Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0For Campbellton, that is 2.5 times the typical town’s share, 18%. The nearest heritage to Campbellton is Young House, 4.4 km off, one of 7 places within 50 km. The nearest town with a top designation is Listuguj, 9.3 km away. 7 people on record were born in Campbellton before 1914, George Moffat Jr. the earliest.
On Wikidata the municipality of Campbellton dates to 1837, with no word on whether that was its founding or a later incorporation. Campbellton was incorporated as a town in 1889.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Campbellton, New Brunswick”, revision 1383495870 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
Reaching 50 km out from Campbellton: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Battle of the Restigouche, in Listuguj, is the oldest (1760). 5 places within 50 km carry a construction date. 4 are older than 1867.
By designation: 4 municipal citations, a National Historic Site and a place classified by Québec. For the highest designations, the nearest of 2 is Battle of the Restigouche, 5 km away. Young House in Pointe-à-la-Croix is the nearest, 4.4 km away.
| Young HouseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1830 · 4.4 km away, in Pointe-à-la-Croix |
| Battle of the RestigoucheNational Historic Site · 1760–1761 · 5 km away, in Listuguj |
| Busteed HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800 · 5.1 km away, in Listuguj |
| Inch Arran Point Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1870–1871 · 25 km away, in Dalhousie |
| Site patrimonial de la Cabane-à-EudoreCited heritage site (Québec) · 42 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer |
| Church of St. Joseph, CarletonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850–1854 · 43 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer |
| Site du Mont-Saint-JosephCited heritage site (Québec) · 44 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer |
Only 6.6% of Campbellton’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Over half of the homes in Campbellton were already standing by 1981. In Campbellton, 30% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Best known is Robert Moffat, with articles in 4 Wikipedia languages. The record holds 7 people born here before 1914. Of them all, John D. Alexander lived longest: 91 years, until 1994. 5 of the 7 were born in the years before Confederation.
Everyone born in Campbellton → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns of 7,400 to 7,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Digby, Colborne and Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon. The middle one has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbellton | 7,485 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pointe-à-la-Croix | 1,294 | 1 | 0 | 1830 |
| Atholville | 3,346 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Listuguj | 1,646 | 2 | 2 | 1760 |
| Dalhousie | 1,132 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Balmoral | 1,628 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Eel River Crossing | 1,918 | 0 | 0 | — |
The pre-1961 share of Campbellton’s homes is 43%, against 18% in the typical town. Robert Moffat (1844), William A. Mott (1864) and Bill Miller (1908) lead its people of the past. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
None within Campbellton itself; the nearest is 4.4 km off: Young House, in Pointe-à-la-Croix.
The 2021 Census dates 43% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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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).