Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Dalhousie keeps its older homes: 47% from before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Dalhousie has 2.7 times as much. The registers count 4 places within 25 km of Dalhousie; the closest, Site patrimonial de la Cabane-à-Eudore, is 19 km away. Look 28 km away, to Listuguj, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Kate Simpson Hayes heads a list of 4 people born in Dalhousie before 1914.
The old face of Dalhousie
The past in one picture: one old photograph of the town. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.
c. 1900Public 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 Dalhousie and the first historic place is Site patrimonial de la Cabane-à-Eudore, 19 km away
They are spread over 2 towns, including Carleton-sur-Mer and Pointe-à-la-Croix. The record reaches back to 1830 with Young House, 25 km away. 4 places lie within 25 km.
The 4 nearest, within 25 km
| 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) · 21 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer |
| Young HouseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1830 · 25 km away, in Pointe-à-la-Croix |
Just outside Dalhousie: 1
| Inch Arran Point Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 100 m outside the town |
New homes are rare in Dalhousie: 1.3% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Dalhousie were already standing by 1981. Dalhousie built little from 2001 to 2015: 0.7% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 14% of Dalhousie’s, against 23% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Natives of Dalhousie from 1856 to 1907
At 89, Kate Simpson Hayes outlived the rest, dying in 1945. There are 4 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it. 4 Wikipedias cover Kate Simpson Hayes, the most of anyone here.
Everyone born in Dalhousie → 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 Dalhousie compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,200 to 3,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Just one has more: Seven Oaks. The typical town its size has 0. For 15, the registers list nothing.
Dalhousie and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie | 3,255 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Eel River Crossing | 1,918 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Charlo | 1,386 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Nouvelle | 1,819 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dalhousie | 1,132 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Balmoral | 1,628 | 0 | 0 | — |
Dalhousie in brief
The 2021 Census dates 47% of Dalhousie’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Kate Simpson Hayes (1856), Caldwell Stewart (1907) and James Albert McDonald (1870) are the best known of its historic lives. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Dalhousie’s history
How many historic places does Dalhousie have on the registers?
Inside Dalhousie, none so far; Site patrimonial de la Cabane-à-Eudore, 19 km away in Carleton-sur-Mer, is the closest.
When did Dalhousie become a municipality?
Wikidata gives 1886 for Dalhousie, which may mark incorporation or an amalgamation rather than a founding.
How old are the homes in Dalhousie?
Before 1961: 47% 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).