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History of Cap-Pelé · Canada’s heritage registers

1780: the year Cap-Pelé was founded

Within 50 km of Cap-Pelé there are 53 designated places; Shediac railway station, at 20 km, is the closest. The nearest town with a top designation is Westmorland, 28 km away.

Historic places within 50 km
53
12 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
20 km
Shediac railway station
Homes built before 1961
14%
typical town: 18%
How it began

Back to 1780: the start of Cap-Pelé

It was in 1780 that Cap-Pelé was founded. It has been 246 years since then. The name Village de Cap Pele lasted until 2009, when Cap-Pelé took another.

Wikidata gives the municipality of Cap-Pelé the date 1804, which can mark a founding, an incorporation or a merger.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick”, revision 1380426228 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The age of the area

Within 50 km of Cap-Pelé, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation

Reaching 50 km out from Cap-Pelé: the historic places by their first construction date on record.

New France before 17605
British North America 1760–18667
After Confederation 1867–191317
Wars and Depression 1914–194510
Since 1946 1946 on6

The chart rests on 45 dated places within 50 km. 12 go back before 1867. First by date comes Beaubassin in Cumberland County, Subdivision C, from 1671.

Around the town

12 places of national importance within 50 km of Cap-Pelé

The nearest is Shediac railway station, 20 km away in Shediac. Count to 50 km and there are 53. They are spread over 16 towns, including Moncton, Westmorland and Cumberland County, Subdivision C.

The 12 nearest, within 50 km

Shediac railway stationLocal historic place · 20 km away, in Shediac
Caissie Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1872–1873 · 21 km away, in Dundas
TowerRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1883–1884 · 23 km away, in Wellington
Fort GaspareauxNational Historic Site · 1751 · 26 km away, in Westmorland
Tidnish Dock Provincial ParkProvincially Registered Property · 1982 · 33 km away, in Cumberland County, Subdivision C
Monument-LefebvreNational Historic Site · 1896–1898 · 35 km away, in Memramcook
Saint-Thomas de Memramcook ChurchLocal historic place · 1855 · 35 km away, in Memramcook
Captain George Anderson HouseLocal historic place · 1855 · 36 km away, in Sackville
Hammond HouseNational Historic Site · 1896–1897 · 37 km away, in Sackville
Cape Jourimain LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1869–1870 · 37 km away, in Botsford
Seacow Head LightDesignated heritage place · 1864 · 37 km away, in Kinkora
Canadian National Railways (Intercolonial Railway) Station, Sackville, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1909 · 38 km away, in Sackville
Homes by age

6.4% of Cap-Pelé’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)

Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 32% of Cap-Pelé’s, against 23% in the typical town. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 34% of Cap-Pelé’s homes. Like the typical town (18%), Cap-Pelé has 14% of its homes from before 1961.

14%
Before 1961
34%
1961–80
32%
1981–2000
14%
2001–15
6.4%
2016–21
Cap-PeléTypical 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 Cap-Pelé compares with 16 towns its size

Towns of 3,100 to 3,100 residents, by places on the registers.

Cap-Pelé0

Only Cap-Saint-Ignace, Greenbelt (east) and Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part have more. Their median is 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.

Neighbours

Cap-Pelé and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Cap-Pelé3,09200—
Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est8,13800—
In brief

Cap-Pelé in brief

Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 14%, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
  • Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
  • The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
  • 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.
  • Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
  • 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.

Questions about Cap-Pelé’s history

How many historic places does Cap-Pelé have on the registers?

None inside Cap-Pelé yet. The nearest is Shediac railway station, 20 km away in Shediac.

How old are the homes in Cap-Pelé?

14% 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).