 municipalities of Greater Victoria .
Helmcken House is a museum in Victoria , British Columbia , located in Thunderbird Park . It was built by Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken , the first doctor in Victoria , in 1852 , a surgeon with the Hudson 's Bay Company . It is one of the oldest houses in British Columbia . Some interesting items on display include his medical kit .
The Craigflower Manor and Craigflower Schoolhouse are National Historic Sites of Canada located in View Royal , British Columbia ( the Manor ) and Saanich ( the Schoolhouse ) near Victoria . The centerpiece of each historic site is a 19th-century building - a manor and schoolhouse commissioned by the Hudson 's Bay Company to provide education and lodging for their employees . Built as part of the agricultural community Craigflower Farm , the buildings served as a focal point for the community into the modern era ; they remain open to the public today as museums devoted to the colonial history of Victoria . The sites also have unique archaeological merit , encompassing three distinct periods , and types , of human habitation which span thousands of years . In addition , the existing structures have great historical and cultural value , remaining some of the best , and last , examples of their kind in Canada . These factors combine to make these two sites important National Historic Sites , and have been given government protection for the public trust .
The Nanaimo Bastion is a historical octagon shaped fortification located at 98 Front Street in Nanaimo , British Columbia , Canada . The Hudson 's Bay Company , which then held a royal lease on all of what was then the Colony of Vancouver Island , built it between 1853 and 1855 to defend its coal mining operations in Nanaimo . It has been called Nanaimo 's premier landmark , because of its shape and its high visibility from both land and sea . The Bastion was constructed using the pièce-sur-pièce ( post-and-plank ) method . This entailed laying timbers across each other horizontally , with tenons cut into the ends . These tenons would then be inserted into vertical posts . This method was used partially due to the expensive cost of nails ; by using the pièce-sur-pièce method , very few nails were needed . The logs were squared using only basic hand tools : a crosscut saw , broadaxe , adze , auger and pit saw . The wooden structure sat on a masonry foundation and was three stories tall . It is the only remaining freestanding tower structure built by the Hudson 's Bay Company . In 1891 , the Bastion faced demolition threats . The city , recognizing the historic value of the building , paid a sum of $ 175 for the building and moved it across the street from its original location .
Nanaimo ( /nəˈnaɪmoʊ/ ) is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia , Canada . As of the 2016 census , it had a population of 90,504 . It is known as The Harbour City . The city was previously known as the Hub City , which has been attributed to its original layout design where the streets radiated out from the shoreline like the spokes of a wagon wheel , as well as its generally centralized location on Vancouver Island . Nanaimo is also the headquarters of the Regional District of Nanaimo .
Father Pandosy Mission , also known as the Okanagan Mission , was the original home for Father Pandosy in Kelowna , British Columbia . He moved to Kelowna in 1859 and started the first settlement of white people in that region . The Pandosy Mission has been restored as a museum . It is owned by the Catholic Church and is jointly administered by the Okanagan Historical Society . The area of the mission has been known as Okanagan Mission since , and is a neighbourhood of modern Kelowna .
Kelowna ( /kəˈloʊnə/ ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia , Canada . It serves as the head office of the Regional District of the Central Okanagan . The name Kelowna derives from an Okanagan language term for grizzly bear . The Kelowna metropolitan area has a population of 217,214 ; the third-largest metropolitan area in the province , behind only Vancouver and Victoria . Additionally , the City of Kelowna is the seventh-largest city in the province . It ranks as the 22nd-largest in Canada and is the largest inland city in British Columbia . Kelowna 's city proper contains 211.82 square kilometres ( 81.78 sq mi ) , and the census metropolitan area contains 2,904.86 square kilometres ( 1,121.57 sq mi ) . In 2019 , it was estimated that Kelowna 's population had grown to 217,229 the metropolitan area and 142,146 in the city proper . Nearby communities include the City of West Kelowna ( also referred to as Westbank , Westside ) to the west across Okanagan Lake , Lake Country and Vernon to the north , and Peachland to the southwest , and further to the south , Summerland and Penticton .
The District of Saanich ( /ˈsænɪtʃ/ ) is a district municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia , within the Greater Victoria area . The population was 114,148 at the 2016 census , making it the most populous municipality in the Capital Regional District and Vancouver Island , and the eighth-most populous in the province . The district adopted its name after the Saanich First Nation , meaning emerging land or emerging people . The District acts as a bedroom community immediately to the north of Victoria , British Columbia . With an area of 103.44 square kilometres ( 39.94 sq mi ) , it is the largest municipality in Greater Victoria . The municipality contains a wide variety of rural and urban landscapes and neighbourhoods stretching north to the Saanich Peninsula . Saanich is home to part of the University of Victoria which is bisected by the neighbouring district municipality of Oak Bay . The municipality 's topography is undulating with many glacially scoured rock outcroppings . Elevations range from sea level to 229 metres ( 751 ft ) . The physical setting is greatly influenced by water . There are 8.1749 square kilometres ( 3.1563 sq mi ) of fresh water lakes and 29.61 kilometres ( 18.40 mi ) of marine shoreline .
Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site , on Fisgard Island at the mouth of Esquimalt Harbour in Colwood , British Columbia , is the site of Fisgard Lighthouse , the first lighthouse on the west coast of Canada . Fisgard Lighthouse is about 10 kilometres ( 6.2 miles ) by boat or 12.5 kilometres ( 7.8 miles ) by car from downtown Victoria . Automated in 1929 , the light shows a white isophase light of 2 second period in a sector from 322° to 195° at 21.6 metres ( 71 ft ) above mean sea level , and in other directions it shows red shutters . The white 14.6-metre ( 48 ft ) tower is floodlit below balcony level .
Race Rocks Light is one of the first two lighthouses that were built on the west coast of Canada , financed by the British Government and illuminated in 1860 . It is the only lighthouse on that coast built of rock , ( granite ) purportedly quarried in Scotland , and topped with sandstone quarried on Gabriola Island . The Islands of Race Rocks are located just off the southern tip of Vancouver Island , about 16 km ( 10 mi ) southwest of Victoria , British Columbia .