Within 50 km of Dalhousie, 10 places are on the heritage registers
The nearest town to Dalhousie with a top designation is Listuguj, 19 km away. Wikidata dates the municipality to 1839, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
Dalhousie’s area holds 3 top-tier places within 50 km
Their towns number 5: Carleton-sur-Mer, New Richmond and Listuguj first. All told, 10 places are within 50 km. The nearest is Inch Arran Point Front Range Lighthouse, 12 km away in Dalhousie.
The 10 nearest, within 50 km
| Inch Arran Point Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1870–1871 · 12 km away, in Dalhousie |
| Young HouseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1830 · 15 km away, in Pointe-à-la-Croix |
| Battle of the RestigoucheNational Historic Site · 1760–1761 · 17 km away, in Listuguj |
| Busteed HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800 · 17 km away, in Listuguj |
| Site patrimonial de la Cabane-à-EudoreCited heritage site (Québec) · 29 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer |
| Church of St. Joseph, CarletonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850–1854 · 30 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer |
| Site du Mont-Saint-JosephCited heritage site (Québec) · 31 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer |
| Gaspesian British Heritage VillageCited heritage site (Québec) · 49 km away, in New Richmond |
| Magasin général J.-A.-GendronClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1890–1917 · 49 km away, in New Richmond |
| Site du patrimoine de New RichmondCited heritage site (Québec) · 50 km away, in New Richmond |
Near Dalhousie (50 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the years before Confederation
Out to 50 km from Dalhousie, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Oldest of all: Battle of the Restigouche, Listuguj, 1760. The bars count 6 dated places within 50 km. 4 are older than 1867.
Dalhousie added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2%, where most towns have 4.1%
30% of Dalhousie’s homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. More than half of Dalhousie’s housing predates 1981. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Dalhousie 27% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Dalhousie and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie | 1,132 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Eel River Crossing | 1,918 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Balmoral | 1,628 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dalhousie | 3,255 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pointe-à-la-Croix | 1,294 | 1 | 0 | 1830 |
| Campbellton | 7,485 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Charlo | 1,386 | 0 | 0 | — |
Dalhousie in brief
The pre-1961 share of Dalhousie’s homes is 30%, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Dalhousie’s history
How many historic places does Dalhousie have on the registers?
None within Dalhousie itself; the nearest is 12 km off: Inch Arran Point Front Range Lighthouse, in Dalhousie.
When did Dalhousie become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Dalhousie dates from 1839; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Dalhousie?
The 2021 Census dates 30% 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).