Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn a 25 km circle around Douglas: 19 places on the registers
From Douglas, look 14 km away, to Fredericton, for the nearest place of the highest designation. 4.8% of its homes went up between 2016 and 2021; the typical town built 4.1%.
Nearest to Douglas: Wolastoq, 8.3 km away
Within 25 km there are 19 in all. Among them are 13 National Historic Sites, 4 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage railway station. They are spread over 3 towns, including Fredericton, Kingsclear and Prince William.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| WolastoqNational Historic Site · 8.3 km away, in Kingsclear |
| Old Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1826–1829 · 13 km away, in Fredericton |
| St. Anne's Chapel of EaseNational Historic Site · 1846–1848 · 14 km away, in Fredericton |
| Fredericton City HallNational Historic Site · 1875–1877 · 14 km away, in Fredericton |
| St. Paul's United ChurchNational Historic Site · 1886–1887 · 14 km away, in Fredericton |
| Fredericton Military CompoundNational Historic Site · 1826–1883 · 14 km away, in Fredericton |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Fredericton, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1923–1924 · 14 km away, in Fredericton |
| Old Burial GroundLocal historic place · 1787 · 14 km away, in Fredericton |
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1952 · 15 km away, in Fredericton |
| York County Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1857–1859 · 15 km away, in Fredericton |
| Beaverbrook Art GalleryLocal historic place · 1959 · 15 km away, in Fredericton |
| New Brunswick Legislative BuildingProvincial heritage place · 1882 · 15 km away, in Fredericton |
Within 25 km of Douglas, the dated places belong mostly to the years before Confederation
Out to 25 km from Douglas, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
The chart rests on 17 dated places within 25 km. 10 are older than 1867. Oldest of all: Fort Nashwaak (Naxoat), Fredericton, 1691.
Douglas built the most from 1981 to 2000, 33% of today’s homes
21% of Douglas’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Like the typical town (18%), Douglas has 15% of its homes from before 1961. Count back from today and half of Douglas’s homes are older than 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Douglas and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 6,840 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bright | 3,648 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fredericton | 74,655 | 17 | 12 | 1691 |
| Devon 30 | 1,105 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Starlight Village | 5,108 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kingsclear | 3,158 | 1 | 1 | — |
| New Maryland | 4,455 | 0 | 0 | — |
Douglas in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 15%, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no historic place; and one person of its past, Charles G. D. Roberts (1860).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Douglas’s history
How many historic places does Douglas have on the registers?
None in Douglas itself. The closest is Wolastoq in Kingsclear, 8.3 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Douglas?
The 2021 Census dates 15% 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).