Photo: Phil284 · CC BY-SA 3.0Within 25 km of Cocagne, 5 places are on the heritage registers
From Cocagne, look 31 km away, to Moncton, for the nearest place of the highest designation. 7 people on record were born in Cocagne before 1914, Richard A. Poirier the earliest. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is 1907; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
Cocagne in old pictures
One old photograph of the town, made before 1950. Open it full screen with a tap.
1923Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Leave Cocagne and the first historic place is Caissie Point Lighthouse, 11 km away
The oldest, Saint Lawrence Anglican Church, dates from 1867, 13 km away. By designation: 3 provincial or municipal listings and 2 heritage lighthouses. Between them, 4 towns share them, mainly Bouctouche, Dundas and Wellington.
The 5 nearest, within 25 km
| Caissie Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1872–1873 · 11 km away, in Dundas |
| Saint Lawrence Anglican ChurchLocal historic place · 1867 · 13 km away, in Bouctouche |
| Musée de KentProvincial heritage place · 14 km away, in Bouctouche |
| Pointe à Jérôme Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1916–1917 · 14 km away, in Wellington |
| Shediac railway stationLocal historic place · 17 km away, in Shediac |
Most of Cocagne’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 38%
Over half of the homes in Cocagne were already standing by 1981. Before 1961: 23% of Cocagne’s homes, against 18% in most towns. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 3.7% of Cocagne’s, about the typical 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
7 lives that began in Cocagne before 1914
4 of the 7 were born in the decades after Confederation. Of them all, Allison Dysart lived longest: 82 years, until 1962. The first on the line is Richard A. Poirier (1842). 5 Wikipedias cover Allison Dysart, the most of anyone here.
Everyone born in Cocagne → 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 Cocagne compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,000 to 3,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Stanstead, North Shore and Sunnyside. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Cocagne and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocagne | 2,982 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dundas | 4,733 | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
| Saint-Antoine | 1,880 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bouctouche | 2,678 | 2 | 0 | 1867 |
| Shediac | 5,699 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wellington | 3,458 | 1 | 0 | 1916 |
| Saint Mary | 2,083 | 0 | 0 | — |
Cocagne in brief
Counted by age, 23% of Cocagne’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Of its people of the past, the best known are Allison Dysart (1880), Alfred Edmond Bourgeois (1872) and Auguste Théophile Léger (1852). Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
Questions about Cocagne’s history
How many historic places does Cocagne have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Cocagne; Caissie Point Lighthouse, in Dundas, is 11 km away.
When did Cocagne become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Cocagne dates from 1907; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Cocagne?
The 2021 Census dates 23% 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).