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History of Beresford · Canada’s heritage registers

Beresford’s story starts in 1812

12 places on the heritage registers lie within 50 km of Beresford, the nearest Sacred Heart Cathedral, 9.8 km away. Only 9.7% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Look 44 km away, to New Carlisle, for the nearest place of the highest designation.

Historic places within 50 km

2 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

9.8 km

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Homes built before 1961

9.7%

typical town: 18%

How it began

Beresford since 1812: its early dates

The founding of Beresford came in 1812. It has been 214 years since then. A single date stands for Beresford as a municipality on Wikidata, 1814, and it may be an incorporation rather than a founding.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from French Wikipedia’s article “Beresford (Nouveau-Brunswick)”, revision 239818583 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The age of the area

The places within 50 km of Beresford lean to the years before Confederation

Out to 50 km from Beresford, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.

British North America 1760–18663

After Confederation 1867–19133

Wars and Depression 1914–19452

Since 1946 1946 on1

The oldest is Banc de Pêche de Paspébiac in Paspébiac, from 1783. 9 dated places within 50 km make up the record. Before Confederation: 3.

Around the town

Sacred Heart Cathedral, 9.8 km from Beresford, is the closest

For the highest designations, the nearest of 2 is Maison René-Lévesque, 44 km away. The oldest, Banc de Pêche de Paspébiac, dates from 1783, 49 km away. 12 places lie within 50 km.

The 12 nearest, within 50 km

Sacred Heart CathedralLocal historic place · 1886 · 9.8 km away, in Bathurst

Site du patrimoine de l'Église-de-Saint-BonaventureCited heritage site (Québec) · 41 km away, in Bonaventure

Maison René-LévesqueClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1905 · 44 km away, in New Carlisle

VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, New Carlisle, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1947–1948 · 44 km away, in New Carlisle

Centre culturel et d’interprétation KempfferMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1868 · 44 km away, in New Carlisle

Maison HamiltonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1852 · 44 km away, in New Carlisle

Maison ThompsonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1838 · 45 km away, in New Carlisle

Village Historique AcadienProvincial heritage place · 46 km away, in Bertrand

La NeigièreMunicipal citation (Québec) · 46 km away, in Caplan

Banc de Pêche de PaspébiacNational Historic Site · 1783–1901 · 49 km away, in Paspébiac

Couvent Notre-DameMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1940 · 50 km away, in Paspébiac

Presbytère de PaspébiacMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1929 · 50 km away, in Paspébiac

Homes by age

The biggest share of Beresford’s homes dates from 1961 to 1980: 37%

From 2016 on, Beresford built 4.2% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. Beresford has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 36%, where most towns have 23%. Half of the homes standing in Beresford today were built before 2001.

9.7%

Before 1961

37%

1961–80

36%

1981–2000

13%

2001–15

4.2%

2016–21

BeresfordTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Towns its size

How Beresford compares with 16 towns its size

Towns of 4,400 to 4,400 residents, by places on the registers.

Beresford0

Just these have more: Geraldton and Highlands East. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.

Neighbours

Beresford and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Oldest
Beresford	4,389	0	—
Nigadoo	1,102	0	—
Beresford	6,543	0	—
Bathurst	13,331	1	1886
Petit-Rocher	2,019	0	—
Bathurst	4,840	0	—

In brief

Beresford in brief

Its homes are mostly newer: 9.7% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

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 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.
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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
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 tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.

Questions about Beresford’s history

How many historic places does Beresford have on the registers?

None inside Beresford yet. The nearest is Sacred Heart Cathedral, 9.8 km away in Bathurst.

How old are the homes in Beresford?

The 2021 Census dates 9.7% 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).