Do you know of a historic place that is important to your community, region, or province? You can nominate it for formal recognition as a historic place! Follow the steps below.

Step 1: Make sure the place hasn't already been formally recognized as a historic place.

• Check the Canadian Register of Historic Places at http://www.historicplaces.ca/
• If you don’t find it on the Canadian Register, contact your local municipality to confirm its status. It may have been recognized but not yet listed on the Canadian Register.

Step 2: Think about what makes this place important. For example:

• Is the place associated with someone famous or a historic event?
• If it is a building or structure, is the architecture special?
• Does the place have special meaning because of its landscape, spiritual or cultural associations?

Step 3: Contact your municipal office to get the process started.

• In BC, local governments can formally recognize a place as being important to the history of that community through a heritage designation bylaw, which confers legal protection on the property, or by including it in a Community Heritage Register.
• In larger municipalities, contact the planning department; in smaller municipalities, try the municipal clerk or administrator.  For locations outside of municipalities, contact your regional district office. If your municipality does not have a heritage program, have them contact the BC Heritage Branch here