How it began
2017 and after: Haut-Madawaska’s milestones
The municipality took over from 9 former municipalities. For the municipality of Haut-Madawaska itself, Wikidata records 2017, a date that can be a founding as much as a merger.
Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.00historic places on the registers
History of Haut-Madawaska · Canada’s heritage registers
6 heritage places lie within 25 km of Haut-Madawaska
More of Haut-Madawaska’s homes are old than in most towns: 31% before 1961, against 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, 51 km away. Add one just outside the town.
Historic places within 25 km
6
0 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
22 km
Mont Farlagne
Homes built before 1961
31%
typical town: 18%
Around the town
The registers find 6 places within 25 km of Haut-Madawaska
By designation: 3 provincial or municipal listings, 2 heritage railway stations and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. Closest of all is Mont Farlagne, in Edmundston, 22 km off. The Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, 23 km off, is the oldest: 1927.
The 6 nearest, within 25 km
| Mont FarlagneLocal historic place · 22 km away, in Edmundston |
| The Cathedral of Immaculate ConceptionProvincial heritage place · 1927 · 23 km away, in Edmundston |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Edmundston, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1959–1960 · 23 km away, in Edmundston |
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1962–1963 · 24 km away, in Edmundston |
| P'tit Sault BlockhouseProvincial heritage place · 24 km away, in Edmundston |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmundston, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1929–1931 · 24 km away, in Edmundston |
Just outside Haut-Madawaska: 1
| Pont Romain-CaronMunicipal citation (Québec) · 2.2 km outside the town |
The age of the area
Around Haut-Madawaska, within 25 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1927
The nearest historic places to Haut-Madawaska, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
British North America 1760–18660
After Confederation 1867–19130
Wars and Depression 1914–19453
Since 1946 1946 on2
The Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, in Edmundston, is the oldest (1927). Within 25 km, building dates exist for 5 places.
Homes by age
Haut-Madawaska added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.5%, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 10% of Haut-Madawaska’s, against 15% in the typical town. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 34% of Haut-Madawaska’s homes. Over half of the homes in Haut-Madawaska were already standing by 1981.
31%
Before 1961
34%
1961–80
23%
1981–2000
10%
2001–15
1.5%
2016–21
Haut-MadawaskaTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
How Haut-Madawaska compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,100 to 4,100 residents, by places on the registers.
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Only L'Ange-Gardien, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges and North Norfolk have more. The typical town its size has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
In brief
Haut-Madawaska in brief
Haut-Madawaska has 31% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Haut-Madawaska’s history
How many historic places does Haut-Madawaska have on the registers?
None within Haut-Madawaska itself; the nearest is 22 km off: Mont Farlagne, in Edmundston.
How old are the homes in Haut-Madawaska?
31% 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).