Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWithin 25 km of Bright, 9 places are on the heritage registers
Heritage of the first rank begins 15 km from Bright, in Kingsclear. 3 people on record were born in Bright before 1914, James Wilfred Estey the earliest.
Near Bright, within 25 km: 6 places of national rank
Between them, 3 towns share them, mainly Fredericton, Kingsclear and Prince William. The registers hold 9 within 25 km. Wolastoq in Kingsclear is the nearest, 16 km away.
The 9 nearest, within 25 km
| WolastoqNational Historic Site · 16 km away, in Kingsclear |
| Kings Landing Historical SettlementProvincial heritage place · 17 km away, in Prince William |
| Old Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1826–1829 · 24 km away, in Fredericton |
| St. Anne's Chapel of EaseNational Historic Site · 1846–1848 · 24 km away, in Fredericton |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Fredericton, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1923–1924 · 25 km away, in Fredericton |
| St. Paul's United ChurchNational Historic Site · 1886–1887 · 25 km away, in Fredericton |
| Fredericton City HallNational Historic Site · 1875–1877 · 25 km away, in Fredericton |
| Old Burial GroundLocal historic place · 1787 · 25 km away, in Fredericton |
| Fredericton Military CompoundNational Historic Site · 1826–1883 · 25 km away, in Fredericton |
Around Bright, within 25 km, most dated places come from the years before Confederation
Reaching 25 km out from Bright: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Old Burial Ground, in Fredericton, is the oldest (1787). Within 25 km, 7 records give a date. 4 are older than 1867.
The biggest share of Bright’s homes dates from 1961 to 1980: 32%
From 2016 on, Bright built only 3% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%. 15% of Bright’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. Bright has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 20%, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Before 1914, Bright gave 3 lives to the record
Arthur B. B. Moore reached 98, the longest life here, ending in 2004. In 1889 came the earliest, James Wilfred Estey. Frederic McGrand is the most written about, in 6 languages. The last born is Arthur B. B. Moore, in 1906.
Everyone born in Bright → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
How Bright compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,600 to 3,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Just one has more: Piedmont. Their median is 0. For 15, the registers list nothing.
Bright and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright | 3,648 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Queensbury | 1,421 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Douglas | 6,840 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kingsclear | 3,158 | 1 | 1 | — |
Bright in brief
The town’s people of the past are Frederic McGrand (1895), James Wilfred Estey (1889) and Arthur B. B. Moore (1906). Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 15%, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Bright’s history
How many historic places does Bright have on the registers?
None in Bright itself. The closest is Wolastoq in Kingsclear, 16 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Bright?
15% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).