Photo: Skaarup.HA · CC BY-SA 4.0Before 1961: 45% of the homes in Chipman
The typical town has 18%: Chipman has 2.5 times the share. 6 places on the heritage registers lie within 50 km of Chipman, the nearest Building 11, 44 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Maugerville, 57 km from here. 4 people on record were born in Chipman before 1914, James Horace King the earliest.
Building 11, 44 km from Chipman, is the closest
6 places lie within 50 km. By age, Building 12 leads, from 1934, at 44 km. Its one place of national rank is Building 15, at 44 km.
The 6 nearest, within 50 km
| Building 11Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1942–1943 · 44 km away, in Maugerville |
| Building 12Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1935 · 44 km away, in Maugerville |
| Building 10Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1935 · 44 km away, in Maugerville |
| Building 8Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1936 · 44 km away, in Maugerville |
| Building 2Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1935 · 44 km away, in Maugerville |
| Building 15Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1935 · 44 km away, in Maugerville |
45% of Chipman’s homes were built before 1961
New building in Chipman runs at the usual pace: 3.3% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. Few of Chipman’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 0%, the norm 15%. More than half of Chipman’s housing predates 1981.
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, Chipman gave 4 lives to the record
The oldest birth on the record is James Horace King’s, in 1873. James Horace King is the most written about, in 6 languages. Of them all, Edward S. Darrah lived longest: 83 years, until 1975. At the other end is Glen Glenn (sound engineer), from 1907.
Everyone born in Chipman → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Chipman and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipman | 1,301 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Minto | 2,349 | 0 | 0 | — |
Chipman in brief
Housing in Chipman includes 45% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Its people of the past include James Horace King (1873), Edward S. Darrah (1892) and R. Lee MacFarlane (1893).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- 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. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Chipman’s history
How many historic places does Chipman have on the registers?
Not inside Chipman. The closest is Building 11 in Maugerville, 44 km away.
When did Chipman become a municipality?
Wikidata gives 1966 for Chipman, which may mark incorporation or an amalgamation rather than a founding.
How old are the homes in Chipman?
Before 1961: 45% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).