A municipally designated heritage property is protected by a bylaw so that it cannot be altered or destroyed.
Under the Local Government Act, a local government, by bylaw, may designate properties as protected if the local government considers that the property has heritage value or heritage character, or that designation of the property is necessary or desirable for the conservation of a protected heritage property.
This designation differs from properties that are on the Community Heritage Register, as those properties, although are formally recognized as having heritage value, are not legally protected.
West Vancouver has 12 municipally designated heritage properties: the Ferry Building, Gertrude Lawson House, Binning Residence, Wagner Residence, Toby House, Sykes House, Rush House, Vinson House, Sutherland House, Boyd House, Woyat-Bowie Building, and Clegg House.
![The front of the Ferry Building.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/media/images/ferrybuilding.jpeg?itok=ASindVsX)
![The front of the Gertrude Lawson building, including a large garden.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/media/images/gertrudelawson.jpeg?itok=4yH5avEV)
![The Binning Residence entrance, set into the ground and surrounded by foliage.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/media/images/binning.jpeg?itok=Vl7rk_6z)
![A corner of the exterior of the Toby House, decorated with a bush of pink flowers.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/media/images/toby.jpeg?itok=1yt0g_yY)
![The exterior of the Sykes House, including the driveway and carport.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/media/images/Sykes%20House_0.jpeg?itok=DhdERgPN)
![The exterior of the Rush House, including the snow covered shrubs in the front yard.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/media/images/Rush%20House_0.jpeg?itok=6SsD2Ox2)
![The exterior of the Vinson house in black and a white.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/media/images/Vinson%20House_0.jpeg?itok=pckYQBSF)
![The exterior of the Sutherland House.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/media/images/sutherland%20house%20%281%29.jpeg?itok=y2o-nLNn)
![](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/media/images/Boyd%20House_Photo2023.png?itok=Wz_y3E95)
![A corner of the exterior of the Woyat-Bowie building, including a tall shrub with purple flowers near the enterance.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/media/images/Woyat-Bowie%20Building_Photo_1.png?itok=uDdbbQ2A)
![Clegg House](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/media/images/Clegg%20House%20-%20image.jpg?itok=mOAWdkz8)