Photo: Martin Cathrae from Charlottetown, PE, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0In Denmark, 34% of homes go back before 1961
For Denmark, that is 1.9 times the typical town’s share, 18%. 18 places on the heritage registers lie within 100 km of Denmark, the nearest Government of Canada Building, 14 km away. For the highest designations, the closest town is Wakefield, 79 km off. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has 1935, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
Within 100 km of Denmark, the oldest record dates from 1833
Reaching 100 km out from Denmark: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
13 places within 100 km have a date. 2 predate Confederation. Old Carleton County Court House, in Woodstock, is the oldest (1833).
Leave Denmark and the first historic place is Government of Canada Building, 14 km away
Its 2 places of national rank start with Hartland Covered Bridge, at 75 km. The record reaches back to 1833 with Old Carleton County Court House, 88 km away. All told, 18 places are within 100 km.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1960 · 14 km away, in Grand Falls / Grand-Sault |
| Grand Falls Former National Transcontinental Railway StationHeritage Railway Station of Canada · 16 km away, in Grand Falls / Grand-Sault |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Aroostook, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1906–1907 · 21 km away, in Tobique 20 |
| Diggity SiteProvincial heritage place · 41 km away, in Kent |
| Florenceville BridgeLocal historic place · 59 km away, in Florenceville-Bristol |
| P'tit Sault BlockhouseProvincial heritage place · 71 km away, in Edmundston |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmundston, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1929–1931 · 71 km away, in Edmundston |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Edmundston, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1959–1960 · 71 km away, in Edmundston |
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1962–1963 · 71 km away, in Edmundston |
| The Cathedral of Immaculate ConceptionProvincial heritage place · 1927 · 71 km away, in Edmundston |
| Hartland Covered BridgeNational Historic Site · 1901–1902 · 75 km away, in Wakefield |
| Mont FarlagneLocal historic place · 77 km away, in Edmundston |
34% of Denmark’s homes were built before 1961
30% of Denmark’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%. Denmark built little from 2001 to 2015: 4% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. From 2016 to 2021 Denmark added 4% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 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.
Denmark and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1,412 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Drummond | 2,113 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Grand Falls | 1,114 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Gordon | 1,576 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Grand Falls / Grand-Sault | 5,465 | 1 | 0 | 1958 |
| Plaster Rock | 1,062 | 0 | 0 | — |
Denmark in brief
In Denmark, 34% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Denmark’s history
How many historic places does Denmark have on the registers?
Denmark has none of its own yet. Government of Canada Building, in Grand Falls / Grand-Sault, is the nearest, 14 km away.
When did Denmark become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Denmark to 1935. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Denmark?
34% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).