Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn a 25 km circle around Glenelg: 6 places on the registers
For the highest designations, the closest town to Glenelg is Miramichi, 20 km off. Building from 2016 to 2021 gave it 3.8% of its homes, where most towns have 4.1%.
6 places on Canada’s registers lie 25 km or less from Glenelg
Closest of all is MacDonald Farm, in Newcastle, 17 km off. They are spread over 2 towns, including Miramichi and Newcastle. Its 3 places of national rank start with Marine Hospital, at 21 km.
The 6 nearest, within 25 km
| MacDonald FarmProvincial heritage place · 17 km away, in Newcastle |
| St. Michael's BasilicaLocal historic place · 1922 · 18 km away, in Miramichi |
| Middle IslandProvincial heritage place · 19 km away, in Miramichi |
| Marine HospitalNational Historic Site · 1830–1832 · 21 km away, in Miramichi |
| Beaubears Island ShipbuildingNational Historic Site · 1790–1791 · 24 km away, in Miramichi |
| BoishébertNational Historic Site · 1756–1760 · 25 km away, in Miramichi |
Glenelg’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 35% of its homes
21% of Glenelg’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. More than half of Glenelg’s housing predates 1981. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Glenelg 28% of its homes, near the usual 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Glenelg in brief
The 2021 Census dates 21% of Glenelg’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
Questions about Glenelg’s history
How many historic places does Glenelg have on the registers?
Inside Glenelg, none so far; MacDonald Farm, 17 km away in Newcastle, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Glenelg?
Before 1961: 21% 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).