Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWithin 100 km of Bathurst, 47 places are on the heritage registers
For the highest designations, the closest town to Bathurst is New Carlisle, 54 km off. The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 12%.
Near Bathurst, within 100 km: 11 places of national rank
The earliest date is Boishébert’s, 1756, 73 km away. Nearest comes Sacred Heart Cathedral, 8.2 km off, in Bathurst. Within 100 km there are 47 in all.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Sacred Heart CathedralLocal historic place · 1886 · 8.2 km away, in Bathurst |
| Site du patrimoine de l'Église-de-Saint-BonaventureCited heritage site (Québec) · 51 km away, in Bonaventure |
| Village Historique AcadienProvincial heritage place · 53 km away, in Bertrand |
| Église Saint-IsidoreProvincial heritage place · 1908 · 54 km away, in Saint-Isidore |
| Maison René-LévesqueClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1905 · 54 km away, in New Carlisle |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, New Carlisle, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1947–1948 · 54 km away, in New Carlisle |
| Centre culturel et d’interprétation KempfferMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1868 · 54 km away, in New Carlisle |
| Maison HamiltonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1852 · 54 km away, in New Carlisle |
| Maison ThompsonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1838 · 55 km away, in New Carlisle |
| La NeigièreMunicipal citation (Québec) · 55 km away, in Caplan |
| Banc de Pêche de PaspébiacNational Historic Site · 1783–1901 · 59 km away, in Paspébiac |
| Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage ChapelLocal historic place · 1836 · 59 km away, in Caraquet |
The places within 100 km of Bathurst lean to the years before Confederation
Out to 100 km from Bathurst, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
First by date comes Boishébert in Miramichi, from 1756. 29 places within 100 km carry a construction date. 12 predate Confederation.
Bathurst built the most from 1981 to 2000, 39% of today’s homes
From 2016 to 2021 Bathurst added 4% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 8.3% of Bathurst’s, against 15% in the typical town. 37% of Bathurst’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, more than the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Bathurst compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,800 to 4,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Saint-Jacques and St. Stephen. Their median is 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Bathurst and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathurst | 4,840 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bathurst | 13,331 | 1 | 0 | 1886 |
| Beresford | 4,389 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Nigadoo | 1,102 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beresford | 6,543 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Petit-Rocher | 2,019 | 0 | 0 | — |
Bathurst in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 12%, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
Questions about Bathurst’s history
How many historic places does Bathurst have on the registers?
Bathurst has none of its own yet. Sacred Heart Cathedral, in Bathurst, is the nearest, 8.2 km away.
How old are the homes in Bathurst?
12% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
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).