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History of Hillsborough · Canada’s heritage registers
Older housing stands out in Hillsborough: 46% predates 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Hillsborough has 2.6 times as much. On the registers, the town counts 1 historic place. Wikidata knows 26 more provincial or municipal listings here that get no page, lacking an open statement or an encyclopedia article.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Homes built before 1961
46%
typical town: 18%
Through time
Hillsborough before 1950
One picture from before 1950: one old photograph of the town. It opens full screen with a tap.
c. 1931Public 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.
The map
Where Hillsborough’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
On a provincial or local list in Hillsborough: one place
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
The highest designation, once, within 10 km of Hillsborough
Their towns number 2: Memramcook and Hillsborough first. The earliest date is Sainte-Anne Chapel’s, 1842, 6.9 km away. They are 3 provincial or municipal listings and a National Historic Site.
The 4 nearest, within 10 km
| Albert Mines SiteProvincial heritage place · 5.1 km away, in Hillsborough |
| Sainte-Anne ChapelProvincial heritage place · 1842 · 6.9 km away, in Memramcook |
| Saint-Thomas de Memramcook ChurchLocal historic place · 1855 · 9.1 km away, in Memramcook |
| Monument-LefebvreNational Historic Site · 1896–1898 · 9.3 km away, in Memramcook |
Homes by age
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Hillsborough, against 4.1% elsewhere
Hillsborough built little from 1981 to 2000: 16% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Half of the homes standing in Hillsborough today were built before 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 25% of Hillsborough’s, about the typical 27%.
46%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
16%
1981–2000
13%
2001–15
0%
2016–21
HillsboroughTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
One of Canada’s national historic persons, tied to Hillsborough
The earliest is William Steeves, born in 1814. There are 4 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it. Fame, by Wikipedia: William Steeves first, in 7 languages. At the other end is Conrad J. Osman, from 1897.
William Steeves
Isaac H. Edgett
Burpee L. Steeves
Conrad J. Osman
1800182518501875190019251950
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William Steeves1814–1873 · Designated nationally in 1939 · Canadian politician
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Burpee L. Steeves1868–1933 · American lieutenant governor of Idaho
CO
Conrad J. Osman1897–1948 · Canadian politician
IE
Isaac H. Edgett1838–1917 · American politician
Everyone born in Hillsborough → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
Neighbours
Hillsborough and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough | 1,414 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Hillsborough | 1,569 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Memramcook | 5,616 | 3 | 1 | 1842 |
| Dorchester | 1,130 | 3 | 1 | 1831 |
| Coverdale | 5,167 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riverview | 22,614 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dieppe | 35,986 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Hillsborough in brief
Hillsborough’s homes from before 1961 come to 46%, against 18% in the typical town. There are 1 historic place in all. William Steeves (1814), Burpee L. Steeves (1868) and Conrad J. Osman (1897) lead its people of the past.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
- 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. 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.
- 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. 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 Hillsborough’s history
How old are the homes in Hillsborough?
46% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
How many historic places does Hillsborough have on the registers?
Inside Hillsborough: 1 historic place.
Why might a heritage building in Hillsborough be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 26 more listings in Hillsborough, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article they get no page.
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).