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History of Charlo · Canada’s heritage registers

Founded by Charles Bernard in 1756: the story of Charlo

The nearest heritage to Charlo is Inch Arran Point Front Range Lighthouse, 7.6 km off, one of 11 places within 50 km. The nearest town with a top designation is Listuguj, 32 km away.

Historic places within 50 km
11
3 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
7.6 km
Inch Arran Point Front Range Lighthouse
Homes built before 1961
28%
typical town: 18%
Born here before 1914
1
the earliest in 1862
How it began

Charlo since 1756: its early dates

Charles Bernard founded Charlo in 1756. It has been 270 years since then. The municipality of Charlo has the date 1799 on Wikidata; the record doesn’t say whether it marks a founding or an incorporation.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from French Wikipedia’s article “Charlo”, revision 239766915 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The age of the area

The 50 km around Charlo keep buildings from as early as 1760

Places as far as 50 km from Charlo, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.

British North America 1760–18664
After Confederation 1867–19132
Wars and Depression 1914–19450
Since 1946 1946 on0

Within 50 km, building dates exist for 6 places. 4 predate Confederation. Battle of the Restigouche, in Listuguj, is the oldest (1760).

Around the town

Charlo’s area holds 3 top-tier places within 50 km

By designation: 7 municipal citations, 2 places classified by Québec and a heritage lighthouse. The record reaches back to 1760 with Battle of the Restigouche, 30 km away. Carleton-sur-Mer, New Richmond and Listuguj hold most of them, among 6 towns.

The 11 nearest, within 50 km

Inch Arran Point Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1870–1871 · 7.6 km away, in Dalhousie
Site patrimonial de la Cabane-à-EudoreCited heritage site (Québec) · 19 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer
Church of St. Joseph, CarletonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850–1854 · 20 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer
Site du Mont-Saint-JosephCited heritage site (Québec) · 22 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer
Young HouseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1830 · 28 km away, in Pointe-à-la-Croix
Battle of the RestigoucheNational Historic Site · 1760–1761 · 30 km away, in Listuguj
Busteed HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800 · 30 km away, in Listuguj
Gaspesian British Heritage VillageCited heritage site (Québec) · 39 km away, in New Richmond
Magasin général J.-A.-GendronClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1890–1917 · 39 km away, in New Richmond
Site du patrimoine de New RichmondCited heritage site (Québec) · 40 km away, in New Richmond
La NeigièreMunicipal citation (Québec) · 46 km away, in Caplan
Homes by age

28% of Charlo’s homes are older than 1961, against a usual 18%

The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 33% of Charlo’s homes. From 2016 to 2021 Charlo added 3.2% of its homes, less than the typical town’s 4.1%. Charlo built little from 2001 to 2015: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 15%.

28%
Before 1961
26%
1961–80
33%
1981–2000
11%
2001–15
3.2%
2016–21
CharloTypical town

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

Neighbours

Charlo and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Charlo1,38600—
Eel River Crossing1,91800—
Dalhousie3,25500—
Balmoral1,62800—
Dalhousie1,13200—
Nouvelle1,81900—
In brief

Charlo in brief

Housing in Charlo includes 28% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, its past has one life on the record, William Currie (1862).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • 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 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.
  • The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.

Questions about Charlo’s history

How many historic places does Charlo have on the registers?

None inside Charlo yet. The nearest is Inch Arran Point Front Range Lighthouse, 7.6 km away in Dalhousie.

How old are the homes in Charlo?

The 2021 Census dates 28% 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).